Breaking in the GTI - Yes Another Thread!

[simonpolly]

I intend to rag the sh!t out of mine the moment I collect it.

Same here, once the engine is up to temperature....

I thought you weren't supposed to until the first 1000 miles or so?? This running in malarkey is on my head in! I am keeping it under 3000 revs and keeping to like a 1/4 of the throttle as I am paranoid. I have taken to 90 miles.....am I a risk of babying it  should I push it a bit more?? I don't want the car to end up with crapy performance coz I was way to gentle in is early days!!!

Drive it like you stole it

[matchboy]

Balls to that, give it the beans!  I've done about 120 miles so far and although I've not red lined it yet I have taken it over 5k revs a few times now just because I can't resist it - don't worry about performance, that's what it's built for!!

[gazareth]

well how many people do you know of with engine failure because they over revved their new car. I cant think of one.

[monkeyhanger]

well how many people do you know of with engine failure because they over revved their new car. I cant think of one.

Running in these days is more about getting the best out of your car via economy/power/low oil consumption rather than catastrophic engine failure. I've run in one of my VWs badly and had a car with an unhealthy thirst for oil and fuel. Just as important not to baby it as to do too much.

[matchboy]

well how many people do you know of with engine failure because they over revved their new car. I cant think of one.

Running in these days is more about getting the best out of your car via economy/power/low oil consumption rather than catastrophic engine failure. I've run in one of my VWs badly and had a car with an unhealthy thirst for oil and fuel. Just as important not to baby it as to do too much.

Totally. Mixed driving when you first get it is the way forward. And let's face it there's so much traffic around that it's virtually impossible to nail it all the time anyway! But as MH says it's also important to not baby the car as well, it's a performance vehicle so it's built to cope with a few cheeky little blasts!

[GTI-Newbie]

well how many people do you know of with engine failure because they over revved their new car. I cant think of one.

Running in these days is more about getting the best out of your car via economy/power/low oil consumption rather than catastrophic engine failure. I've run in one of my VWs badly and had a car with an unhealthy thirst for oil and fuel. Just as important not to baby it as to do too much.

Totally. Mixed driving when you first get it is the way forward. And let's face it there's so much traffic around that it's virtually impossible to nail it all the time anyway! But as MH says it's also important to not baby the car as well, it's a performance vehicle so it's built to cope with a few cheeky little blasts!

Well I gave it a "cheeky" blast this morning and wow it is mental!! And that only moved it to about 3000 revs.....can't imagine what it would be like at 5000!!!

I plan to give it a cheeky blast once every second day or so.....this car is unreal!!

[simonpolly]

Do you think any of the demo cars get run in ?just drive like you would normally obviously take it easy for the first few hundred miles just in case the quality control at the factory or dealership missed anything.

[GTI-Newbie]

Do you think any of the demo cars get run in ?just drive like you would normally obviously take it easy for the first few hundred miles just in case the quality control at the factory or dealership missed anything.

Fair enough but paranoia is a b!tch and this is my first brand new car!! Once I hit 500 miles its gettin a beatin!!

[candywhite12]

well how many people do you know of with engine failure because they over revved their new car. I cant think of one.

overreved my brand new GT a few years back the second day i had it.. bang, engine failure, back to seller.

[monkeyhanger]

well how many people do you know of with engine failure because they over revved their new car. I cant think of one.

overreved my brand new GT a few years back the second day i had it.. bang, engine failure, back to seller.

I'm sure it've gone bang anyways, but still a right PITA. How long would VW make you wait for a replacement car right now - 2 months if you're lucky?