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Dunk31 · 10-31-2007, 10:33 PM

WOW. I have heard the whole you have to break it in for the first... yada yada yada. I bought my RSX Type-S new and broke it in just a little different. As soon as I pulled off the parking lot I ran it through all the gears pretty hard. Now I didn't redline it or try and blow the motor, but I drove it harder then I expected to drive it. Just for the first few miles. For a couple reasons:

1. Because if it's gonna break it's gonna break. Might as well catch it while it's under warranty.
2. Because you don't want to break your car in and then drive it harder then you broke it in. That can't be any better then running it hard from the start. The components aren't gonna be used to your normal driving.
3. Because you're "breaking the motor it" not "babying the motor in".
4. Because I HAD TO!!! It may have been a ricer, import, what ever you wanna say about it. I never claimed it was fast. Only that it was "quick". I miss that car, it was a blast to drive.

10-31-2007, 10:33 PM	#26
Dunk31 Instigator Drives: 93 Z28, 70 Chevelle SS 97 Expo Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kandahar, Afghanistan/St. Louis will always be home though. Posts: 192	WOW. I have heard the whole you have to break it in for the first... yada yada yada. I bought my RSX Type-S new and broke it in just a little different. As soon as I pulled off the parking lot I ran it through all the gears pretty hard. Now I didn't redline it or try and blow the motor, but I drove it harder then I expected to drive it. Just for the first few miles. For a couple reasons: 1. Because if it's gonna break it's gonna break. Might as well catch it while it's under warranty. 2. Because you don't want to break your car in and then drive it harder then you broke it in. That can't be any better then running it hard from the start. The components aren't gonna be used to your normal driving. 3. Because you're "breaking the motor it" not "babying the motor in". 4. Because I HAD TO!!! It may have been a ricer, import, what ever you wanna say about it. I never claimed it was fast. Only that it was "quick". I miss that car, it was a blast to drive.