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E60 M5 Break In Do's and Dont's

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Old 03-11-2006 | 11:10 AM
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Drive it home and rack those miles up to get ready to gangbang the hell out of that car
Old 03-14-2006 | 05:49 PM
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I live in GA but picked up mine in NYC. Drove it back home (870) miles. This was suggested to me by the dealership.
Old 03-15-2006 | 12:20 PM
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Just wanted to offer my two cents...I have always been a BIIG block seasoning kinda guy. I usually take several 20-30 mile trips from a cold engine to operating temp back to cold if possible in between. From what I remember about physics, the slow and intermittant heating and cooling of metal leads to a harder metal rather than a brittle metal. Whether you take a long or short trip, the operating temperature is mostly constant. You accomplish the same thing but a lot longer mileage to accomplish it by taking a long trip. By that I mean a long trip is equivalent in my "seasoning" mind as a short one. The metal gets warm, expands, wears then cools and contracts again. I have had several cars including a 1987 944T, a 1996 C36, a 2002 Z06 and have had all of them for a couple hundered thousand miles with no evidence of internal problems or oil usage. You can do what you want. Its your car. I am just giving you my two cents.
Old 03-18-2006 | 10:46 PM
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The engine was already placed on a dyno and run the hell out of for a period of time. I would just abide by the 1200mi. break in and not worry about it
Old 03-20-2006 | 04:55 AM
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I just got my M5 this past Saturday, and during a "spirited" driving Sunday...I accidentally hit 145mph...How much damage did or could I have done to my car? It has 200 miles now...I just didn?t realize it was just this fast?
Old 03-20-2006 | 08:58 PM
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No damage... it'll be fine.
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