[DeTomaso] Can I take down a new M6?

[Thomas Tornblom]

2010-07-23 08:32, Charles McCall skrev:
> 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.

Yup. I thought it would be a good idea to change the oil after a year, 
and about 12000km, and the dealer didn't want to do that. They said I 
should wait for the car telling me it wanted a service. It must be done 
before it is two years though for warranty.

Thomas


>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se
> <mailto:Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se>> wrote:
>
>     2010-07-22 23:37, michael at michaelshortt.com
>     <mailto: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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