| Re: Plan on driving a new car on a 3000mile highway trip. Bad idea? |
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Group: alt.autos.toyota · Group Profile
Author: jim beamjim beam Date: May 11, 2008 18:21
hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 14:58:03 +0000, Jeff wrote:
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>> How do you know that the speeds that the cars were driven at had
>> anything to do with these "strides"? And why would driving a car a
>> particular speed cause this?
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>> I think you don't know what you're talking about.
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> I think I've probably broken in more new cars than you have.
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> The manual also probably recommends changing the oil every 7.500 miles
> whether it needs it or not.
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> I've had a half dozen successes with my method, and was trying to pass on
> *experience* to the OP. Don't like it? Don't follow it! Simple!
"success" as defined by "it didn't break down" is not the same as
"success" defined by the manufacturer based on their research.
because you /did/ do a complete tear-down, analysis and comparison with
other engines given factory treatment before declaring "success", didn't
you?
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