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On Tue, 30 May 2006 13:23:09 -0500, "Ray O"
<rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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>"joe" <nospam@invalid.com> wrote in message
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>> On 30 May 2006 05:55:04 -0700, [email]dimndsonmywndshld@yahoo.com[/email] wrote:
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>>>Ray O wrote:
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>>>> The "break in" period listed in the owner's manual is conventional
>>>> wisdom
>>>> from the times when vehicles actually needed break in. It remains
>>>> because
>>>> customers expect to see it in the owner's manual.
>>>>
>>>> Ray O
>>>> (correct punctuation to reply)
>>>
>>>Yup, I agree with Ray except varying speed for the first few hundred
>>>miles is probably a good thing. If you drive at 80+ mph checking the
>>>oil every other fuel stop might be a good idea - piston rings still
>>>have to seat. For most folks, just drive the car normally and forget
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>> I very much appreciate your answers. On second thought, apparently
>> Toyota motor co will knowingly make false statements. One may ask
>> what else in their publication(s) etc. is false and kept there
>> "because customers expect to see it"?
>> One may generally assume that there is not just one - once the first
>> one has been found.
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>> j[/color]
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>I wouldn't call those statements false. Following the advice in the owner's
>manual certainly does not harm the vehicle or shorten its useable life, and
>super-cautious owners do get satisfaction from "breaking in" a new car.
>There are a lot of so-called automotive experts who think they know more
>than the company that built their car, and if it comes down to following
>their advice or the car company's advice, you will generally be better off
>if you follow the car company's advice. That goes for advice from me, even
>though I used to work for the company that made your new van.[/color]


A very diplomatic answer.

I have "also" been told that a rough break-in period for cars is like
a rough youth with lots of chain smoking (of anything) and other
excessive activities. Some day it will come back and bite you - like
late 50's and 60's with the big C etc. You will have a shorter life.

Being a vet myself I know that our young ones are smoking, drinking
heavily in Iraq - every single chance they have. Yet there are few
cases of cancer etc. for any number of reasons - including illness is
not being manly.

j