The vag e288 diesel engine is pre dyno run in at the factory ! Take it fairly easy for 500miles, then show her whos boss!

Nanny goating a performance car too much doesn't mean its going to last longer or work better !

Drive it like ya stole it!

Nanny goating a performance car too much doesn't mean its going to last longer or work better !

 

True, although this thread is about an Octavia vRS

IMHO just let it warm up and do with it what you like.

Personal experience. I've been lucky enought to have run in 30 or so new cars (both my wife and I drive/need a car and historically have not kept them long due to liking a change)

I have found that if a car is broken in too gently there is more of a chance they engine will end up burning too much oil over the rest of its life.

Another thing I've found is that performance is better if an engine is ran in using the method I use.

And no one said anything about driving like you stole it. Stop twisting words please.

 

ii share the same personal experience as yourself, but it would seam that if you don't go by the *book* you'll find yourself standing outside the headmasters office.

 

 

Oh and it was me that used the tongue in cheek comment about *driving like you stole it*

Edited 7 January, 201412 yr by Andrew@DTUK

New Porsche owner to salesman "How would you recommend I run her in?"

 

"Are you keeping the car more than 3 years sir?"

 

"No"

 

"Then drive it like you stole it, if it breaks it's covered by warranty"

 

True story.

New Porsche owner to salesman "How would you recommend I run her in?"

 

"Are you keeping the car more than 3 years sir?"

 

"No"

 

"Then drive it like you stole it, if it breaks it's covered by warranty"

 

True story.

Not the official Porsche line, however and not what any reputable Porsche dealership would recommend - there is a fairly strict running in procedure for the first 1,000 miles. Sadly many Porsche salesmen are not as knowledgeable as they should be for such a specialised marque, especially if the dealership is part of a large organisation such as Inchcape that are more geared up to selling mass market tin boxes....

 

Porsche cars are extremely tough mechanically but like all machinery reward care with reliability. Hard driving like that in the first miles may well invalidate any warranty claims as the diagnostics can reveal any such abuse.

Edited 8 January, 201412 yr by Timoctav