How to Introduce Yourself to Your New Civic

[KingMarineM16a4]

Originally Posted by Vince

You're just fine...keep driving your car and relax about all this break-in non-sense; it's all conjecture and personal opinion.

As that is your opinion.

[avicarmi]

Originally Posted by KingMarineM16a4

As that is your opinion.

Can you please tell me what should I do now?

or is it too late now to do anything about it?

-avi

[KingMarineM16a4]

Originally Posted by avicarmi

Can you please tell me what should I do now?

or is it too late now to do anything about it?

-avi

Change the oil just in case they did drive it hard and there is some extra break-in goods in there. Other than that there's nothing you can really do. Other than pray of course. Sorry I am so negative, I just really don't trust dealerships as far as driving new cars goes. I would drive it softly unless I needed to do a harsh drive in a customers car to see if I fixed the problem or not, but there are very few people who are courteous of other peoples property.

[avicarmi]

Originally Posted by KingMarineM16a4

You had better hope that they didn't drive it like they stole it all the way to your work...

I just put down a deposit on mine and when it comes in I am going to take off work AND school to watch it come off the truck, etc.

Back to your comment. Even if your work was exactly 40 miles away, where did the other 20ish miles come from? You're good to drive it like you want, but I would change the oil first, again you don't know what they did while driving it over there.

I did not have much of a choice.

I had to get a new car asap, my daughter is being treated for leukemia, one of the chemo drugs messed up her clotting, she got clot in her brain, stroke, seizures and so she was put on anti-clotting injections twice a day. need to protect her from any sort of bumps, esp the head.

now she feels good enough to go back to school, and I have to take her to school every day.

so we needed a safer car than my previous one, an 89 240SX, also, she has grown up over the last year, and could not really fit in the back seat anymore her head was way to close to the roof.

I bought the Civic Si since it was the safest car I could afford.

I was looking for a car that has good handling and braking, electronic stability control, anti-lock brakes, traction control, air bags/curtains all around, good crash ratings.

my daughter's favorite color is blue, and the only FBP available was 30 miles away, with 25 miles on the odometer. (I guess from previous test drives).

because my credit sucks (too many late medical bills) had to put the financing under my wife's name, but there was no way that she could drive to the dealership and sign the papers, so the only choice was to have the dealer deliver the cars to my office. putting yet another 30 miles on it.

I have three jobs, all over the place, so in two days, I put yet another 340 miles on the car...

thanks,

-avi

[KingMarineM16a4]

Damn dude, don't worry it will all be better.

Good luck.

[Vince]

Originally Posted by avicarmi

Can you please tell me what should I do now?

or is it too late now to do anything about it?

-avi

You're worried about nothing.

[KingMarineM16a4]

Well if anything was done there is nothing you can do now, no need to worry about it.

[HondaScott]

Originally Posted by avicarmi

Can you please tell me what should I do now?

or is it too late now to do anything about it?

-avi

Your car came broken in from the factory. You have done nothing to better or worse your car so relax.

Enjoy it! Follow your maintenance schedule and life will be good.

[whyunoeme]

WHAT IT DOOOO first time here hopefully links work now

[20SI08]

I read this whole thread... and i think its funny
Look, your car comes with a 3 years 36k mile warantee.....relax. My personal opinion, car companies design cars to eventually break down. So I wouldnt trust them. But im paranoid 90% of the time. Becareful what you write, the government will get you.

[glial]

One had a neighbor that claimed the tires came with "break-in" air in the tires. He would flatten all four tires every time he bought a new car and fill them back up.

I swear...true story...

[KingMarineM16a4]

Originally Posted by 20SI08

My personal opinion, car companies design cars to eventually break down.

That's not an opinion.

[20SI08]

Originally Posted by KingMarineM16a4

That's not an opinion.

actually it was MY opinion, do you know the definition of an opinion? Im sure there would be other people that would dissagree, making what I said an opinion. I doubt that honda or any other car companies would admit to say that their cars were being built to break down. But I do know that they could be built to last forever. .

[HondaScott]

Originally Posted by 20SI08

actually it was MY opinion, do you know the definition of an opinion? Im sure there would be other people that would dissagree, making what I said an opinion. I doubt that honda or any other car companies would admit to say that their cars were being built to break down. But I do know that they could be built to last forever. .

I think he meant to say, is what you were saying was a fact, not an opinion.

Any item being engineered will have a finite life of use. This is for two reasons.

1) It costs more money (money the consumer will have to pay) if something is designed to last indefinitely.

2) It is a marketing stratagy. If cars did not break people would not buy new ones. This is true for almost all products on the market.

[KingMarineM16a4]

Originally Posted by 20SI08

actually it was MY opinion, do you know the definition of an opinion? Im sure there would be other people that would dissagree, making what I said an opinion. I doubt that honda or any other car companies would admit to say that their cars were being built to break down. But I do know that they could be built to last forever. .

I meant it was fact, not opinion.

[mito]

bump........

[HondaScott]

Bump for what type of information?

[sf9ers]

So everyone knows how to break their engine in. I never knew none of this stuff but this forum just keeps teaching me all this stuff since i dont know anything about cars. The only thing i do know is that Honda are the ish

[liquidr1]

Originally Posted by KingMarineM16a4

At this point you slowly introduced your car to loads, such as the A/C and radio

What the hell does turning on the radio have to do with breaking in your new engine

[KingMarineM16a4]

Originally Posted by liquidr1

What the hell does turning on the radio have to do with breaking in your new engine

Pulling unnecessary voltage away from the car(making the alternator work)...