I need some advice. I just got my new '03 se maxima last night and was wondering if any of you had any good advice for the break-in period. I was thinking about going out of town this weekend, about 3 hours away. Good idea or bad idea?

Thanks a lot for any advice you guys can give me! So far, it's got 22 miles and counting.

 

I know alot of people say to chill with it for the first couple hundred miles, but for all of my cars i bought new, i drove it like i hava had it for a year

 

the general idea is to not drive at a constant speed or exceed 3k rpm for the first 1k miles. Believe it if you want, don't if you don't.... I followed that advice and nothing *bad* happened.

People will tell you "with the micro-finishing in the engine it really doesn't need to be broken in". You can belive that if you want, too. It's really up to you.

 

no, the VQ still requires a breakin. Toyota and Honda do not.

You are also breaking in the tranny. We dont have great success with trannys, so by all means, follow your owners manual guidelines.

 

i suggest you do the break-in. your engine will thank you later

 

hehehe, they dont need breakin cuz only grandmas or mature ladies drive those, hehehehe
for us, we have to make sure our eng/tranny are in perfectly ready-to-go condition b4 some serious tightass action

 

Exactly