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Every time I read anything about a "break in" on cars it always felt like people were just repeating old wives tales because I could never get an answer on what
by tempest_ 3y ago
Every time I read anything about a "break in" on cars it always felt like people were just repeating old wives tales because I could never get an answer on what the result would be if I ignored it.
Will the transmission last 5000 extra kms or the engine will make it from 500,000 to 501,000 km? No one seems to know.
Makes it feel like poeple telling me I have to discharge a battery all the way because it has "memory" long after most batteries were lithium ion with a charge controller.
- Loughla 3y agoThere is no hard and fast rule about how many "extra"miles you get. But every seal, moving part, and wearable component will wear out faster. The reason you don't get a scientific answer is because that's just not possible.
- tempest_ 3y agoWear out HOW much faster, are we talking 1% faster? 10% faster... etc. The difference between replacing a wearable component at 100,000 km or 101,000 doesn't make a huge difference (ignoring the fact that it could just fail earlier due to one of a hundred different environmental reasons)