10 ways you are unknowingly damaging your car

[BlindMelonChitlin]

#7 is utter crap - about damaging the cars engine!

my Opel 1.8 Gsi T-car (gas flowed & ported head / 284 degrees Irmscher cam / cowley 4-1 pipe / balanced sub assembly / lowered suspension / degree cam pulley) was driven within inches of it's life for 14yrs and never had a problem with the engine. I eventually traded it in for a bmw which I still screw every day!

#8 - god that gets me!

That Gsi was never COTY tho was it?

 

[catharsis]

If I did ever buy one I would do just that.

But there is a great deal of.method to it. Not just about driving it flat out.

It's about warming it up properly and spanking it a certain way. Also must change oil and filters at 500km if you do.

Will find you the data when I'm not mobile.

Redone engines have the same run in as new ones.

Companies likes BMW now just have a software limiter in place for the first 1000km and a "rollong" red line until the bike is warm.

After your first service the bike is "unlocked".

It's about the way it's done to work for average Joe.

You're starting to become more and more incoherent bud, just drop it now.

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

http://www.motorcycleextremist.com/Motorcycle-Engine-Break-in-the-Right-Way!.html

https://rideapart.com/articles/how-to-break-in-a-new-motorcycle-engine

And before you say this is for bikes only. The same logic is applied with high performance engines in cars.

In fact the really high performance stuff like the R8 for instance are run in like this in factory.

The run in when you buy one is for the tyres and brake components not the engine at all.

You're now comparing bikes with cars, when we know the wear and tear are completely different given the basic engineering of a bike motor.

Please, just stop.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

So run in periods are important?

Because, I always thought if you drive a new vehicle slowly and carefully, you maintain its long life.

Now I hear if you drive it like you stole it, that maximise its use?

What's the truth here? At least for average cars? Not supercars or crotch rockets.....

 

[catharsis]

So run in periods are important?

Because, I always thought if you drive a new vehicle slowly and carefully, you maintain its long life.

Now I hear if you drive it like you stole it, that maximise its use?

What's the truth here? At least for average cars? Not supercars or crotch rockets.....

The car market has become very complex.
There was a time when you could own and drive a car for 10 years without any issues.

The paradigm has shifted as manufacturers and dealers are looking to maximise profit and revenue.

Car part prices are an indication of this shift. So there's virtually very few cars being manufactured today that will survive more than 10 years.

When last did you see a decent looking BMW, Mercedes or Audi from 1996?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Good point above,
So would you say cars have got planned obsolescence built in these days?