cheapthrills

My car is in NJ, I'm in FL. I have not ruled out flying to Atlantic city to pick her up and drive her home (against my wife's request to ship it). So how would one attempt to properly break in the engine on a long road trip. Probably the worst thing in the world for a new engine is static RPM for a long time.

millpond

Vary the car speeds and engine revs below 4000 of course. Stop at every rest area to answer questions about your new Vette.

hope2

vary RPM almost constantly, gentle to moderate load increase i.e. 2000 to 3000 rpm. as you pass 100 miles to 500 miles. enjoy the ride.

mjw930

It's really not that bad, although there will be a lot of highway driving simply use cruise control and switch between gears, up and down, as you go down the road and you'll be fine.

My bigger concern would be weather at this time of the year.

thrilled

I picked mine up in Atlantic City and drove it to Virginia.I stayed off I-95,went Rt.301 eastern shore way,Chesapeake Bridge.Would do different shifts,go from 65 to 45 then back up.
500 miles.I kind of babied it A little.Still would take off A little aggressively.Couldn't be helped.I would have went on down to FL going either RT 301, or RT1,either way.

Glen e

Once up to cruising speed, shift up and down the top 3 gears every 15 min, each gear. Don't worry about te trans and brakes, they wii break in fine on their own. Did first 1200 this way.

cheapthrills

Yeah the weather is a big issue, fortunately flight from hear to atlantic city are cheap one way and seem readily available. Would work that into the game plan as those tires are not made for cold never mind snow. I want my car to never experience snow or salted roads.

4thC4at60

Break in for my Ferrari simply said: keep it below 4,000 RPMS for the first 500 miles. I treat my Corvettes the same way.... I'm now on my sixth Corvette - have more than 600,000 miles in Corvettes and ZERO problems with engines. Two of my older Corvettes have more than 200,000 miles on them now under new ownership.

Drive your car, just watch the weather. If you're a day or two late, so what?

BTW: I've had my '15 C7 for just over a month and have almost 7,000 miles on it.

Joel

JerryU

Drove my C6 home from Kebeck in Atlantic City to SC. Just used the 2 overdireves and 4th. Used I95 most of the way. With my C7 only had to drive ~3 hours from NC and with a 7 speed had 4th and 3 overdives. More than enough to vary rpm! You can do the same with an automatic.

vetorama

I too was worried about weather so had mine shipped from Hubbard Ohio to Sarasota Fl in an enclosed 2 car hauler. Arrived here 12/20, right on time. I felt it was well worth it. Cost was $1200 and close to 1200 miles.

VETJAZZ

Drove my 2014 A6 home from the museum to Phoenix last December. 1,800 miles. Took 3 days on the interstate and didn't use cruise the first 600 mile day. Weather was 20* when we left and had rain and sleet through the Dallas area. 1,800 miles of smiles. No issues whatsoever.

FlashofRed

I'm retired...I'll drive it to Florida for you. lol

gbjerke

Fly out/drive back FOR SURE!! Did this on my last four Vettes....Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island for my C7.
Gives you some time to get used to the features and totally enjoy the ride. It does not get any better than driving some "back roads", get off the interstate and cruise some state highways and small towns----the best food for sure in the Mom and Pop places.
Just take your time and enjoy.
My last trip was listed on Mapquest at like 1,000 miles....2 days, right? Took me 4 days and 1,400+ miles to land at home and I loved every minute.
Something called, ENJOY THE RIDE!

Sin City

I picked up my car at the museum and they told me this.

Do not use V4 mode at all for the first 500 miles.

Try to very the speed of the car up and down when driving on a long freeway run until 500 moves.

Do not red line it (even thought it's rev limited for the first 500 miles) and try to be a bit gentle with the acceleration.

That was it.

mksz51

Actually do NOT use cruise control and just drive the car. Vary the speed. Don't lug the engine - can't recall if you're auto or manual. I would NOT use 7th gear. Torque can be used later in life.

FlashofRed

Sin City..."Do not use V4 mode at all for the first 500 miles."

I think the car automatically drops to V4 when cruising down the freeway. I seem to recall when I had less than 200 miles on my vette, for break-in, I would vary my speed as I traveled on the freeway, I'd run it in touring mode and in sport mode mostly and I'd run between 60 and 75 mph. I'd periodically check if in V8 or V4 and I noted it would be in V4 most of the time and would only go to V8 when I punched it and then it would go back to V4 when I settled in. So it leads me to believe it automatically runs in V4 when cruising down the road and only goes to V8 when more power is needed. I figured this was just one of the ways the car is able to get good gas mileage.

Patman

Is the rev limiter actually different for those first 500 miles? I know there shows a very low redline for the first 500 miles on the tach, but I thought you could still exceed that level if you wanted? I have seen a few people posting that they took their brand new C7s to the dragstrip so I'm going to assume they didn't actually have a 4000rpm rev limiter.

wgood

Take some small side trips and that will vary your speed I did and was all broke in halfway through my route home 3200 miles the long southern route from KC to Seattle !!! Stop and visit friends and relatives or use Google Map or other mapping to check out interesting sites !!! I went to some sites and drove down roads especially some small towns I may never drive through again in my lifetime !!! Wayne

cheapthrills

Well due to the time of year and my wife's repeated requests, the car will be shipped : (
If I was more patient I would have waited until spring and made a great road trip out of the pick up. Guess I need to come up with an excuse to go to deals gap or something over the summer.