Breaking in the engine.
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I broke mine in on the first day of ownership!
No such thing as a break-in period for a TT! Modern engines don't require them.
The only thing you need to avoid is setting the cruise control for the first 1,000 miles. That is it. No break-in oils in the engine or anything like that.
Go out and to quote one of my service managers; "beat the **** out of the car and have fun with it. These cars don't have break-in periods!"
I went out and followed his orders to a T.
125 within 1 hour of taking delivery and put on over 300 miles the first day and a half!
I began my mods the day I got the car. Hardwired the V1 less than 4 hours after picking it up My chip went in 3 months later and then the mod'ing began!
The only thing you need to avoid is setting the cruise control for the first 1,000 miles. That is it. No break-in oils in the engine or anything like that.
Go out and to quote one of my service managers; "beat the **** out of the car and have fun with it. These cars don't have break-in periods!"
I went out and followed his orders to a T.
125 within 1 hour of taking delivery and put on over 300 miles the first day and a half! I began my mods the day I got the car.
Hardwired the V1 less than 4 hours after picking it up My chip went in 3 months later and then the mod'ing began!
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Re: I broke mine in on the first day of ownership!
I broke mine in, right in front of the salesman as he waved me a fond farewell.
Larry's right, I've never run in any car or bike that I've bought.<ul><li><a href="http://www.onsitehoses.com">http://www.onsitehoses.com</a</li></ul>
Larry's right, I've never run in any car or bike that I've bought.<ul><li><a href="http://www.onsitehoses.com">http://www.onsitehoses.com</a</li></ul>
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Marius, Audi delivers the TT with synthetic oil in the engine and tranny . . .
yet Audi allows the dealers to put in regular dino oil! No, I don't think Audi knows what they are doing! How is that for an answer?
With all of the electrical gremlins these cars have, No I don't think Audi knows that they are doing!
With the Diverter Valve being defective since 1996!!!! And Audi and Bosch knowing about it . . . NO I don't think they know what they are doing!
Doing a half *** job of designing a spoiler for the TT . . . NO I don't think Audi knows what they are doing!
Dumbing down the handling of the TT to "protect the owners from themselves" because of a few driver error accidents in ONE country . . . No I don't think Audi knows what they are doing!
I got my information from the Service Manager and have also talked to quite a few other people that work in the automotive industry, they all agree. New engines do NOT need to be broken in!
A brand new Corvette purchased the before my TT has NO break-in period! Which engine do you think was built to higher tolerances?
With all of the electrical gremlins these cars have, No I don't think Audi knows that they are doing!
With the Diverter Valve being defective since 1996!!!! And Audi and Bosch knowing about it . . . NO I don't think they know what they are doing!
Doing a half *** job of designing a spoiler for the TT . . . NO I don't think Audi knows what they are doing!
Dumbing down the handling of the TT to "protect the owners from themselves" because of a few driver error accidents in ONE country . . . No I don't think Audi knows what they are doing!
I got my information from the Service Manager and have also talked to quite a few other people that work in the automotive industry, they all agree. New engines do NOT need to be broken in!
A brand new Corvette purchased the before my TT has NO break-in period! Which engine do you think was built to higher tolerances?
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and the answer is??
Which engine IS built to higher tolerances? The 107 ohc cubic inch with 225 hp, or the 350 cid ohv with 400+ hp? I don't know. And I don't doubt that Audi makes many compromises (and occasional wrong calls) in manufacturing. I can't imagine that General Motors does better. I am only a sample of one, however, my Audi has had no gremlins so far, but the few GM vehicles I have owned have all been shoddily built.