Allypic's Mini Challenge 210

[Niall]

Why are you shifting so early! I wanna hear that engine scream!

Engine needs running in surely.

Most modern engines, you can rag them from day one and it will be fine. Engineering has come on so far that brand new engines just don't really need bedding in.  A lot of modern cars do have a reduced power map for the first few hundred/thousand miles though. I know my Kia did. It was like driving my old 1.0 106 again when i got it! lol

I'd still bed in a brad new engine.

Service intervals have gotten further and further apart as well but that doesn't mean it is necessarily best practice. Advances in technology means you can get away with not bedding in and extending oil change intervals, but I'd still rather take care of it.

Most new cars I've had in at work have said to drive slowly etc. for the first few hundred miles in their vehicle handbook, and a lot of manufacturers run them in before giving them to us to rag everywhere.



Mini sounds great. Would love the 306 to pop a bit more. Does it now but that's because of a hole on the cat outlet.
Looks like a good car. Hope you're both still enjoying it.

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should just give it death from delivery mileage but its not like it used to be years ago when if you didnt run a engine in, it was f*cked!
306s can pop and bang more...mine does