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View Poll Results: How did you go about breaking in your new 370Z engine?
Baby the car - never drive over 55 and never put the foot into it for the first 1000 miles. 20 24.39%
Drive it <= 65 MPH and give it the hammer for a few seconds now and then. 31 37.80%
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Anyway, I keep hearing people say don't drive hard or you will have problems; but I actually have yet to meet anyone who said "yeah, I have all these engine problems now because I drove too damn hard when I got her."
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Anyway, I keep hearing people say don't drive hard or you will have problems; but I actually have yet to meet anyone who said "yeah, I have all these engine problems now because I drove too damn hard when I got her."
I agree. I DID kill one of my cars though...but it wasn't related to engine break-in. I had an awesome AA Yellow Landrover Defender 90 which I got used with 30k miles on it. I used it to tow a heavy boat for a few summers and by 60k miles the engine was a disaster.

If driving my Z too hard when I bought it turns out to be an issue, I'm sure the car will be long gone before that issue ever arises...otherwise my 5 year powertrain warranty can take care of it.
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