Good day all. I have a 2017 gt on the way from the factory and was wondering what you do for break in or doesn't it really matter. Thanks much

 

The owner's manual has recommendations. Generally, no wide open throttle, redline, and slamming on brakes for the first 500 miles will do. Vary the engine speed for the first 500 as well, no two hour cruises at 70 mph kind of thing.

 

What proeagles said! That's pretty much the standard recommendation for most vehicles I've had through the years. Of course, there are a few out there that have totally different ideas.

Here's a link that points to a web site (mototuneusa.com) I've read before.

https://www.enginebasics.com/Advance..._Break_In.html

I did this with a new motorcycle I bought a few years ago. I've had no problems with it. I've also used the method proeagle mentioned on most new cars i've owned and had no problems with that either, in the way of excessive oil usage or anything else so I'm not convinced it makes much difference. There is a certain logic to Motoman's premise but it seems like it has the potential to be risky. I'm not offering any of this to promote one method over the other, just putting it out there for the edification of anyone interested.

Drive safe & Good luck!
Steve R.

 

The simple answer to anyone that asks this question is to break in your new car exactly the way you are going to drive it. Drive it like you are not trying to break it in. The car will do exactly what you want it to no matter what. And if you have some sort of catastrophic failure, it was going to happen no matter how you broken it in.

 

Well isn't that special, I think I'll stick with the recommended way from the engineers that designed the car thanks.