More power and torque after 6K miles
#17
There is really no evidence that these cars, or any modern cars for that matter, “loosen up” and get faster or more powerful with more miles. Take a look at any Car and Driver long term road test where they test a car new and again at 30K miles. Most perform virtually the same. A small handful perform slightly better and a small handful perform slightly worse. This could be chalked up to different weather conditions and road surface conditions during testing and perhaps a tiny handful of cars do break in and get faster (or slower) over time.
Personally I have never noticed any of my new cars getting faster over time. What I have noticed is the exhaust getting a bit louder and the suspension getting softer and less composed over time as the shocks break in and wear down even with as little as 10k miles.
Personally I have never noticed any of my new cars getting faster over time. What I have noticed is the exhaust getting a bit louder and the suspension getting softer and less composed over time as the shocks break in and wear down even with as little as 10k miles.
with each one.
#18
Some of the seat-of-the-pants assessments here could be attributed to wear-in of the drive train components (transmission gears, etc.) which are not pre-tested at the factory. So it’s not just engine break-in.