Have a 3-week old Panny Turbo and the Min Oil light came on this am. A bit spooked and went straight to dealer to see what's up.

They topped it off by a quart and said it's typical? At least it was free, but still curious if this is normal.

 

not normal but could possibly happen, had mine for 6 months now and it said oil level low.....
oh yeah and I forgot, Welcome to the Porsche world, you will never go back to what you were driving before..... ....

 

Thanks for the intel to your experience

Been fabulous so far first time as a Porsche guy. Let's just say it was a good thing the R8 front end scraped going into my garage

 

I've had to top mine off twice in 2 months of ownership. There is a service advisory about this according to my dealer....

 

, hey by the look of the spy pics of the new carrera 991, I just maybe getting that car next? what were your views on that car?

 

I think it is normal for you to have to add oil periodically, this was one of the strangest things to me coming out of japanese cars, but I was told most german cars (especially high performance ones) do burn oil and will require periodic filling.

 

Audi let me take a R8 White Spyder overnight to see how it would commute, etc. An awful fun car to drive and EVERYONE notices that car

All said, I'm glad the R8 didn't fit in the garage. The Panny Turbo is an awesome driving experience....Every day

 

Thanks for the heads up. Sure glad there's the min level warning system . A quick pop in to dealer and out in 10mins. Not so bad

 

When i bought my PTT, the sales and service guys said high oil burn was typical for the first 1K-3K miles on the turbo.

 

Thanks for replying - Very good thing to know. Wish they would've mentioned the same

 

I have put 2 quarts in mine in first 2000 miles.

My 4S seemed to use about a quart every 4k miles

 

Sure is nice to know you can pop by your dealership to top it off

 

Yup its normal for the break-in period about 2k to 3k miles. So no worry~ enjoy ur new toy!!

 

Thanks Andy

Appreciate the info