<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="4" class="">No smokey burnouts or drag racing for the first 2500 miles! Seriously though, new cars really don’t need breaking in. Have a great and safe trip.</font><div class=""><font size="4" class="">JB<br class=""></font><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 20, 2019, at 8:25 AM, Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" class="">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Hey Tigers,</p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">I buy a new car every few years. It's been a long time since any required or even advised the old break-in period (fast starts, hard breaking, driving over a certain rpm, etc). The oil is infinitely better, and more importantly, the Japanese taught the American auto industry to get their machining tolerances down!</p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">My $.02</p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Tym McDowell</p><p class="io-ox-signature" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> <br class=""></p><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">On July 20, 2019 at 9:01 AM Ron Fraser via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" class="">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><div class="ox-84aa725c8d-WordSection1"><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">Stu</p><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal"> I agree with Mark. Drive it around for the next week to get use to how it drives and sounds; also make sure all the systems are working properly.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">I don’t think there is much to breaking in a new car these days or anything to worry about for that trip. </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">You might want to check to see what the drive cycle is for the computer of that vehicle.</p><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">When a Check engine light comes ON and the codes are cleared there is a drive cycle required for the computer to check all the sensors and monitors be happy.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">I know on some GM vehicles that drive cycle can be around 100 miles, yours could be different but you may want to get around 200 miles on the vehicle before taking that trip. </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">There should not be a problem with this new of a vehicle but I think knowing the drive cycle is a good thing to know with any computer controlled vehicle these days.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">Have a safe and happy trip.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">Ron Fraser</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal"><strong class="">From:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net" class="">tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>coolvt--- via Tigers<br class=""><strong class="">Sent:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, July 20, 2019 8:18 AM<br class=""><strong class="">To:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sabre2tgr@gmail.com" class="">sabre2tgr@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:Tigers@autox.team.net" class="">Tigers@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><strong class="">Subject:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Tigers] Off topic: How to treat new cars</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">I think most of the owners' manuals still suggest driving them at varying speeds for the first few hundred miles. If it was me, I'd try to take it out during the coming week and put a few miles on it. Of course, I tend to be a little fussy with cars</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;" class="">😀</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mark L<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal">In a message dated 7/20/2019 7:36:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" class="">tigers@autox.team.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>writes:</p><div class=""><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">A question for the gearheads out there: My wife's new Grand Cherokee sits in the driveway this morning with a grand total of 85 miles on the odometer. Next weekend there's a trip planned that involves several hours pounding the interstates.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">IIRC in the old days they told us to be gentle with new cars until the engine was "broken in", a few hundred miles or whatever. With with the GC there isn't much mention of anything like this.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">So what do you think? With today's oils and clever design, is there anything to worry about for the long term?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Stu<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div></div><p class="ox-84aa725c8d-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" class="">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><br class="">Donate:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/coolvt@aol.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/coolvt@aol.com</a><br class=""><br class=""></p></div></div></blockquote><p class="default-style" style="font-style: normal; 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