Hello

Following some excellent advice regarding engines etc, I have a further query regarding the running in period for new cars.

I understand that there needs to be a period of time where you treat the car very carefully interms of revs, speed, acceleration, braking etc to allow the car to bed itself in.

My initial thoughts on this is to work back from when that would not be practical to ensure that I order it and get a delivery date that allows plenty of time.

For example, I do about 150 miles each week tops (my commute is 100 miles), now our annual holiday next year will be for arguments sake on the 1st August. That means on the 1st August I will load the car boot full, a full size roof box full and four adults inside. The journey from Lincolnshire to Austria is basically 900 miles of mainly motorway (each way) driving with plenty of hills along the way. Now I know long runs always do engines good but obviously this kind of driving is not compatible with running the car in.

Is it a case of 1000 or 1500 or 2000 clear local miles treating the car with care before the long motorway heavy haul?

Many thanks

Paul