Hi all

 

Im expecting delivery on a brand new VRS in race blue. 

 

Apologies for a noob type question, do I still need to "break in" the car or is there not much need for it these days since they are done at factory? 

 

 

Drive as you would normally.

If you are too gentle with it then the new engine will not 'bed in' properly and it will use oil later on down the line.

The first owner of my car was an OAP and consequently the engine uses a litre of oil every 5000 miles.

Drive it like you just stole it

 

Won't make it any better or worst for oil usage but, it'll be a lotta fun

Any new engine - avoid constant speed/revs on motorway and avoid max revs for first 1k MLS.

 

Tz, drive it carefully first few hundred miles (300+). Avoid standing still for longer periods, driving at constant revs for long (highway at same speed for hours), avoid revs above 3500rpms (well if necessary to save your life push it as hard as possible).

Avoid cold start high revs.

 

After few hundred miles starts to load it more. After 3000miles push it as you wish. Change first oil before 10k miles.

 

This will make change if your petrol will eat oil or not. Althought engine has been run in the factory, still it's an engine, mechanical parts have to settle and adjust.

 

If not - your wish. If you don't plan to keep it long, then it's your call yes/no.

 

Enjoy!

Edited 3 August, 20178 yr by TTodorov

Keep an eye on the fluid levels each couple of weeks, oil and coolant, as they can use a bit during the first few 1000 miles.

Enjoy your new car.

Check and set the tyre pressures as soon as you get the car, check the levels as you get it then you know where they were and have an idea if the PDI was done right.

 

Then Drive in / Run in the Tyres, Brakes, Suspension etc as you listen and make sure all is good.

The engine will be just fine from the off, other things need running in.

Just drive it like normal.

Theres absolutely no need to avoid constant speed on the motorway or idling.. you are not buying a 1950s canalboat engine...

Drive it normally, no hard pushing, high revving or sitting on motorway at constant revs for hours for first 600 miles iirc.

Then you start revving it a little more, always making sure engine is fully up to temp before doing so.

Might notice some flat spots in rev range, these should start evening out when fully run in.

I'm up to 900 and certainly feels more free-spinning, more powerful and smoother DSG than at 3 miles. 

Small point.

The piston travel up and down the the 4 cylinders exactly the same length no matter what revs you do low or high or constant.

 

DSG will be behaving different after 3 miles or any miles after it was raced onto the transportation from the factory, onto the ship, off the ship, onto a transporter, 

around to the filling station etc.

Now it can be driven as though it is a New car being Driven In / Run in.

Pretty sure the engines are not run-in at the factory. They are assembled, filled with oil, tested, perhaps flushed out (or not?) then stuck in a car. Next it get subjected to series of short drives until, if you are especially lucky, it gets abused as a demo, loan car or fleet vehicle. finally you get to drive it 

No they are not run in at the factory.

and those miles at hand over are after the Transit miles have been reset and only delivery miles show, or maybe even those are reset.

Get past the initial period when you can be a bit shy to give her the full beans, and then you can afford to steadily break in with more and more gusto.

 

To start with on my old one I was cautious at first but then when we got going nothing could stop me and I gave it a proper seeing to and it did seem like it was worth it as I did get a positive response back too !

 

Oh are we actually talking about cars