Modern cars are strapped onto a chassis dyno and ran through a battery of driveline tests before they hit the shipping yard. One of them being taken to redline. I guess apparently I'm a boy racer then too since I broke my car in at autocross at 200 miles...and bedding in my brakes properly unlike everyone else...and checked the fluids after an assault on its components...and listened for any oddities in the engine, wheel assemblies, and transmission. GT350 owners are constantly bitching about oil consumption. Mine's tight as a drum and doesn't eat oil like crazy. Road America, Milwaukee Mile, 150+ autocross runs a season. Purrs like a kitten and bites like a lion. Just sayin............
Fair enough but the racers don’t keep their cars as long as most of us do and they usually can work on the cars and motors. They also replace brakes, bushings, rear gears, better driveshafts, etc. If that is you then go for it. Most people here just want reliable cars with an occasional punch in the throttle. They want a problem free car. They would probably drive the thing gently anyway but a gentle break in does no harm to these people and it is better for them to get to know the car. It will probably wear the parts in better anyway and give them piece of mind that if something does break it was not their fault. I found tiny metal fragments in my first oil change. I always do during break in so until bearing surfaces are manufactured to mate perfectly, you probably would be wise to be gentle at first if you are hanging onto the car.
Well, because it is one more thing that will break, costs money to do that, and normal people with no knowledge of this would be constantly calling service asking what's wrong with their car.
I had to drive 2 hours home from dealership on a highway when I got mine, just don't use cruise control and don't be afraid to drop down a gear or two and give it some gas off and on while driving, the key is to work the gears and work the engine through various RPMs, versus a steady rpm for extended times.
Good to see there are people on this forum who retain logic and make use of common sense!
Strange I don't remember that when I did the breaking in of mine (17 GS also)...I took it pretty easy first 500 miles (but did the breaking in in mountain roads) and then hammered as much as I can (4400 miles now)
I dono. It's all done by computer anyway so they can simply alter the shift points and redline and I bet 99% of people would have no clue. The Vette imposes a lower redline during break in.
