road trip with new car

Don't worry akescpt - some people just cannot resist the urge to be a COCK the whole time.

I20 is a fine little car.
 
With news cars you want to vary the revs a bit. In other words dont stay at the same speed/revs for long periods. Maybe drive at 125 for a while then 110 then 120 etc. You also want to do city driving and open road.
 
what a brilliant car. lovly upgraded finishes. the blue is really nice at night. the drive is very smooth as well. easy to see why its so popular. wanted to drive it home! lol
 
just don't redline it, keep the speed on the highway at 129km/h (or below ...lol) and in traffic/city driving maybe keep the revs below 4000 rpm and you should be fine. my car's fuel consumption dropped from ave 7l/100km to 6l/100km after about 6k km and has stayed there for past 6k km
 
lcbxx said:
Ask the dealer. Honda told me that I do not need to run the Civic's motor in, as did VW when i bought my Polo back then.
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All engines need to be run in. It is unlikely a company would run it in before you get it as it is time consuming process unless it is a very expensive vehicle.

More info: http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm

Tim182 said:
Don't worry. The i20 won't go that fast
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I've driven my friend's Mom's i20 Auto (1.4) and it easily hit 140km/h, I didn't try for faster but it will almost certainly be possible considering the ease it hit 140 with.

akescpt said:
u serious? i can go past 160 in my sirion. 1.3 is not what it used to be friends.
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Sirion is substaintially lighter than the i20. The i20 1.4 engine however produces more power and torque than the Sirion 1.3. Weight makes a huge difference.
 
do they not break the cars engines in in the factory these days? as gone are those initial like 1500km services that used to be
 
flarkit said:
It shouldn't, as long as you're in 5th at that speed. Keeping the revs between 2,000 - 3,500 for the majority of the drive should be quite safe. Over-revving and "lugging" (using an unnecessarily high gear at low speeds) are bad.
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A 1.4 engine will be at revs higher than than on 120.
 
Just calculated with gear calc, if fitted with standard tires:

i20 1.4: 3595rpm in gear 5 @ 120km/h
i20 1.6: 3395rpm in gear 5 @ 120km/h

1.4 Max torque: 4200rpm in gear 5 (136Nm) @ 140km/h
1.4 Max power: 5500rpm in gear 5 (74kW) @ 184km/h

1.6 Max torque: 4200rpm in gear 5 (156Nm) @ 148km/h
1.6 Max power: 6300rpm in gear 5 (91kW) @ 223km/h

This is REAL speed btw. ALL speedometers overread by 5-10km/h, so @ 120km/h on the speedo the RPMs will be slightly lower.
 
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Interesting that dealers say new cars have had their engines "driven in" on the bench. Basically you can just drive it without taking any special consideration because its new.

Why I say it is interesting is that in the 20,000km review of the i20 1.4 done by CAR Magazine the test driver noted that the car felt dead and thirsty during the initial couple of thousand Ks. Then it gradually became more responsive and economical over time. Perhaps I have been preconditioned by reading that, but I also felt my 74kw 1.4 Corsa becoming more nippy about 2000km after its initial service.

Anyone else that had similar exeriences with the i20 or other cars?
 
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