The dealership should have my new car in by friday(hopefully). Does any one know if there is a break in period or anything along those lines. I have never bought a brand new car before so I am not familiar with breaking one in. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!! Infiniti G37 athens blue /stone 6mt

 

recommended factory break-in is 600 miles of EASY acceleration, no high rpm, no hard braking for 200 miles, and no cruising on the freeway during the 600 (stop and go or city ony)

 

Thanks! It will be tempting to go fast, but I will definitely follow those guidelines. Although I do have to travel on the highway to head home from the dealer.

 

lol

 

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

 

Yeah that is a nice article and it seems to make sense, I did break in my 01 yamaha r6 that way and it still runs like a madman with no problems after 25xxx miles, Plus this method is definitely alot more fun!!!thanks!!!

 

hell if the car breaks.. u got a warranty.. turn right around and take it right back to the dealer...

 

before i read that article 2 years ago i followed the same procedure. Now almost 60k on the car it runs 14.1 @ 99mph at ~2400 DA and burns zero amount of oil.

 

as a friendly reminder, set the REV light for a lower RPM.

 

no cruising on freeway? wow thats new

 

This comes from misunderstanding what's happening, and is absolutely false. What the manufacturers want you to do is vary your speed, meaning that there are periods of acceleration, and periods of engine braking. While accelerating, your engine components are loaded in one direction, and they are loaded in the other direction during engine braking, that's all. Highway travel is sustained, low power, constant RPM operation for the most part that only loads the components in the same direction as acceleration would.

Don't worry about it, drive on the highway, just take it easy, and if you're really paranoid, let up on the gas every once in a while to perform some engine braking.

 

What do you mean by "engine breaking"? Just letting the speed decrease on its own while in gear?

 

Yes. That's what it means. When I had a manual trans years ago, I'd brake and down shift a lot when slowing down during the break-in period. If you're on the highway, vary your speed and be in different gears.

Heck, I'd double-clutch and down shift to slow down even after out of the break-in period, just to hear the engine of the car I had rev.. Sounded cool!

Some folks have said that double clutching is not required due to synchromesh, which is true. However, IMHO, it allows the engagement of the transmission when down shifting to be smoother, resulting in less wear on the clutch.

 

What's double clutching? Sorry ... I've been driving manuals, but have no idea what double clutching is.

 

Basically when you're down shifting, you do the following:

1) Depress clutch quickly
2) Take transmission out of gear and put into neutral position
3) Release clutch quickly
4) Blip throttle to bring engine RPM's up
5) Depress clutch quickly
6) Put transmission into lower gear
7) Release clutch quickly

If you do it right all you'll hear is the engine rev up and you won't feel the transmission engagement. If you do it wrong, where the the engine RPMs rise even higher, you'll feel the car lurch forward and slow down abruptly.

Normally you can do it by going down 1 gear, which is what I'd normally do. I've also down shifted 2 gears, from 5th to 3rd, or 4th to 2nd (if you were let's say in a spirited environment on the road).. You just have to bring the revs up higher.. (I'm talking about 15 years ago when a 6spd manual was rare, if it existed at all)..

Below is a link to video on youtube. If you google it, I'm sure you'll find more information..