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Booboo
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Pure speculation but I bet some failures are due to the car dealer guys taking it for a quick redline run around the block it while the engine is still cold. It's very hard to imagine them waiting 20 minutes putting around town for it to warm up before flooring it. I live around many car dealers and 90%+ of the time when i see a new car with all the factory stickers being driven by staff it is being pushed HARD. So sad and cringe-worthy. Then the customer picks it up, not realizing the damage that's already been done, and bye bye engine.
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its taken every ounce of patience I have to try and stay quiet. Thanks for helping me make it atleast one more thread before I lose it
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HoosierDaddy
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Last week my wife yelled down stairs to ask if I ever felt a sharp pain like someone was stabbing a voodoo doll of me? I said no and she yelled down "how about now?"Time for Voodoo magic
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While I was taking delivery of my Bullitt, I watched 3 individuals from the dealership take the other Bullitt (green) on a test ride, as well as one of the HO Eco Boosts'. I said to the salesman "STOP" went out to my car to check the odometer. The day before it had 4 miles on it before my test drive, and 14 after. If it has more than that, deal is off." Thankfully, the car had the same mileage, and no monkey business, but I imagine it could have been an issue. Thankfully, I had made my decision to buy the black over the green. Had it gone the other way or likely got to the dealership an hour or two later.................. Seems the "big boss manager was out that day"
I was fortunate to see the car the day it came off the transport, and was just gone over and parked in front of the dealership. I have been it's only driver, so if the engine blows is on me (or Ford).
K4fxd
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It's not just the dealers. The people who put the cars in the lot at the factory beat the snot out of them and so do the people who load them on trains.
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Not according to the owners manual. But I know this topic is right up there with which oil is best and should you change the oil before or after winter storage? LOL But I do know that each engine is run on the dyno at the factory, so there's that.
(I broke mine in according to the owners manual though. I figured if anything went wrong I could in good conscience say, well, that I broke it in according to the owners manual! ;-)