500 Mile trip before Break in

liquid · 12-19-2006, 08:12 PM

Well I have 223 miles on my 328i. I am taking a trip thats about 200 miles away on Friday I am wondering if I should take the BMW or my Accord. What ya guys think?

James

Robbie! · 12-19-2006, 08:15 PM

take the BMW

arcrox · 12-19-2006, 08:19 PM

It may not be a good idea to take the BMW with an engine with so few miles on an extended road trip where you will most likely stay in a certain cruising rev range

Daya · 12-19-2006, 08:22 PM

If it is possible to vary your rpms as well as your speed you should be okay. Cruise control is a definite no-no during break in.

My buddy did a similar trip with his e46 M3 during break in and for whatever reason would stop for about 15-20 min. every 100 miles. I have no idea why he did it...

sblument · 12-19-2006, 09:23 PM

don't use cruise control, you'll be fine. Vary your speed a little bit, nothing excessive. RPMs under 4000, no full throttle.

Russellnyc · 12-19-2006, 09:25 PM

Oops. I haven't really gone over 4500 except for a split sec to 5k, but I have been full throttling it a fair amount.

4 days and 160 miles on my car

nyc3r · 12-19-2006, 09:31 PM

Take it, I took mine on a 700 mile trip.. was great fun varying the rpm.

JSpira · 12-19-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by liquid

Well I have 223 miles on my 328i. I am taking a trip thats about 200 miles away on Friday I am wondering if I should take the BMW or my Accord. What ya guys think?

James

I drove 2426 km in the first five days of picking up the Sparkling Graphite 3er and 1416 km in the first five days of picking up the Japanrot 3er.

Both survived.

bronch · 12-19-2006, 10:36 PM

Definitely take the bimmer, there's nothing that will make the trip go by any better than driving your new car and what easier way to get some miles through thebreak-in period. Just adhere to the break-in recc's (If you're one of the ones that listen to them). Plenty of people get ED (not erectile dysfxn) and drive from Paris to Munich and back.

Gripster · 12-20-2006, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by bronch

Definitely take the bimmer, there's nothing that will make the trip go by any better than driving your new car and what easier way to get some miles through thebreak-in period. Just adhere to the break-in recc's (If you're one of the ones that listen to them). Plenty of people get ED (not erectile dysfxn) and drive from Paris to Munich and back.

+1. I did ED and did 1300 miles in just over a week in Italy. No probs. Just vary the RPM's when you can.

TEAShea · 12-20-2006, 08:59 AM

It you take the bmw, be sure to vary the engine speed and road speed every mile or so. These variation should be significant and over a wide range.

TEAShea

BK · 12-20-2006, 09:03 AM

Take the BMW, and mostly take back roads so you vary your RPM.

Pre-BMW, driving our Honda Accord or Civic, I would get sick of driving after about 3 or 4 hours, and a 6+ hour day of driving was a real chore. With the BMW, I can drive for 6, 7, 8 hours straight and want more.

nmulax · 12-20-2006, 10:27 AM

So incase you haven't figured it out... take the bimmer.

just be sure to vary the RPMs, don't use the cruise, and stay under 4k RPMs.

MBrown1003 · 12-20-2006, 10:35 AM

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So incase you haven't figured it out... take the bimmer.

just be sure to vary the RPMs, don't use the cruise, and stay under 4k RPMs.

When I did (relatively) long trips on my cars during break-in periods, I varied the RPMs by driving at differing speeds, and by doing some of the drive in fifth gear; some of it in sixth.

My normal commute to work was half highway, so I varied my routing to take some more back roads. If you've got the time, try getting off the interstates for part of the drive.

If you have the nav system, this becomes trivial. I don't know what the routing options are on the e9x; on my M5, you can tell it to avoid highways, go shortest distance (which often is NOT highways) or fastest route (which is based on posted speeds).

Hawkshaw · 12-20-2006, 12:15 PM

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Well I have 223 miles on my 328i. I am taking a trip thats about 200 miles away on Friday I am wondering if I should take the BMW or my Accord. What ya guys think?

James

Did you lease or finance? If it's leased, take it. If you've financed it and plan on keeping it a while, I'd be very particular and careful during the breakin period.

But that is just my opinion. Enjoy, and good luck!

liquid · 12-23-2006, 07:36 PM

well the day before the trip the honda had a slight problem starting. needless to say i took the bmw. i did vary the rpms a bit. thanks for all the input.

james

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Russellnyc Razor sharp handling 23 Rep 619 Posts Drives: 2007 e92 335i 6MT Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	Oops. I haven't really gone over 4500 except for a split sec to 5k, but I have been full throttling it a fair amount. 4 days and 160 miles on my car __________________ 1997 E36 328is Arctic Silver: 1997-2003 100k Mi. SOLD 2000 Audi TT Quattro Coupe Lake Silver: 2003-present 35k Mi. SOLD 2006 Lotus Elise Polar Blue/Red 2007 E92 335i Spacegrau/Coral/Al \| ZSP/ZPP/ZCW/CA/PDC/NAV Broken in
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bronch Waiting for the sun 66 Rep 704 Posts Drives: 2018 M240ix Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tacoma, WA iTrader: (0)	Definitely take the bimmer, there's nothing that will make the trip go by any better than driving your new car and what easier way to get some miles through thebreak-in period. Just adhere to the break-in recc's (If you're one of the ones that listen to them). Plenty of people get ED (not erectile dysfxn) and drive from Paris to Munich and back. __________________ 2012 E92 M3- Miss her. 2015 F10 M5- Land yacht, but miss her too! 2016 991.1 GT3- Woohoo! 2018 M240ix- Daily driver. Still Woohoo!
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TEAShea Private First Class 11 Rep 179 Posts Drives: 2012 328i Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nebraska iTrader: (0)	It you take the bmw, be sure to vary the engine speed and road speed every mile or so. These variation should be significant and over a wide range. TEAShea
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BK Smiling politely 165 Rep 7,931 Posts Drives: 330i Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Washington DC iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [9.00]	Take the BMW, and mostly take back roads so you vary your RPM. Pre-BMW, driving our Honda Accord or Civic, I would get sick of driving after about 3 or 4 hours, and a 6+ hour day of driving was a real chore. With the BMW, I can drive for 6, 7, 8 hours straight and want more. __________________ E90 330i Black Sapphire 6MT \| 991.1 C4 Platinum Silver 7MT
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liquid Lieutenant 67 Rep 583 Posts Drives: graphite 328i E92 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South FL iTrader: (1)	well the day before the trip the honda had a slight problem starting. needless to say i took the bmw. i did vary the rpms a bit. thanks for all the input. james
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