[DeTomaso] Can I take down a new M6?

[Charles McCall]

Agreed. My new Audi had its first recommended oil change at 30.000km, and
the dealer wouldn't change it before as he considered it a complete waste of
money.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se>wrote:

> 2010-07-22 23:37, michael at michaelshortt.com skrev:
> > One things for sure, your friend is an idiot to thrash a 85k car before
> > breaking in the engine properly.  If you get him off the line and run out
> of
> > road before 120 MPH, you should take him.  Michael Shortt
>
> I don't think any (German) manufacturer delivers a car nowadays which
> doesn't have a broken in engine. Even the VW golf we bought last year
> had had the drive train broken in for the equivalent of 1000 km driving,
> and had had two oil changes.
>
> And a modern engine should be broken in hard, not abused, but absolutely
> not babied either.
>
> Thomas
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