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Originally Posted by nachob
I toured the Munich plant in 2011 and I believe they were testing their engines with compressed air instead of fuel, then they are run on a dyno for a little bit to check some data points.. This is far from break-in and this is supported by BMWs own manuals and instructions that explicitly define a break-in period so I do not understand where this notion came from that the motors are broken in at the factory. I think it was a myth started by salespeople that hammer brand new cars in test drives and made that up to make the customer feel it is OK to hammer a brand, cold-motor car.
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Who said anything about hammering the engine? Even after break-in, I'm still convinced to proceed at cautious rate after starting the car. Let it warm up gently before pressing the right pedal hard. And this for even over 100k km's.