I broke in my C4S by keeping the revs under 4200 for 1000 miles. That car ran perfectly for 3.5 years and burned no oil.

I did the same break in on my turbo.

Barrister has some very good points that are exactly what I do as well. I always let the car warm up about 2 mins first thing in the morning. I never accelerate hard until the oil temp begins to exceed the coolant temp (i.e. above 175F).

The whole break in thing is very interesting in terms of the wide variety of opinions that people have about how to do it (or not do it). I'm not sure there really is any merit to my suggestions but they seem like reasonable things to do. My belief is that these cars want to be driven hard but don't want to be abused. I drive mine hard.

 

Coochas is exactly right. The car is meant to be taken to the limit. But just think about the way the engine works. When you first start the car it has little or no oil to lubricate the engine. If you push the revs up without oil in the engine then metal is grinding against metal with nothing to buffer it. This causes all kinds of damage and can lead to piston, rod or other engine failure. That's TOTAL ENGINE failure too.

Use common sense, always let it warm up and watch for cops!

 

I think the manual says that you're supposed to bring it to me, and let me drive it for a month. Check page A-8...I'm pretty sure it's on there somewhere.

 

A big thanks to all of you for your advices.

 

I disagree...there are more things to warm up than just the oil...even says in the manual to start and go.

Agree with letting the car get to temp (oil) before gunning it, unfortunately the gage is for coolant temp and that is not oil temp.

I suggest use common sense, but it is OK to drive the thing.

 

The manual says that from an environmental point of view.
When a car is cold, the cats are too and they do not fully operate until they are warmed up. This is why the car pollutes the most when cold. For that reason, most if not all german manufacturers tell you to drive off right away.
When you do so, you are putting load on the engine which causes it to warm up the cats much quicker and thus reducing the window in which the car is polluting excessively.

 

Yes, that makes sense...and you also need to warm up the tranny, tires, etc. which can't happen while you idle. BTW this is why you want to be careful using too high a weight for oil...