New Car - should I avoid highway driving?

[Anonymous]

What's the latest guidance on driving new cars on highways? It used to be no-no but not sure if that changed

[Anonymous]

It's totally fine. Otherwise half of new car buyers wouldn't even be able to drive their car home.

[Anonymous]

It's fine. Don't use cruise control for more than 10 miles at a time.

But maybe that's not true anymore either.

[Anonymous]

Read the owner's manual for your particular car, specifically the section on new vehicle break-in. Some cars require no special treatment apart from letting the engine oil circulate for 30 - 6o seconds before driving off, and driving gently until the oil is fully warmed up. Others limit top speed, aggressive passing maneuvers, and maximum engine rpm until a certain mileage target is hit. Some, like BMW M cars, additionally require a relatively early break-in oil and filter change, others have no special break-in oil change interval.

The engineers who designed your vehicle know you should treat it for maximum longevity, and their guidance in that regard is contained in your owner's manual in the sections about break-in and periodic maintenance.

[Anonymous]

What? The purpose of a car is to get from point A to point B. Why buy it if you're not going to drive it everywhere? Don't buy new cars, anyway. You're losing money. Smart people buy good, used vehicles and pay cash for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Read the owner's manual for your particular car, specifically the section on new vehicle break-in. Some cars require no special treatment apart from letting the engine oil circulate for 30 - 6o seconds before driving off, and driving gently until the oil is fully warmed up. Others limit top speed, aggressive passing maneuvers, and maximum engine rpm until a certain mileage target is hit. Some, like BMW M cars, additionally require a relatively early break-in oil and filter change, others have no special break-in oil change interval.

The engineers who designed your vehicle know you should treat it for maximum longevity, and their guidance in that regard is contained in your owner's manual in the sections about break-in and periodic maintenance.

+1. Use owner's manual. Every model is different. "Break-in" period is important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Read the owner's manual for your particular car, specifically the section on new vehicle break-in. Some cars require no special treatment apart from letting the engine oil circulate for 30 - 6o seconds before driving off, and driving gently until the oil is fully warmed up. Others limit top speed, aggressive passing maneuvers, and maximum engine rpm until a certain mileage target is hit. Some, like BMW M cars, additionally require a relatively early break-in oil and filter change, others have no special break-in oil change interval.

The engineers who designed your vehicle know you should treat it for maximum longevity, and their guidance in that regard is contained in your owner's manual in the sections about break-in and periodic maintenance.

+1. Use owner's manual. Every model is different. "Break-in" period is important.

+2

The manual has all the answers. It was literally written by the people who designed the car. Do what they say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What? The purpose of a car is to get from point A to point B. Why buy it if you're not going to drive it everywhere? Don't buy new cars, anyway. You're losing money. Smart people buy good, used vehicles and pay cash for them.

Good grief, are you really this dense?

S/he’s asking about engine break-in during first several hundred miles. It’s a perfectly reasonable and intelligent question.

And who knows if the previous owner was some idiot who didn’t understand things like this? You want to risk buying the lemon they created because they didn’t break it in properly?


Penny wise, pound foolish.

[Anonymous]

BMW has a specified break-in procedure. There’s no specified process for any Japanese or American engines other than avoiding redline for the first several hundred miles. Also give new tires 100-200 miles to wear off mold release, particularly in wet conditions, before driving at traction limits — although this is less of an issue with traction and stability control monitors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BMW has a specified break-in procedure. There’s no specified process for any Japanese or American engines other than avoiding redline for the first several hundred miles. Also give new tires 100-200 miles to wear off mold release, particularly in wet conditions, before driving at traction limits — although this is less of an issue with traction and stability control monitors.

https://www.carrsubaru.com/service/information/5-tips-for-new-subaru-break-in-period.htm