edkwon
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For those who dont know what im referring to, im talking about the drivetrain/engine breakin procedure recommended on new cars for the first 1000 or so miles on the odo.
for those who never bought a new car, you can ignore this thread.
for those who hve purchased a new car, which school of thought do you follow?
1. keep the revs limited and never exceed a prescribed limit (something like 4000 rpm on a car with 6-8000 redline as an example) and always vary up the speed (never drive at a fixed cruise control speed on freeways for that initial 1000 miles or so.
2. drive it like youre always going to drive the car, if you drive conservatively normally, then drive conservative, if you like to drive aggressive and spirited and run it thru the rev range, then do so, if you drive like you stole the car, then thrash it like you normally would.
the first two cars ive owned (which i purchased new) i went with #1, but my third car i just rove it normally and let it rev when appropriate, however i did try to avoid fixed speeds for hours at a time (i did a couple long freeway drives during the initial period).
what does everyone think about this?
for those who never bought a new car, you can ignore this thread.
for those who hve purchased a new car, which school of thought do you follow?
1. keep the revs limited and never exceed a prescribed limit (something like 4000 rpm on a car with 6-8000 redline as an example) and always vary up the speed (never drive at a fixed cruise control speed on freeways for that initial 1000 miles or so.
2. drive it like youre always going to drive the car, if you drive conservatively normally, then drive conservative, if you like to drive aggressive and spirited and run it thru the rev range, then do so, if you drive like you stole the car, then thrash it like you normally would.
the first two cars ive owned (which i purchased new) i went with #1, but my third car i just rove it normally and let it rev when appropriate, however i did try to avoid fixed speeds for hours at a time (i did a couple long freeway drives during the initial period).
what does everyone think about this?