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bigmixx

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Hello all.

I just purchased an 06 Speed6 sport in Black Mica on Sunday. Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to drive it much because IT'S SITTING AT THE DEALER WITH 2 BIG FUGGING SCRATCHES ON THE DOOR!!!! Unfortunately I didn't see the scratches due to it being dirty from sitting on the lot. When they washed it I saw them as soon as walked over to get in it. Talk about pissed! So I'm picking it up tomorrow and hopefully the scratches better be gone. They were just surface scratches and should easily be buffed out. I'll post pics as soon as I clean it up after the dealership "detail".

I've been lurking the forums for a few days before I bought it to get an idea of what everyone thought about the car as well as the do's and don'ts. I have to take a road trip in a couple days and I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to drive the car on the road trip during the break in period. I read the manual and it said that the car really doesn't need a break-in period but to avoid WOT runs and maintaining a constant speed for an extended period of time. I definitely won't be flooring anytime soon but I'm pretty sure I'll lock the cruise in on 70 MPH as it's all interstate (approx 800 miles round trip).
 
bigmixx said:
Hello all.

I just purchased an 06 Speed6 sport in Black Mica on Sunday. Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to drive it much because IT'S SITTING AT THE DEALER WITH 2 BIG FUGGING SCRATCHES ON THE DOOR!!!! Unfortunately I didn't see the scratches due to it being dirty from sitting on the lot. When they washed it I saw them as soon as walked over to get in it. Talk about pissed! So I'm picking it up tomorrow and hopefully the scratches better be gone. They were just surface scratches and should easily be buffed out. I'll post pics as soon as I clean it up after the dealership "detail".

I've been lurking the forums for a few days before I bought it to get an idea of what everyone thought about the car as well as the do's and don'ts. I have to take a road trip in a couple days and I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to drive the car on the road trip during the break in period. I read the manual and it said that the car really doesn't need a break-in period but to avoid WOT runs and maintaining a constant speed for an extended period of time. I definitely won't be flooring anytime soon but I'm pretty sure I'll lock the cruise in on 70 MPH as it's all interstate (approx 800 miles round trip).
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Congrats on your purchase, I am sure you will be all right doing the trip, especially if it is a lease. Personally, I would rather not chance doing any damage on a brand new vehicle, but then again, I have two cars and have an option. I think once you get behind the wheel, you will find it near impossible not to do some hard driving. I am just trying to keep it to a minimum. I just picked up mine last Wednesday and have been pretty happy ever since. Sort of bummed out, I have to leave it at the dealership on Thursday to have Sirrius installed. Would have been nice to have it prior to my taking delivery, oh well. Good luck, happy driving!
 
Setting the cruise is OK for less than 30 minute stints, then drop 5 mph, go up 5 mph... get on and back off the freeway regularly, its not the end of the world.

As far as a hard/easy break in it comes down to how long you intednd to own the car, a hard break in will mostl ikely result in a better WOT seal in the early negine life (I would GUESS the first 50K) but it will then fall off after that, a soft break in will not make as much power but it also will enjoy a more gradual fall of over it's life.

So break in 2 cars #1 hard and #2 soft, for the first 50K or so car 1 will be quicker (who knows how much) then for the next 50K they should be pretty even and after that car 2 should be in better shape (this is all theory and arbiray numbers just to illustrate a trend)

On a sport bike whos operational life, function, and intended use is hard driving a hard break in makes sense, for dedicated trakc car a hard break in makese sense, for a street car with some spirited autoX or track time though, keep it in good shap I say.

So for ME, I intend to rin this car into the ground, I am being pretty darn easy, with a few 2/3 thorttle sub 5K runs in the lower gears.
 
ohh well, ull be glad you had to wait when you get ur sirius installed because the service is awesome.
 
The only thing I don't like about the bose system is it doesn't play mp3's. Other than that... don't know why people say it "sucks".
 
Hello guys I am new here as well and I have been lurking the forums for only about a few hours. Glad to see a nice speed6 dedicated forum, or sub-categories at least.

I am picking up my new speed 6 tomorrow. Very excited. I was heavily favoring the subaru legacy gt, but once bent the speed 6 around the first turn on the test drive. I just wanted it much more than the subaru.

I was going to buy, but ended up leasing. I guess leasing works for how I use the car. One thing I won;t compromise on though is the break-in....

Glad I found this thread asking about break-in, and even some mention of sportbikes :). I am a long time sportbike enthusiast, and have long been aware of the "mototune" break-in method for sportbikes. I have always broken in motors this way over quite a few new bikes, and they have always made good power. However I was unsure about how to run in the new speed 6.

I gather I will probably run in the motor much as I would a sportbike, and do quite a few series of high load accelerations and decelerations. TO promote ring sealing and flashing removal. Not keep the rpm's steady for any period over about a minute for the first few hundred miles. Also not redline the motor until at least it has about a thousand miles.

One thing I will do that hasn't been mentioned is I will change out the oil at only about 200 miles, and then again at 500 miles. Probably the transmission fluid I will flush at 1000 miles. I have had much better results with motors that have had the fluid changed often during the first few hundred miles. If there is any flashing or burrs that have been loostened, they will circulate in the fluids.
 
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