Advice is opposite "old school" thinking
Thanks. I am still unsure, but these comments are reassuring. It basically tells me that this insanely muscular little "4" is tough, and will run well and for a long time regardless of how you break it in. When driving it I feel torn between babying it, as I have always done with new cars ....and unleashing it as I plan to drive it (only occasionally when roads are clear, of course 
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I am an engineer (electronics) by profession and my logical side tells me to split the difference of all the advice I have been given, namely,At least for the first 4 or 5000 miles, don't redline it in every gear, at every stoplight, but don't bog it down with exclusively low revs either.
)I am an engineer (electronics) by profession and my logical side tells me to split the difference of all the advice I have been given, namely,At least for the first 4 or 5000 miles, don't redline it in every gear, at every stoplight, but don't bog it down with exclusively low revs either.
Some of us are likely to "unleash" these cars on the track...that's one way to blow the carbon out.
These cars really do quite well if you take car of them. Probably the biggest part of that is to change the oil at a reasonable interval. You will find that there is a debate on the details, but somewhere between 5 and 10k miles should be good. More often if you run the car hard (like me on the track). Most of all, these cars take really well to be appreciated...Enjoy
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