08-26-2015, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Redline before Break-in
So, I just got my F82 last week and setup the M1/M2 buttons for all Comfort and all Sport+ respectively. Yesterday, I was taking a friend on a ride to show the car, switched to M2 and gave it a little gas (probably 40% pressed). I thought I had put the transmission setting in D-3 (automatic/most aggressive shift), but apparently it was in S-3. :/ Obviously, I was expecting it to shift up before going too high on the RPM as I wasn't giving it too much gas. But because it as in manual mode, the first gear redlined for a second or two. That caught me by surprise, so I shifted up with my pedal resulting in a brutal (in a "wow, so fast it scared the shit out of me" way) upshift and a redline again in 2nd gear (duh!). Only then I realized what had happened and adjusted accordingly.
Car only has like 350 mile on it, but was fully warmed up when the incident happened. So hoping that the accidental/brief redline before break-in isn't going to blow up my engine
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08-26-2015, 12:26 PM | #2 |
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NOPE you will be ok, but don't do it again, keep to 5K rpm for now.
With Hot Oil I might add.
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08-26-2015, 12:37 PM | #7 |
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You just voided your warranty, don't worry, I will take it off your hands for a good price.
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By no means do I suggest anyone take my advice this is just me. Porsche says drive 2000 miles to break in, and when you drive their cars at the experiecnce centers you're racing them with less than 200 miles. Opps the same for BMW in South Carolina, and these cars are sold to the dealers and they go to the public. The key is not to abuse the car, and not some idiot mashing the gas to the floor and losing control of the car. |
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08-26-2015, 01:09 PM | #13 |
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Think about the guys that do ED. You think they're going to accelerate sloooooowly onto the autobahn to hit 125+MPH? Please. No one has that type of self control. It's WOT or nothing. Drive it harder. Does a body good.
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And you do know there are 7 gears to choose from on the way to 125+MPH, so staying below 4500 RPMs is pretty easy. Now, you do NOT want to stay at the same static RPM Range during break in, so I ended up shifting up/down gears and avoided cruise-control during ED. None of which required bouncing off the rev-limiter. This advise only makes sense if you believe BMW engineers were exercising their German sense of humor when they wrote break-in drive-train instructions. If in doubt - go Google "German sense of humor"... Quote:
Try to avoid redlining engine, tranny, and diff until the break-in period is completed if you want to keep your car for any length of time. If you are leasing, then let it rip.... a
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Sorry to tell you, but you are wrong about that.
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It's your car, you can do whatever you want with it. The only thing I had an issue with was the 105 MPH top speed, which is easily attainable/surpassed without running to red line. I am not a saint
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Thanks for the responses guys ... I wasn't really asking if my car would be okay, but rather sharing my dumbness in terms of the S v. D modes haha. It's been driving fine, I'm sure it can take a hit or two
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You should also try not to get past 5000 RPMs until you get your break-in service. Everyone has their own opinion about this but if you want to be safe, as you should be with a 70k car, try not to over do it until break-in service is done. Set it to D1, you would barely get to 3000 RPMs. My Sports w/ D3 barely gets to 5000 (or not even actually). F8x gets more then enough what you need in Efficient Engine Setting. You can easily get by with not even moving out of this for a good long time.
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