What did you do when you hit the 1000 miles mark?

[funwheeldrive]

I learned to love the torque dip.

[Chattanooga FR-S]

Originally Posted by HLS30

Why would you do anything different? It's just a number on the dash....

Considering I'm probably going to be picking up mine in Colorado and driving back to California, I'm mostly going to be bored out of my mind when I hit the 1k mark.

Many people follow the recommended 1k mile break-in period (which has been discussed on the forums here ad nauseam), so hitting the 1k mile mark is a point where those drivers finally allow themselves to push the car to higher limits, if so desired.

[J_kennington]

Continued driving the same way I did when I picked it up from the dealership. However I wanted to.

[SalM]

Originally Posted by Chattanooga FR-S

I pulled over, stopped, took an odometer picture, reset the rev warning to 7k, then finally floored it to take off. I have done a couple donuts since (not looking to replace tires soon, so this will be a very, very rare thing), and I have enjoyed driving UP some curvy roads now that I can really accelerate out of the turns.

Hit it spot on !

[CruiseZen]

I'm only 23 miles away from 1,000 miles. So far I've mostly kept my rpm's under 4,000 with only a few very brief blips between 4,100-4,300 rpm during some spirited driving. I'm not planning on any drastic changes once I get out of the break in period. I'm thinking that I will gradually increase my maximum rpm's over the next 1,000 miles until I eventually reach redline.

I've also recently noticed a change in the exhaust note of the car. It seems louder and more aggressive. I mostly attributed it to the breaking in of the muffler.

[Abraxus]

As I posted in a previous thread, I floored it. My friend had asked me when I was going to hit it and I looked at my odo and said.. "Well shit, I just did." Ever since then I drive it like a mad man. It is, after all, only a car. An extremely legitimate car. But the baby period is over.

[phobos512]

I hit the rev limiter the first night I drove her right off the lot - not on purpose, first time driving a manual. Every time after that, it was on purpose. I don't believe in babying a car. And I call bs on anyone who posts about how a car was adult owned, never redlined, never tracked, etc. Why buy a vehicle like this to drive it like that? If that's the plan, buy a Camry. Buy a sports car, drive it like a sports car. I'm 34 in a week, I deserve to have a little fun after my 10+ daily hours in the office.

[HLS30]

Originally Posted by Chattanooga FR-S

Many people follow the recommended 1k mile break-in period (which has been discussed on the forums here ad nauseam), so hitting the 1k mile mark is a point where those drivers finally allow themselves to push the car to higher limits, if so desired.

I've never understood why people do this with modern cars. Unless you get one right off the factory floor, the engine is going to be broken in by the time that you get into the drivers seat. The whole "break in" period thing these days is to help people who've never driven a sports car get used to them without putting it into a ditch.

[Drive]

Took a picture.

[636]

What's a break in period? I was slamming gears the day I bought it.

It's a car made in 2012, not a 1985 Seville.

[rice_classic]

I turned it up to 11

[subiestyle]

So those of you that followed no break-in, do you regularly take it to redline on a cold engine?

Because made in 2012.

[humfrz]

I re-set the shift light to about 6,200 rpms.

I still didn't usually crank it up past 6,200 for another 1,000 miles.

(I just ain't in that big ah hurry no more)


humfrz

[HLS30]

Originally Posted by subiestyle

So those of you that followed no break-in, do you regularly take it to redline on a cold engine?

Because made in 2012.

Well, if we're going to be facetious....




EDIT: Ok, real talk here. Doing the math, if you ran the car steady state at say, 2000rpm (which is WAY low for what actual cruise RPM is) for an hour, you're looking at 120,000 revolutions in one hour. If the engine hasn't "worn in" in that time, NOTHING you can do with the engine is going to do anything more than that. I've seen NOTHING in the way of actual studies that indicate that on a modern engine there's *any* reason to break the engine in. And lets be honest, if a modern car's engine is so badly machined that it needs to be broken in, why the hell are you buying that POS anyways?