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Originally Posted by ahausheer
Uhm, we are talking about engines (whole cars actually) that have at least 10 miles on them and were tested at the factory. This article seems to look solely at wear on the various parts in the combustion chamber under various operating conditions, not whole cars being delivered to a customer. Without a thorough understanding of how much wear is bad and how much wear is good for Hp and longevity sake I think the article is a moot point. Did you read the motor-trend article I posted? There is no more debate, go back a few pages and read it.
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Would you be so kind as to provide the link to that article? I am searching through this thread, and scrolling through it, and only finding how bad I am at searching and scrolling. Not that I have reason to believe that Motor Trend magazine knows very much more than anyone else, but I would like to read it.
And now for some more unsubstantiated forum hearsay: Recently, I test drove the new McLaren and the sales person, a very knowledgeable guy, as you might expect with McLaren, simply advised to break the car in by driving variously during the first 1000 mi. Just don't do any one thing for too long. Vary your speed, load and gears. He said that the McLaren administrators advised the usual care and circumspection during break-in, while over the guy's shoulder the company's engineers were shaking their heads and saying, "The car is ready. Drive the hell out of it as soon as you get it." This includes the whole car, not just the engine.
Well, that's McLaren, not Toyota-Subaru, but you get the idea.