My new 2002 baby

by **mdav001** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 2:07 am

just bought a new solara and loving it. I was told not to drive fast with for the first 1000 miles. Is that true? and 2nd, what is fast?

by **Kenn157** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 2:17 am

Hey welcome to Solara guy and good luck!

Yeah dont drive too fast usually means nothing over 55-60mph. The engine is new and requires a "break-in" period. This is probably the most important thing you can do for the car to insure a smooth running, longest lasting care-free driving. Since the engine is new all the parts have to "mesh" with each other. CHange the oil too! Tiny pieces of metal will fall off from the "mating" of the engine components and get mixed up in the engine oil. Change the oil at around 1000 miles.

SO which trim do you get? SE, SEV6, SLE? What color is it?

by **Flipside909** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:45 am

mdav001 wrote:just bought a new solara and loving it. I was told not to drive fast with for the first 1000 miles. Is that true? and 2nd, what is fast?

That's correct. Don't drive fast (only up to 60mph) and do not bring the RPMs above 3K.

by **Missay** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 10:27 am

Flipside909 wrote:and do not bring the RPMs above 3K.

oooo..you know how hard that would be! lol

good luck w/ the break in period! it's just so tempting, huh?

by **mdav001** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 11:14 am

Damn...can't go above 60 :-?

I bought the 2002 SLE silver and I think I'm in-loveeee with it. Any other tips anyone can give me??? Thanx for the help

by **Jaimster** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 9:30 pm

Congrats on your 2002! And welcome to Solaraguy.com. Anything I can help you with , I'll be happy too! I also own a 2002, and before that a 99 Solara.

Have fun. and again....WELCOME! :drinking:

by **i20solara02i** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 2:14 am

congrats on your new 2002 solara and welcome to the forums. shoot i think i went over 3000 rpm when i first got my car going on the freeway hitting like 70

by **i20solara02i** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 2:17 am

congrats on your new 2002 solara and welcome to the forums. shoot i think i went over 3000 rpm when i first got my car going on the freeway hitting like 70

kenn157 i thought you were suppose to change ur oil every 5000 miles?? well when i went to the orintation for my new car they told me i didn't have to change my car oil for the first time at 7000 miles n after that every 5000 miles. right or wrong or dealers don't know jack :fadein:

by **Jess689** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 8:51 am

mdav001 wrote:Damn...can't go above 60
I bought the 2002 SLE silver and I think I'm in-loveeee with it. Any other tips anyone can give me??? Thanx for the help

Congrats on your car! I bought a 2002 SE-V6 (silver) about a month ago....still haven't been able to go above 60 :evil:

Only 300 more miles and I'm home free!!!!! If I can do it, you can do it!

by **ultramookie** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:05 am

mdav001 wrote:just bought a new solara and loving it. I was told not to drive fast with for the first 1000 miles. Is that true? and 2nd, what is fast?

Welcome to SolaraGuy.com! Flipside is correct. It'll be tempting to drive it fast, but don't do it

by **Missay** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:07 am

what exactly happens anyways if you don't "break the car in"???

by **NaptownSolara** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:23 am

Most I've ever heard about is premature engine wear... Better safe than sorry I guess.

Missay wrote:what exactly happens anyways if you don't "break the car in"???

by **SteveB** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:35 am

If you don't break a car in correctly Missay, you'll have problems... not necessarily mechanical ones either... you'll be "marked" by the police and you'll be getting pulled over for 2 mph over the speed limit, yellow lights will be shorter (& red ones longer), when there's road construction ahead the lane you're in will ALWAYS be the slowest, accidents will occur ahead of you rather than behind, often the brake lights on the car in front of you won't be working, there'll be more uphill roads than downhill, "little old ladies" will seem to go out of their way to be the car in front of you, other drivers will fail to use their turn signals... etc.

So, you see. breaking in an engine correctly is crucial to a car's "destiny" - not to mention the overall "driving experience" of its owner.

SteveB

by **Missay** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:37 am

you are too funny, steve!

by **SKYravefever** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 10:16 am

LMAO

SteveB wrote:If you don't break a car in correctly Missay, you'll have problems... not necessarily mechanical ones either... you'll be "marked" by the police and you'll be getting pulled over for 2 mph over the speed limit, yellow lights will be shorter (& red ones longer), when there's road construction ahead the lane you're in will ALWAYS be the slowest, accidents will occur ahead of you rather than behind, often the brake lights on the car in front of you won't be working, there'll be more uphill roads than downhill, "little old ladies" will seem to go out of their way to be the car in front of you, other drivers will fail to use their turn signals... etc.

So, you see. breaking in an engine correctly is crucial to a car's "destiny" - not to mention the overall "driving experience" of its owner.

SteveB

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