Running in new engine

[Hawaii-Five-O]

If the journey must be completed on motorway I would just try to avoid cruise control and vary the revs and speed as much as you can. Dropping to fifth and back to sixth etc, just try not to have too constant a speed and revs for prolonged periods.

Thanks for that Addict.

I've just reread this helpful thread here with some great advice.

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=253817.0

Mods feel free to delete this thread as it seems to have been covered before

[master_hayabusa]

Would be a bit of an anti climax but you could use a car transport company.

[Hawaii-Five-O]

Would be a bit of an anti climax but you could use a car transport company.

Thought about that (only for a second though) and said to myself no, I want to have a proper hand over this time around so im picking it up myself. Had my last Scirocco delivery on a transporter from Scotland. It was filthy when it arrived and felt a bit flat without a proper handover.

I'm just a bit concerned that I don't want to shaft the running in period by taking it in motorway for the first few hundred miles. Bad stories about poor fuel economy and heavy oil useage for the life of the car if its been poorly run in.

[Jimble]

Merged. 

[Hawaii-Five-O]

Merged. 

Cheers matey. I now realise my error... Doh!

[Bill_the_Bear]

Can't you plot your own route avoiding motorways...

Here is my route:
http://tinyurl.com/loyjhsz

I just set the start and end points in maps and then dragged the route until it was on suitably twisty roads.  I'm such a geek I then ran the whole thing in street view to check the roads were good enough and not some dirt tracks or something!

Post your here:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=255134.0

[master_hayabusa]

Would be a bit of an anti climax but you could use a car transport company.

Thought about that (only for a second though) and said to myself no, I want to have a proper hand over this time around so im picking it up myself. Had my last Scirocco delivery on a transporter from Scotland. It was filthy when it arrived and felt a bit flat without a proper handover.

I'm just a bit concerned that I don't want to shaft the running in period by taking it in motorway for the first few hundred miles. Bad stories about poor fuel economy and heavy oil useage for the life of the car if its been poorly run in.

Actually I was thinking more like picking up the car yourself, giving it a quick spin and then back to the dealer and onto a pre-arranged transporter.

Or just use the A and B roads, will take you a good few hours though.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Or just use the A and B roads, will take you a good few hours though.

Where is the downside?

[Gordor]

I have a very good friend who works for Audi, he tells me that the reason I had so many issues with my TSI is that I was too gentle with it at outset...the most powerful / fuel efficient / low oil usage were the one's ragged from day 1. Not sure about diesel tho so I'll ask him and post.   My TSI was using 1 litre of oil a week!!!!! 

[Hawaii-Five-O]

I have a very good friend who works for Audi, he tells me that the reason I had so many issues with my TSI is that I was too gentle with it at outset...the most powerful / fuel efficient / low oil usage were the one's ragged from day 1. Not sure about diesel tho so I'll ask him and post.   My TSI was using 1 litre of oil a week!!!!! 

My god, I hope you have shares in a oil company

It also run a TSI and in nearly four years of running it its only taken 2 x 1/4 litre of oil in all that time. You must have been very unlucky.

Please post up what your Audi friend recommends for diesel engines.