Hi guys I am picking up my car next week and I have a 300km + drive back from the dealership.

My question is how often do I have to stop? I remember reading somewhere on here that someone said that I will have to vary the rpms if I am highway driving + stop frequently.

Is this true? Any suggestions?

Also do I have to break in the brake pads? (There was a thread on here last week regarding that)

 

Don't worry about anything. Just drive the car 'normal' and don't be redlining it for a while.

 

I drove home 250 miles with the G, all freeway. There are varying opinions on this, but every few minutes I wound up to 4K RPM, then slowed down to 1.5k or so, changed gear, etc. Wasn't a big deal, and the G is running like a watch at 17k miles. Only stopped a couple of times.

Re brake pads, there are ways to do it (per the previous thread), but while apparently this heat cycles the pads to get their chemistry to settle down, I've heard that the thin layer of brake material on the rotors gets worn off pretty quickly in normal (non-track) driving. I personally didn't bother with the G, others likely have - wouldn't worry about it.

Have fun in the G!

 

Thanks G35Now!

My thoughts were exactly the same as yours and I was planning to follow the same procedure as yourself.

 

don't sit at one speed for more than a couple minutes--keep in mind that varying even a few mph takes care of this.

take the opportunity to slowly bring the revs up in lower gears. get it up to 6k some time in the first couple hundred km, tickle redline before 500, and figure by 500km you can play with the brakes more at that point, and the clutch should be fully broken in. breaking in the motor isn't very involved as these are pretty much done by the time they hit the lot.

about the brake pads: you're probably thinking about bedding the pads.
http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm
ask yourself these questions:
-am I going to track this car?
-have I previously autocrossed or driven at HPDE's?
-do i know what HPDE stands for?

if the answer to any/all of the above is "no" then you probably won't benefit from bedding your pads. it basically "cures" the brakes and transfers a little material from the pads to the rotors. think of it like dragging sandpaper across metal vs. sandpaper across more sandpaper. the latter will have more grip. bedding your pads in public will improve your braking performance and be quite dangerous unless you can get far away from people.

give the car a little workout now and then and don't be afraid to push it. you should be going wide open after a few hundred km. I've seen it time and time again where two cars, side by side, were put on the dyno and one made significantly more power than the other because it was not babied during break-in.

 

I have been debating if I should break it in soft or hard. I plan on keeping and it is not leased it so I may follow the soft break in period.

 

ironically enough, if you're planning on keeping it you should break it in with a heavier hand/foot. i'm not saying to keep the "slip" light on 24/7, but you should probably try NOT to be too gentle.

the brakes and clutch could use about 300km~350km to finish their break-in process. that's very conservative, but all that means is no high rpm (5k) starts, and no slamming on the brakes for right now. introduce the motor to the range of revs without being too forceful at the beginning. by 5-600km you should be able to push it to redline with a fair amount of throttle and not worry.

my last two cars have been turbos and I broke them in the same way, seeing full boost before 500 miles. cars are like submissive partners. they want to be slapped around a bit, abused just a bit, but not beat to death. although i couldn't easily find that point where abuse became fatal with my sti... that's a whole other story.

 

Duly noted... knowing me I won't be able to keep it under 4000 rpms. plus the highway that I will be driving is alway empty.

 

where can you find an empty highway in the GTA?

 

lol i guess i havnt been soft breaking in the new G lol.

Thing has been redlined more than enough times.... Im just addicted to 306hp.

 

same here...and when i calm down i'm sporting 18mpg all city in somewhat hairy traffic.

 

...don't you have your own G or did your dad tell you to go redline his new car for him?

 

rpm&my_G35:

That highway would be the 402. I am importing the vehicle from the US and taking delivery on the Canadian side.

 

Gotcha.
BTW did you save much $. Do you think you will get any grief from a local dealership if you are needing warranty work done or are you planning to avoid them altogether?

 

Different location, but I bought my G in Dallas and all warranty work is done in Houston. Not a problem, Infiniti dealers are responsible for Infiniti warranty work - if they give you flak (unlikely that they will), report them to Infiniti.

BTW, a loaner is ALSO part of the Infiniti warranty, don't let a dealer try and tell you that it's their special thing and/or since you didn't buy it there, no loaner.

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