Just curious how you guys broke your car in.

Did you drive it like you stole it?

Or did you baby her until 1200 miles?

 

i did what they said...1200 miles under 4000 rpm...i figure, better safe than sorry

 

broke mine in as reccomended. Invalidates warranty otherwise, plus i dont want to screw my engine up.

 

engine break in instructions are in the manual?

 

Broke mine in properly... I believe it is in the manual.

 

I am still breaking mine in. 700 miles so far and I have the rev-indicator light set at 3500. Hit 4000 rpm's a few times to get out of some bad traffic. Just hang in there till 1200. I plan on babying to 2000 but that's just me.

 

Broke mine in under 4k, although I varied the RPM a lot (did not drive at like 2krpm all the time)

 

I followed the recommendations in the owners manual. I love that little book.

 

nope, dealer didn't tell me about it. no problems, however.
on my test drive i took it over 100mph.

 

i think it's pretty retarded to not break it in properly...if you get a Z, it's because you're an enthusiast (probably)...why would you want to risk screwing up your new Z?

 

I accidently hit 6k rpm one time. Hope I didn't mess anything up.

 

nah, you'll be fine. It wont hurt it to occasionally run it over 4000.

 

Drove it like i stole it, no problem

Break in is just a way to protect their asses

 

Protect against what? Future engine problems...

If they are protecting themselves, dont you think there is a reason for the breakin period??

 

broke in as recommended in manual. seemed like forever. also
took it above 4000 rpm quite a few times but not intentionally.

 

I broke mine in all the way through 2000mi and kept it under 4000rpms, right after that I switced to Synthetic oil and redline quite often!!!

 

drove easy for the first 200 miles. Then redline.

You do know that dealerships check every car when the shipment is in by redlining all the cars right?

 

i always assumed the Z came with synthetics. is this not the case. with my
old bmw the bmw brand replacement oil was synthetic.

wish i knew this before my last oil change. with my other cars i always went
in with my oil in-hand for them to use. but i just assumed the nissan dealers
used synthetics on the Z. sorry, didn't mean to go off-topic.

 

and trying very hard to keep it under 4,000. I figure the Nissan engineers know more than I do.
Has Nissan ever commented on synthetics for the Z?

 

i baby'd mine, broke in per manual