surely your new car has been revved right up to the limiter in the first 2 or 3 gears as its driven on and off the ferrys these days..you have seen them loading and unloading them, they dont spare the horses!

Not only that, but as I mentioned in an earlier post they are all run up on a Rolling Road in the factory, right through the rev's in each gear.

Modern engines don't need running in, all they need is an owner with a little bit of common sense. I am sure that if some people saw in the owners manual that "From 500KM to 1000KM you should carry a fresh cleveland steamer in your glove box and go by the name of Beryl" they would do it

Do people need directions for everything these days

Do people need directions for everything these days

yes can someone please tell me how should breathe? :P

back to the subject, just take it easy and like others have said let it warm up. With the skoda I've done it like the owner book says and I've done it like ragging with other cars.

treat it with respect and the car will always treat ya back.

I've worked in automotive manufacturing for a number of years and every OEM i've worked with (VW, Jag, Bentley Ford, Volvo) all have a prerequsite that the Rolling Road test cannot start until the Oil temp is 80+ degs. Most Rolling road tests are around 2-3mins and don't exceed 90km/h (its scary above 90....)

Most of the engine running selftests won't run without this prereq.

Modern engines don't need running in, all they need is an owner with a little bit of common sense. I am sure that if some people saw in the owners manual that "From 500KM to 1000KM you should carry a fresh cleveland steamer in your glove box and go by the name of Beryl" they would do it

Common sense would surely dictate that you don't thrash it at least until all the bearing surfaces have properly bedded in. Presumably those that choose to ignore the instructions in the handbook would also be quite happy to put diesel in a petrol engined car or vice versa.

Maybe the instuctions in the handbook are a bit over cautious but I still think it's better to adhere to them. Possibly the effects of disregarding them may only be known in the long term and it's not an issue for those that only keep a car for three years or so.

If you want to believe the people who make money off selling cars and their components rather than impartial owners, by all means follow their advice...

Rob.

Are you saying that VW (and Skoda by association) are giving this run-in advice to deliberately cause premature component failure then?

Because I can't see how you think they will make money from advising you to obey a run-in period otherwise?

I drove my TDI CR sensibly for the first 1000ish miles, just avoided flooring it or red lining it. Oh, and I haven't used any oil yet. Most of my miles are on motorways, so wasn't difficult.