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Babying the engine is the worst thing you could do for proper ring seal. Just drive it normally. Avoid highway driving.

Please don't take this the wrong way but
I would like to know what your manual
say's about the "break" in period?

Perhaps you have looked this up but
if not go and find your manual and please
look it up and tell us what it say's

(If someone else has the quote please paste)

Quote:

Originally Posted by autoque

I've been so babying the vehicle for the last few days that my average fuel consumption shows to be about 5 MPG without the A/C on!!!:wow:(It's 3.0 liter engine)

I rarely go upto 3rd gear, because I'm just so careful with the accelerator pedal and stay mostly on 1st and 2nd gears with the rpm never reaching more than 2500rpm. I plan to drive like this for about 100 miles, after which time, I'll use more of 3rd gear and so on.

Would you say this is a fool-proof way to break-in a new car?

Yeah, I read the manual on the break-in period.
But my logic was, if I take it one step further, then it must be better!! But now I'm regretting it after spending so much gas... well live and learn...