hi all - only had my new 997S for less than a week - but now notice it takes a long time for the oil temperature gauge to move up off the base - granted it is cold in the garage and outside ---is this normal? thanks, larry

 

What do you consider a long time?

 

10-12 miles on the thruway

 

It's normal.

 

Depending on where you're located you might consider switching viscosity.
I'm in the SF Bay Area and my dealer tech swapped me from 0-40 to 5-40. It does seem to war up a bit faster.

 

Here in Cincinnati lately it takes a solid 8-10 minutes to get above 150 deg F. Driven lightly, of course.

 

You may not need the lower visc.oil in SF but I can't think of any reason why you would see faster warmup.

 

rabkay,
Even in the summer w/95 degree temperature it takes me ~12-15 miles of Interstate driving to get the oil temperature up to normal.

 

Same experience as Chance6. Same city too.

 

It definitely takes 10 miles to get the oil to working temp ie >175 degrees. That is why you should not drive your P-car regularly on short drives (ie < 10 miles). I always take the long backroad route to work and stretch my commute (from the usual 4 miles) to 10 miles to 12 miles.