Running in a new car?
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I hate to be argumentative, but the OP did say "average hatchback" when he asked the question.
I've never been in a new car that doesn't rev freely... The engine will have gone through a set amount of miles on a dyno before even being put in the car.
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Thank you Janesy B
I can't even begine to imagine why Tom/Scott/whateverhisnameis is now trying to say it's his new car when he's previously stated he has no reason to own a car and mentioned on about 5 different occasions it's going to be his mums or he'll be on his mums insurance etc etc.
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yeh i remember seeing a few argh what insurance type threads, and his mum was either getting a golf 1.4, or a mini.
And I don't understand why you lot feel the need to bring up the whole mum thing every time.
What is it with you people? Honestly. Jealousy? Do you dislike me? Are you trying to be funny? I take it you're not this petty in real life.
I'm sure some of the people in this thread who provided helpful answers are fully aware that it's my mum's car, yet they replied without making immature and unhelpful remarks.
It won't.
What did I say about being petty!?
This is getting silly now. Strictly speaking it's not my car, it was bought for my mum and I to share. The fact is however it is registered in my name and insured in my name so technically speaking you could say it is. The only other thing to say it's not my car is the fact I didn't pay for it but I suspect a fair few people even on OCUK have had financial help buying a car from their parents at some stage in their life. Doesn't mean to say they do not "own" their car.
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So you were asking for insurance company's for your ma' and you were gonna be down as a named driver?
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That could be more to do with new tyres (releasing agent), and new brakes (which do need to bed in before you punish them).
So you were asking for insurance company's for your ma' and you were gonna be down as a named driver?
I have said all along the insurance is going to be in my name so that I can build up a NCB so I don't know why you'd think that.
Fact is, your mum is paying for it thus she is the legal owner. Your name on the V5 means nothing. It's not your car, it's your mums which she is allowing you to drive. She could, at any point, tell you to get stuffed, not let you drive it and you can't do anything about it.
perfectly sound to drive as many people pointed out, try to take it easy and not hammer it for the first 1000 miles.
indeed, all modern engines have their running in on a dyno first, but a bit of extra caution never did any wrong.
indeed, all modern engines have their running in on a dyno first, but a bit of extra caution never did any wrong.
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Now that engines are regularly outlasting the rest of the car, and therefore having very little piston wear, how much bedding in (piston wise) can be done in 1000 miles?
The other half got a new car last autumn and it did take about 800-1000 miles for the brakes to not feel wooden, so I think there is an argument for taking it easy for the sake of the other consumables. If you took an old car and had new disks, pads, tyres, clutch and suspension, you'd probably think it wise to take it easy for a few hundred miles...
The other half got a new car last autumn and it did take about 800-1000 miles for the brakes to not feel wooden, so I think there is an argument for taking it easy for the sake of the other consumables. If you took an old car and had new disks, pads, tyres, clutch and suspension, you'd probably think it wise to take it easy for a few hundred miles...
