Just drive it hard like it should be.

 

Who doesn't slip up during break in??? That'd be boring...
Actually, now that you mention it, it wasn't a slip up - totally on purpose! Some would say it's better for the engine to run it hard as hell from the very beginning anyway.

 

Can you imagine a 4000 rpm limit for 2000 miles? Word is, that's the Cayman's break-in.

 

Slip up???? Heck....I got out of sight of the dealership, and was ON IT!!!

I know what the over-boost indicator looks like!!!

 

Heck, yeah! Just couldn't help myself

But, I was interested to skim through the "controversial article" on engine break-in. Try not to laugh as I say this, but a car friend of mine always commented that my pick-up drove fast. My husband has snorted at this (well, it's a pick-up for heaven's sake), but I run those revs and it's not a stodgy truck.

1096 miles on Bette, and counting...

 

I only got up to 750 miles before I slipped a little and now my mother took the car out of state and is giving it back to me this wednesday with about 1400 on the clock,
so the last 600 miles before the first oil change are gonna be very *cough*spirited*cough*

 

Must admit, in the nearly 1000 miles we've done, i've floored the accelerator, but i didn't pass the 4250 revs, or the 100 mph limit.

Not got long now and i can test that sport button out!

 

i also found it hard not to slip up several times during break in...but i also managed to get out of my break in period in about a couple of weeks. i know i didn't cause any harm to the car by going over the max rpm or mph and if anything does go wrong it def won't be because of slipping up.

i just made sure not to beat the crap out of the car just in case i had to deal with any sort of warranty claims later. anyway i knew after i hit 1200 i would have all the time in the world to run Ambrosia hard.

 

Do it now--there's not a tinker's damn of difference breaking-in with the sport button on. It tights the steering, and allows better throttle response--that's it! You might even find it easier to shift with it on. A number of people have reported this. And it's not making you run over 100 mph or 4500 rpm, or whatever the numbers are--your right foot is.

I'll never understand the confusion and worry about this little button.

 

Yup, it happens. Don't fret.

 

Same here but not for long. I wish I could have a more spirited drive to my office. Stop and go traffic is slightly annoying in the MINI.

 

are you kidding

I broke it in like i would drive it normally. It's how you break it in properly

 

The day after I got mine I started flauging it like I stole it.

 

Since the car is built in Europe their distances are measured in kilometers. Mini recommends 2000km for break in period. 2000km = 1200 miles.

 

Well that just kills it. I've been speeding all afternoon (odometer at 1263...), hitting the revs to really get some of that delightful acceleration but now you're telling me to hold off until 2000? Nah. Not gonna happen.

 

No I am not telling you to hold off until 200o miles. I reiterate: Europe measures road distance in kilometers. If you had a European version of the Mini the book would tell you to keep the revs down for the first 2000 KILOMETERS which is equivalent to 1200 MILES. A kilometer is roughly .6 (six tenths) of a mile. Multiply 2000 X .6 et voila, 1200 miles.

 

Ooops, sorry for the mis-read. Actually I just went back to my origianl post and tried to delete it because the math hit me slightly after I'd posted (long day, teacher about to go on break - need I say more "where's my cocktail????"). Unfortunately, I haven't mastered how to delete my own posts her eon NAM either.

 

Exactly, I just drive them, and keep a little pressure on the rings to help seat them. You want to do do something really good for your MINI at break in? Then do an early oil and filter change. I do them as early as 500 miles some times, and I've broken in a lot of motors and never had a car or motorcycle in 30 years or so that used oil or smoked since my old air-cooled VWs.

Read this if you really want a different perspective on break in.

www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

 

I have on both. Over 90 and 4500 RPM. It's had to stay under all the time.

 

Surfblue says don't give it a second thought. Your engine is just fine. Keep varying your revs within limits, use all the gears, drive on.

 

I hit the rev limiter the first day that I had mine. Hitting the limiter was not on purpose, it just got their quicker than I was expecting.

 

Oh, I slipped.

About 5 minutes after leaving the dealer. On the way home I looked at the speedometer at I was cruising at 95 mph - been good since then!

 

everyone slips up once in a while. I've had my mini for 3 months and I'm still at 850 miles. Looks like a slow summer for me.

 

Talk about slipping up! How could you do that to your infant MINI?

Oh, wait--you've been snowed in, I guess... Spring is coming; bluebonnets are up here, so it won't be much longer for NY.

 

News here says bluebonnets, and wildflowers in general, will be lackluster this year in South Texas due to lack of rain. I'm hoping it's not true, but we may have to scoot over to Fredricksburg's Wildseed Farms to see if we can get our wildflower portraits with our eight-year old daughter and newborn SS MCSC.

OMG, I'm off topic! Quick Fix: I haven't gotten past 85 in the first 400-500 miles, but I'm hoping to find a wide open road to test the limits.