Congratulations! Here are some driving tips for your new car, so that you can break it in right and ensure its long, problem-free life.
Driving Tips for New Car
Before getting into driving tips for a new car, let’s take a look at the oil. After you drive your new car home, deeply inhaling that awesome new car smell all the way, you’ve probably gone enough miles for step 1. Step 1 is to change the oil at 20 miles or so. Your new car engine is breaking itself in and there are going to be lots of little metals flakes and other debris. It is best to get that out of there. So, on car ownership day #2, change the oil if you have gone 20 miles or more. You’ll want to change it again in about 1,000 miles, then get on the manufacturer’s recommended schedule.
Driving tips for a new car are more like a “what not to do” list. For the first 500 miles, baby your car when driving. Do not rev up the engine, drive it gently with slow starts and stops. It might be very tempting to get out there and see what it can do on the open road, but let the engine break in right first.
It would be a mistake to tow anything during the first 500 miles. You want the engine and transmission to break in first before placing a big burden on it. It would be a good idea to change the transmission fluid after 1000 miles before towing, also. This will remove any new car debris floating around.
Have Your Car Serviced on Time
Congratulations on purchasing your new car. If you give your new car great care from the very beginning, it’ll last a very long time. Stop by A1 Performance Auto Repair to talk to our mechanic about more driving tips for your new car.
