Thanks for the information, Knubblo, but not thanks. Good luck to you.

 

The hard break-in sounds like a good idea to do on a car I have a 2-3 year lease on, but on a potential 10+ year car, I think I will take my chances with the BMW recommendations.

Thanks for sharing though...interesting food for thought!

 

Uh, what exactly was being sold? Near as I can tell, it was just information and the following of it is your call. Just OPEN your eyes a little and read a bit more....

 

Wow. Elegantly stated, indeed. I stand admonished!

 

Ive read that article before... its been like the ONLY article that i've ever seen that supports that theory... If you are leasing the car I say do it that way... if you plan on keeping your car for >3 years do it the BMW Manual way.

 

Interesting. Unfortunately I am not rich enough to try this experiment on my car, but please feel free to experiment on yours and respond back to the group on how it works out.

 

I am absolutely fascinated of the fact that you had to go after me even though I explictly stated that I posted this as "information only" and that it is none of my business what you do with it?

Nevertheless, if you choose to believe something else that is of course your prerogative.
But just let me ask another question touching the same principle of yours, namely that no one can know better than the originator. Why is it that no car manufacturer explains that you should have your AC on all year no matter the weather? Surely you know what happens if you turn off your AC during wintertime? No, ok the pump servo which rotates the cooling liquid is actually lubricated and sealed with that exact same liquid. So turning it off for short periods like a couple of days / weeks is no problem but if you do it during several months the sealing can (and often do) start to leak with the result of you having to visit the dealer to find the leak, seal it and refill the AC cooling liquid. It is not for free.

/Knubblo
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I didn't mean to offend you, or imply that you supported this method. I was really asking a rhetorical question.

I was just expressing my opinion regarding this "method" that really has no scientific or engineering basis, or any data to support it. Don't you think that at least one well-known engineer who had experience in designing engines might support this method if it had any value?

Being an engineer, with some experience in the automobile industry, I can tell you that if there were a simple procedure for breaking in engines in as little as 20 miles, that resulted in significant increases in performance and gas mileage, virtually every automobile manufacturer would incorporate this 'break-in' as part of their engine manufacturing process. As far as I know, there are no automobile manufacturers that run their engines on the production line in this manner.

As another gut-check point, look at any long-term test in any automobile magazine. Every review I've ever read has the performance and gas mileage increasing slightly after several thousand miles. If you think about it, the car magazines do exactly the type of break-in this guy is recommending. So why does it take several thousand miles for the performance improvements to show up?

(Again, these are rhetorical questions, not directed at you.)

 

Uh, what exactly was being sold? Near as I can tell, it was just information and the following of it is your call. Just OPEN your eyes a little and read a bit more....
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What is being sold is MotoMan's crappy little performance magazine...