ok so i've had my car for a couple months now and my friends keep hastling me b/c i didn't break in by car. they kept saying that i should have been very easy on teh car first 500 miles. well i didn't i drove like a beast because i had gotten a flipping 8. has any known trouble been stemmed from not breaking in the rx8? thoughts?

 

has it fallen apart yet? is your warranty revoked?

than dont worry about it

 

we don't know the long term effects because not many people have gotten their car to miles way up there. I personally was very easy on it for the first 2000. Once I had hit 2k, I made up all I had missed during that break-in. Let's just hope for your sake that it won't kill the apex seals. Most dealer test drive cars aren't very broken-in either.

 

I don't think I'll be able to take it easy for 2,000 miles. Hell, that's like three months worth of driving for me!

But I could probably do 500 or so.

 

Check your manual. I think it says something like 600 miles.

 

Tough to say what the effects of not breaking in a car will be but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it at this point. What is done is done.
How many miles do you have now?

 

psh like 2000 something

 

well then its broken in now

 

Another kid with a car he is not mature enough to own. Enjoy it until you wreck it, please try not to kill anyone in the process.

 

Come on, folks. Give the guy a break. The owner's manual is far less **** about break-in than most of the owners posting here.

Mazda says no break in is necessary. Why should a new owner be expected to know what a bunch of third party authorities (like Racing Beat) recommend?

 

This is an interesting topic for RX-8 owners, as well as S2K owners. There seems to be a small following among S2K owners that believe that these engines should be broken in like speed bikes - let the engine warm up, and then wind it out. Though I think you would be hard-pressed to find anyone that is willing to test this theory...

 

there is a school of thought that says that engines should be broken in by giving them hell, most ppl agree that break in should be done by never driving too long at a constant engine speed. I'd take it easy on her until the 600 miles, that only takes me about 2 weeks... I can understand wanting to have fun with the car, but I'd do what the manufacturer says

BUT... you already either screwed it up or didn't, no point in asking really...

 

Well, if you want piece of mind you could check on getting a compression test done. That would tell you if you forked it up or not.

 

People here ****? Nooooooo, you're joshing, right?

 

I don't know, I got my car with 11 kms on it. I drove for about 3 km normally out of the dealer and rip it to redline avoiding maintaining same rpm. Then I cruise around and rip it again on an uphill on my way home, I did about 150 km+ of all these. What can I say, I'm a believer of the Motoman.

 

Yeah, joshing.


P.S. I also didn't read this---well i didn't i drove like a beast correctly the first time (sorta lacks capitalization and punctuation). You guys have been kind.

 

I have 1000 khms on my car and no problems at all, here is how I broke in my rx8.

I picked the car up friday and drove her home. I didn't touch her until Saturday morning. I drove to a oldschool warehouse mill and took the car behind the back streets. The place is deserted, the roads are flat and clear and their is a lot of space to fit 4 q/t miles in. I let the car idle for exactl 5 minutes, no revving of the engine or anything. I put the car in first and did 1/4 throttle acceleration to 9,000 rpm. I did it again but this time 2/4 throttle. I did it again but this time 3/4 throttle. Then I did it again but this time full throttle. Then I moved onto the second gear with the same process but starting it from first lightly. I went through the entire 3rd gear aswell. Then I went full throttle from 1st, to 2nd, to 3rd.

After, I went onto the highway and cruised in 4th gear for a couple of minutes, changing the rpms. Then I did it in 5th gear and then for a good half an hour just cruised at a steady speed in 6th. I got home and I let the car cool for an hour. I drained the oil for 45 minutes, to make sure everything was out, put on a new filter, put in some fresh new oil and filled up the gas tank. I change my oil every 2500 Kms and I make sure tire pressure, fluids, and gas never reaches below the half level, I fill up when it reaches to half. I have not had a problem since.

I am also a sportbike rider, I broke in my brother's Honda F4i the same way and I broke in my Ninja 250 the same way aswell. I broke in my Dad's Honda Odessy the same way, he has racked up 88,000 KMS on the thing. Not a problem what so ever and a very good compression!

-Arthur

 

hey stickman NO ONE TOLD ME RETARD

i didn't ask the question so i'd recieve input like that.

i asked it because i was concerned for my car's wellbeing

if you have nothing helpful to say then why don't you STFU!!!

 

is there anything i can do now after the fact?

 

Like I said before, go get a compression test done if you're worried. That will tell you if your seals are still good or not.

And if nothing else, you now have a baseline for future testing if you ever feel that the power is dropping off.

 

I did tell you something helpful, you are just not mature enough to know it yet. And by the way, you could have read the owners' manual.

 

Nothing you can do anymore coz its already being broken in the way you drive it but I don't think it matters much or you can't see the effect in short term. However I would at least stay with mineral oil for a while before changing to synthetic. I figure if the S2000 requires 14000 km to break in, I think I would do so as well.

 

why does everyone think that the young ones will crash their cars? how many of you "adults" have had accidents?