Frodo Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Okay just a few days before I pick up the new car. As this is the first new car I have ever owned what is current thinking on driving them in. How long should this take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I was advised by the dealer notot spank it for a few k. Most cars don't have a running in period any more (as far as I know), but the interval to first service is very dependent on the way you drive the first few k! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Yeah okay I guess bed the brakes into the discs for about a 100 miles and this will also sort out the tyres. Then maybe take it easy for the first 1000 miles. Would that be okay or over cautious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 sounds good. The DIS and the service indicator should tell you when it's time to take off the ballet shoes and put on the steel toe caps! It is blank for a while and starts to settle down to a realistic value (depending on the engine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Mmmmm it is going to be so difficult keeping the ballet shoe's on, but I guess it will pay dividends in the long run. Just can't wait until Friday now to pick it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 The service indicator stays blank for the first 500km, I was sitting in the chunnel the other day messing about with the DIS and I managed to reset my service indicator by mistake, I was trying to reset the milometer but the key was in position 1 which is where you need it for the service reset And after doing 90mph all the way home and a few days of stop start dring it has come up with service in 8500 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCab Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Mmmmm it is going to be so difficult keeping the ballet shoe's on [/ QUOTE ] You should count yourself lucky, if you'd asked here half a year ago there'd still have been people telling you to keep the revs down to x thousand for the first y thousand miles, then let it creep up to z thousand for the next y thousand miles, etc. etc., and basically not allowing yourself to drive properly until either (a) you were dead of old age or (b) you'd sold the car. Luckily this sort of "be as careful as possible, Just In Case, never mind the dealer's advice" thinking has largely gone out of the window. My understanding (thanks to TSN discussions, I must say) is that the whole running-in business dates back to the days of poorer engineering tolerances, when you had to run the engine cautiously while fine protrusions and irregularities in the moving parts got ground down; then you changed the oil, taking the debris with it, and then could drive at full revs. This was all very valid but seems to date back to the Ford Model T, or possibly the main aft turbines on Noah's Ark. Modern cars, as far as I know, simply do not need this, but people who've been motorheads from an earlier age than me do keep repeating it... Taking it easy for a thousand miles just to bed the rest of the car in, however, seems sensible; and Dieselmeister's point about the service interval is a new one and very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 i am willing to run your new cars in for you all so that you can enjoy the experience a lot quicker!! anyone got an RS6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicblue Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Run in the bodywork too - park as far away as possible from everyone else because some t%%%%%er will give you a ding for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicblue Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 As has been suggested elsewhere you don't really have a running-in period although the brakes will take 100-300 miles to bed in. Engine wise let the engine spin as opposed to holding a high gear at low speed - that increases the cylinder bore loadings markedly just as the piston rings are 'bedding in' which really isn't kind at all. So just drive normally and all will be well. Some manufacturers actually fit a special oil filter that traps even smaller particles than normal when the car is new - just to give the engine the best possible chance in it's early life. I will be observing the above - and no I won't be going for a spin at midnight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Think the book says no full throttle or maximum revs for 1,000km (about 600 miles). Probably sensible advice but other than that agree with the above, just drive it normally but don't thrash it for 1,000 miles or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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