break in period on e63
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From: North East
2004 E55 AMG 2014 GL63 AMG
I belive that these cars get tested for optimum performance at the factory, so it is kinda already broken in. I started driving it hard on the way home from the dealer, have currently 37000 miles and never a problem.
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2011 twin turboed prius
IMHO no break in required just make sure it shifts smoothly and lets you get close to the red line w/o upshifting too quickly
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2007 SL550 - Aegean Blue; 2008 E63 Wagon - Iridium Silver
Here's an interesting article by Frank Markus of Motor Trend discussing this controversy. For me, with my new $100,000 car, I follow the AMG recommended breakin.
http://www.motortrend.com/features/e...nce/index.html
http://www.motortrend.com/features/e...nce/index.html
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From: Mia
2005 E 55
Drive it like you stole it
On a serious note both methods can be argued back and forth. I believe in following the recommended engine break-in procedure just in a more aggressive manner.
On a serious note both methods can be argued back and forth. I believe in following the recommended engine break-in procedure just in a more aggressive manner.
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2015 AMG C63 S
Here's an interesting article by Frank Markus of Motor Trend discussing this controversy. For me, with my new $100,000 car, I follow the AMG recommended breakin.
http://www.motortrend.com/features/e...nce/index.html
http://www.motortrend.com/features/e...nce/index.html
Juice, I want to keep up with that car of yours. It's the test car for "first break ALL the rules.
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From: Phoenix
'04 Ferrari 360, '06 Audi A8, '05 Nissan Titan
what about the "little black box"?
I've bought several new high end sports cars over the past several years and sadly for me, (but happily for any buyer of those cars) I've always followed the manuf recommended break in....and that is 2000 miles of 4000 rpm or lower driving on Porsches!!! That sucks big time, but if there's any good that comes out of it, it's that it forces you to explore and learn the other attributes of the car (handling for instance) while you're ticking off the miles in anticipation of that final break-in mile.
I've always wondered......would a vehicle's "little black box" record the maximum revs on an engine? So once you took the car in for it's first oil change, would the tech be able to see what the maximum recorded RPM's were during the break in period? If so, and if you had warranty issues, I wonder if they'd void the warranty in an extreme case?
I've always wondered......would a vehicle's "little black box" record the maximum revs on an engine? So once you took the car in for it's first oil change, would the tech be able to see what the maximum recorded RPM's were during the break in period? If so, and if you had warranty issues, I wonder if they'd void the warranty in an extreme case?
