This.I only owned one brand new car off the lot with 15 miles. I drove it like I stole it after getting the car up to temp. I didn’t redline it, bounce of the rev limiter or do burn outs but I definitely didn’t baby it. A couple days after buying the car I took it on a couple hundred mile road trip. On the highway I used the cruise control sparingly. I really miss my speed3. Not so much the torque steer but the way it pulled hard in 2nd & 3rd gear, handled better then my speed6 and how strong the brakes were.
Is "break in" really a thing on most cars anymore?
From what I've read, and the experiences with others....no. It's not a thing.Is "break in" really a thing on most cars anymore?
But that’s on high end sports cars like McLaren, corvettes, m3’s, and race cars (typically not Mazdas, Honda, Toyota, etc.)From what I've read, and the experiences with others....no. It's not a thing.
Although, some very expensive cars have a built in "break in" period where the car isn't allowed to do certain things until a certain mileage.