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Having been motoring for more years than I care to remember not that long ago that when buying a new car there was a period of running in. I even remember the days when I was very young of seeing notices in the back of car windows informing other drivers that the vehicle in front was being run in. In the last 4 years the information about running in has disappeared completely. It started with the salesman saying there was no need to run the vehicle in and even in the owners handbook the section on running in got smaller and smaller.
The days of having to keep the revs down and as a result the speed too as well as varying the speed on motorways for the first 1000 miles not too mention taking the car back to the garage after this period to have the oil changed and everything checked seems to certainly gone a long time ago.
On my recent purchase I have now noticed that the handbook does not even mention running a car in anymore. I don't know if its just me or do others still run their cars in. I know engineering , oils etc have improved vastly but to me taking things easy for them to bed in seems a sensible option certainly for the first 500 miles or so. There is a school of thought that its best to not worry about running in and that driving a car normally from the start may in fact be good and add better performance in the long run.
So my question is:
a) do people still run their cars in?
b) drive them as normal from word go?
c) another option?
The days of having to keep the revs down and as a result the speed too as well as varying the speed on motorways for the first 1000 miles not too mention taking the car back to the garage after this period to have the oil changed and everything checked seems to certainly gone a long time ago.
On my recent purchase I have now noticed that the handbook does not even mention running a car in anymore. I don't know if its just me or do others still run their cars in. I know engineering , oils etc have improved vastly but to me taking things easy for them to bed in seems a sensible option certainly for the first 500 miles or so. There is a school of thought that its best to not worry about running in and that driving a car normally from the start may in fact be good and add better performance in the long run.
So my question is:
a) do people still run their cars in?
b) drive them as normal from word go?
c) another option?
How many of us stick to the National Speed limits on motorways or dual carriageways though ?
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