Mileage king, I broke it in my way ( Idiots Motor Break in)

George Roffe geo3@earthlink.net
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:56:25 -0600


James McColl wrote:

>Ok, I'm surprised no one else has commented on this.  Every break-in
>procedure for new cars I've always read has always said the same thing:
>"keep the rpms low, vary your speed, no full-throttle starts", just
>essentially drive the car like a granny for the first xxx number of miles.
>This is the first time I've ever heard a hard break-in recommended.

If you ran a car company, how would *you* tell someone to break a car in? ;-)

George Roffe
Houston, TX
91 SE-R (well modded)
91 G20  (well modded)
84 944 SCCA ITS race car under construction
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