Hi

I had a google for this, but couldn't find an answer! 

 

I'm picking my new motor tomorrow, but have never owned a spanking new car before. 

What is the break-in mileage (kms) for a brand new VRS before you can give it a good drive!

 

Or is there one! 

 

Many thanks

Spank it as you would normally... That's what I intend to do

No break in required on modern cars. Just don't hammer it until FULLY warmed up (so 10 mins after the water temp reaches 90).

You'll end up with a much sweeter, revvier engine in the long run if you don't baby it in the first place.

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Cheers lads, 

I have a 200km trip home on mostly motorway.... having to drive it like a granny in a pram!

I once had a motorbike that had been given a good thrashing from day one. This particular model were renown for running rough and using oil but my one was sweet as a nut. I took it to the dealership for a service once and the mechanics couldn't believe it was a standard bike and yet ran so well. It could be i was lucky, or it could be the way it was run in. I suspect the latter

If motorway cruising, keep shifting cogs, load the engine up both by acceleration and decelerating.... Whatever your do, don't sit at constant throttle the whole way!

Im sure someone will be along to cast doubt and that you should wrap your engine in cotton wool for the first 1000k

However, i found this quite interesting to read

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Just drive it as you normally would, no need to change gears or drive like schumacher or miss daisy.

Just be careful until the engine is warm & then drive as you like.

The internals of modern engines are precision engineeried to such a degree that no wearing-in is necessary. Just drive it normally.

It's covered in the manual - I would stick with that.

If motorway cruising, keep shifting cogs, load the engine up both by acceleration and decelerating.... Whatever your do, don't sit at constant throttle the whole way!

Show me a motorway nowadays where you can drive for 200kms without traffic jams ;-)

 

We had this discussion in another thread a while ago: there are a few different opinions on this. It's obvious that you shouldn't thrash it like there's no tomorrow from day one. Driving it like a granny doesn't help either. I am currently doing what I did with my Scirocco and that turned out fine: take it easy the first 1000km (no continued revs over 3500 for a petrol or 2500 for the diesel) between 1000 and 1500 gradually increase the use of the higher revs and after 1500km: thrash it.

That's what Skoda say as well (though not the last part) page 136 in the manual:

 

Driving in the engine

The engine has to be run in during the first 1500 kilometres. During this period,

the driving style decides on the quality of the driving-in process.

During the first 1 000 km we recommend not driving faster than 3/4 of the

maximum permissible engine speed, not to drive at full throttle and to dispense

with the trailer.

In the area of 1,000 to 1,500 kilometres the engine load can be increased up

to the maximum permitted engine speed.

I don't know if it's really necessary. But I guess in a brand new car it won't hurt to take it a tad slower until you get to know it better and judge the cars reaction more accurately.

Taking it easy for a few hundred ks won't hurt, also gives you a chance to familiarise yourself with how the car reacts in given situations.

It's as much about bedding the car in as it is about you bedding into the car.

and bedding in new brakes and new tyres. Big no-no is letting the engine labour but i'm a big fan of exploiting the entire rev range on a regular basis

Just drive it, but of course be mindful that the brakes and tyre grip wont reach their full effectiveness until they have a good few hundred miles under their belt.