RichardA

Hello:

I did a thread search to no avail. Also looked through the user manual to no avail.

What are the recommendations or more like what not to do with a brand new off the lot car.

Typically for the first xxx miles you should not exceed certain MPH, not go WOT, and vary between city and highway driving. I'm taking it easy on her for the first 5K anyhow, but feedback is appreciated.

PS, I practically shot diet coke out of my nose when I saw 29 THREADS in the mechanical problems section. I used to own 2 Porsche 928's and am a member there still. Their thread count for same tech issues is 2,396 PAGES. Mind you that covers all 928's back to 1977.

ezone

No real break in period. Drive it like you would any other car.

Change oil when the maintenance minder turns on the 15% reminder and the wrench light comes on. (or one year, whichever comes first)

RichardA

Very quick reply Sir ezone, thanks.

With a little over 1000 miles in the first week and half, me thinks the oil will need a changin' before a year. I noticed the oil % dropped to 90% after several hundred miles. It the oil minder a mileage based simple system, or is it viscosity/condition of oil based?

ezone

It's not a simple mileage counter, it varies widely based on driving condition.

But NOTHING is directly monitored by the maintenance minder system. It's all based on a model, and that model depends on correct spec products.
It cannot know if the engine oil is empty, it can't tell if it got the oil changed until someone resets it, it can't adjust intervals for the cheapest (wrong) oil from the corner quickymart. Same goes for air filters, it will suggest filters (#2 around 25k, but it can't' tell if you drive in a dust storm on the daily. Obviously the filters would be clogged quick if you did that.

I see the minder allow oil change intervals anywhere from 4000 miles (soccer moom driving) to beyond 10k miles (all highway), it all depends on the driver and driving conditions.

RichardA

OK, I see. It monitors the conditions the oil is exposed to, assuming it's the proper weight, proper oil and oil level is full. It evaluates types of driving conditions more or less and goes from there. Was not sure how 'smart' it was. That system will work for me.

Thanks again.