Breaking in period query

Steve A · 05-22-2007, 09:50 AM

Saracen

enjoy the car for what it is.... a car. its not flesh and blood its a machine (a fairly expensive one at that) your car will be fine if you razz it all the time.

the car is under warranty if it blows up they'll fix it

when i bought my e46 M3 brand new in 2004 i gave it the full beans from the first time i drove it ( the exhaust note was too tempting

)

drove it for 30000 miles and it didnt miss a beat.

is my advice

Steve

330cdsport · 05-22-2007, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Ashton

Saracen

enjoy the car for what it is.... a car. its not flesh and blood its a machine (a fairly expensive one at that) your car will be fine if you razz it all the time.

the car is under warranty if it blows up they'll fix it

when i bought my e46 M3 brand new in 2004 i gave it the full beans from the first time i drove it ( the exhaust note was too tempting

)

drove it for 30000 miles and it didnt miss a beat.

is my advice

Steve

I agree!! I have to admit that I drive any new car I get as hard as I ever will want to - within reason. (I would never red-line it when its cold)
It has never done any harm so far. And so what if it does blow up, thats the luxury you have with a new car and it being under warranty. God knows - we are certainly paying for the privilege to do so

silverbmwz3 · 05-22-2007, 10:39 AM

As long as BMW don't hook it up to a machine and find you exceeded the break-in guidelines.....p'raps that's a bit far fetched... can they tell?!

NFS · 05-22-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by silverbmwz3

As long as BMW don't hook it up to a machine and find you exceeded the break-in guidelines.....p'raps that's a bit far fetched... can they tell?!

I have never heard of such a thing.

dxb335d · 05-22-2007, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by silverbmwz3

As long as BMW don't hook it up to a machine and find you exceeded the break-in guidelines.....p'raps that's a bit far fetched... can they tell?!

course they cant mate, they cant tell anything of the sort

NFS · 05-22-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by dxb335d

course they cant mate, they cant tell anything of the sort

I heard that they could download all the data from the nav computer and see where you have been

ChrisMWard · 05-22-2007, 12:01 PM

You'd be surprised what they can download from the obd. When I was racing the first thing that was downloaded from the logger was the max RPM. You could tell where abouts and on which lap it occured. Computers nowadays have so much more processing power and memory.

Regards

Chris

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Steve A Brigadier General 96 Rep 3,465 Posts Drives: too much Join Date: May 2007 Location: Manchester UK iTrader: (0)	Saracen enjoy the car for what it is.... a car. its not flesh and blood its a machine (a fairly expensive one at that) your car will be fine if you razz it all the time. the car is under warranty if it blows up they'll fix it when i bought my e46 M3 brand new in 2004 i gave it the full beans from the first time i drove it ( the exhaust note was too tempting ) drove it for 30000 miles and it didnt miss a beat. is my advice Steve __________________ C350 cdi sport estate facelift 457lbft 130i M SportMercedes C350 CDI Sport Estate AutoMini Cooper Auto.Mercedes E250 CGI,Lexus IS-F,R36, RS4 Saloon,ML 420 CDI SPORT,M6, 335d, C55, C32, M3, M5, S3, ALL SOLD but fondly remembered
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ChrisMWard Captain 14 Rep 686 Posts Drives: E93 320d M Sport, E81 116d SE Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Epsom UK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 120d SE [0.00] 2007 335d A M Sport [0.00] 1998 M3 Evo [0.00] 2002 330d Sport [0.00] 2004 330d Sport [0.00]	You'd be surprised what they can download from the obd. When I was racing the first thing that was downloaded from the logger was the max RPM. You could tell where abouts and on which lap it occured. Computers nowadays have so much more processing power and memory. Regards Chris __________________ Previously: 2007 335D MSport E90 Le Mans Blue, 2004 330D A Sport Silver Grey, 2002 330D A Sport Saphire Black, 2001 320D SE Touring Titanium Silver, 1998 M3 Evo Techno Violet, 1996 328i Sport Montreal Blue, 1994 325i Coupe Red, 1989 325i Sport 2 door Dolphin Grey,1986 325i SE 4 door Lachs
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