I flew from Sacramento to Costa Mesa this morning to purchase my new Silver MR from South Coast Mistubishi. Mike and Mark were great and I was in and out in less than an hour. The car had 7 miles on the odometer when I took delivery. The drive home was 450 miles, but took longer than would be expected as I pulled off the freeway on almost every exit in order to vary the revs and properly break in the car. I followed the no > 5,000 RPMs perfectly, but decided that I could not call in a day without all 600 miles being completed. So after I got home, I took the car back out and did the final 150 miles. Long day, but worth it to get the break in done. The car is a lot of fun. Much more of a driver's car than my E46 M3. The steering and handling is unbelievable. I can't wait to take it back out tomorrow.

 

Congrats! We all love our Evos.

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very nice...good luck with it...

pics?

 

my sister shifted wrong and went to 7000 RPMS...i hope thats not gonna mess up all the hard word of me trying to break in...as soon as she did that I started driving again...im at 205 miles

 

Sleep first. Then a wash (me and the car). Afterwards - pictures.

 

just wondering, how many tanks of gas did it take to complete the whole break in?

 

Good question on the gas. I put about 40 gallons of gas in the car and still had around 10 gallons when I parked it at 600 miles. So 30 gallons, plus or minus a couple. 20 mpg sounds about right as I was constantly varying my speed and pulling off the freeway every 5 miles. Plus, the last 150 miles were all done on non-freeway roads.

 

i got a mr thats turning into a track car.. i bought mine used so i didnt hvae to break it in. how do u like the mr in comparison to the regular evos? i kinda feel like i bought a car full of crap im not gonna use, cuz most of its stuff is coming out. 16point FULL CAGE baby!

 

I thought you're supposed to make sure you vary the RPMs when you do the break-in. Driving 450 miles on the highway at the same RPM goes against this rule. I may be wrong though.

 

^^ he said he pulled off almost every exit to vary the revs

 

Arrrr you're right. Sorry, my mistake.

Reading > me

 

It'll be fine, break in on modern engines is barely even required.