I’d say just drive it ‘normally’, although one person’s normal will be different to another person’s. IMO treating a new car with mechanical sympathy is the order of the day;
- let the engine oil get up to optimum operating temperature before considering driving ‘enthusiastically’ - not just when the car’s new, but always.
- don’t labour or over-rev the engine, change gears frequently to avoid driving the car at the same engine rpm for prolonged periods / distances.
- bed the brakes in and avoid excessively hard braking during the first few hundred miles, unless for emergency braking.
- new tyres may still have some tyre mould release agent on the treads from the tyre manufacturing process, which may mean grip levels are affected during the first few miles, so scrub the tyres in.
if you’re leasing your car, you might adopt a less sympathetic approach!
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@Si_Telford; if your car’s DSG, it will change up gears very early, so you might want to consider driving it in manual mode so you can decide what gear to use, rather than let the car making that decision.
Like @Adam T7, I also have stop start switched off. I only turn it on if it’s likely I’m going to be stopped for a decent period of time (e.g. waiting at traffic lights that’ve just turned red).
