How many KM's do you run your car in for ??

[Traxover]

Just wondering how many kms before the GTI's engine is run in. Manual says 1500km's , but seems a long time ???
Whats your thoughts

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[GTIJNR]

yeah 1500 seem bout right, its the 15000kms 1st service interval that worry me lol

[SOHC]

don't ya need too run in more than that??say 4000??but i ain't too sure

[shaneth]

Run in drive it like you stole it from day dot.
Oh by the way welcome to the forum Traxover, hope you enjoy your stay. Give us some details on your beast please.

[FL00DY]

I picked my car up on a Saturday, then on a Sunday went for a cruise along Putty Road with about 15 MINI's. Drive it the way you want. If you baby it from the start it will never be as fast as it could be. Also engines these days do simulated km's in the factory so run-in is less of a problem as it used to be. Having said that, don't be stupid and bounce it off the limiter at very TLGP

This pretty much goes for all engines.

[mdonohoe]

Exactly.

I left mine approx 1000-1500kms(and no - i didnt FULLY baby it - I still gave the engine exercise). Then I've always given it a great run. However, dont start slamming it off the limiter every gear.

Be a normal person. Dont flog the sh*t out of it then turn it off while its still recovering.

If you wanna flog it, do it, just dont expect that your going to do a simulated Le Mans 24hours and expect it to last for a lifetime.

I flashed mine at approx 1000kms. Never had a problem.

A car is a car - they are very well designed from the factory and shouldnt be easily breakable!

Guy_H also had an interesting take on it too...

Thanks
Matt

[REDMKVGTI]

Yeh, I drove my last car "normally" from, day one. It's still running like a charm!

[Traxover]

I've pretty well driven it normal so far with a few quick runs here and there. You know to see how she goes , with a go slow ending to let it normalize temps before I parkup.

Details

Polo GTI Reg jan 2007
Silver
Tint
current speedo 1200km's

Nice price $26550 drive away (But it is a 2006 model 0km's)

There's a few pics on the vBPicGallery

So far I luv it, I'm going to chip it in a few months. Other than that I'll keep it standard.

Thanks for the welcome, Look forward to posting in the future.

Ohh by the way yes the doors seals creak as I read in other posts.

[mikinoz]

Every day it is further run in - I think that the process will never be complete!

[aprr32]

A long trip with varied speed and load is the best way for the engine to settle in-if you run it hard, run it in hard!