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KevinF · 20th December 2006, 16:30

I rather suspect it's going to do you well. If it has been a rental car, driven by many drivers rather than the same one all the time, the varying styles will probably have run the engine in much more effectively than any car in single-ownership that's coddled and cossetted.

I am reminded of a Yamaha FZR1000 that I bought new a few years ago. In ignorance, I rode it for the first 1000 miles as if the engine was made of tissue paper in the belief that 'running' in was necessary. Later, I had its dynoed before a tuning job and was dismayed to learn that it only made 118 bhp when it should have made 128. The mechanic asked me about how I had treated it, and then donned his helmet and took it for a spin. When he returned half an hour later the engine was ticking with heat - and it straight away made 129 on the dyno.

What had he done, I asked? "Er, basically, thashed the nuts off it, mate" was the reply. "You've treated it far too gently and were asking for glazed bores and a short engine life." From that moment on, the engine drank no oil when before it had been using quite a bit.

KevinF.

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KevinF Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 19th November 2006 Location: Hungerford, UK Posts: 81 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	rental hack I rather suspect it's going to do you well. If it has been a rental car, driven by many drivers rather than the same one all the time, the varying styles will probably have run the engine in much more effectively than any car in single-ownership that's coddled and cossetted. I am reminded of a Yamaha FZR1000 that I bought new a few years ago. In ignorance, I rode it for the first 1000 miles as if the engine was made of tissue paper in the belief that 'running' in was necessary. Later, I had its dynoed before a tuning job and was dismayed to learn that it only made 118 bhp when it should have made 128. The mechanic asked me about how I had treated it, and then donned his helmet and took it for a spin. When he returned half an hour later the engine was ticking with heat - and it straight away made 129 on the dyno. What had he done, I asked? "Er, basically, thashed the nuts off it, mate" was the reply. "You've treated it far too gently and were asking for glazed bores and a short engine life." From that moment on, the engine drank no oil when before it had been using quite a bit. KevinF.