TPW 7/24/2017 -"Members Only Club" - Page 3

rootus · 07-27-2017, 07:55 AM

Got my VIN! I hope it doesn't take too long to get here.

zryan · 07-27-2017, 08:57 AM

Heck yeah congratulations! Still haven't sold my audi... need it gone!

rootus · 07-27-2017, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by zryan

Heck yeah congratulations! Still haven't sold my audi... need it gone!

I hear ya. I just finished cleaning the STI and taking pictures a few days ago, and posted an ad for it. No love yet but I'm not asking a super high price so I hope it will sell quickly. Worst case I take the CarMax offer which will probably cost me $3K :(. Ah well.

I expect you to get your car a lot sooner, so I'll be living vicariously through you -- post pics!

. Our VINs are pretty close so they are practically brothers...

zryan · 07-27-2017, 09:43 AM

I was expecting them to be close on the assembly line since we shared a lot of the same options and ordered only a couple days apart. I will be sure to do so!

rootus · 07-27-2017, 02:35 PM

Alright, I think I found me a new obsession. This might lower my productivity for the next few weeks. Ha!

Edit: OnStar is kinda neat, though I suppose it's mostly a novelty. I can see that the tires are all inflated to 37 psi except the front right, which is 39, and that it's recommended to be 32. I can tell it has about 3 gallons of fuel in it, which is good for 66 miles. 100% oil life. It's only gotten 3.0 mpg so far, and there are 2 miles on the odometer.

The geek in me is pleased.

zryan · 07-27-2017, 02:40 PM

LMAO you have the OnStar going. Yeah I've lost all productivity when yours moves let me know!
Hopefully mine ships out early next week. The sooner the better!

histobeast · 07-27-2017, 04:16 PM

I wonder how hard your car was driven in those two miles. I've heard of guys that move them around for shipping don't give a f*ck. I'm 8/7 TPW and worry about someone abusing the car especially since it's not warmed up first.

zryan · 07-27-2017, 04:23 PM

You're telling me. My dealership told me "they have to do the pre-delivery inspection" I'd prefer they don't touch it and roll it inside. I sent them my strict break in procedure for the first start-up and drive.

rootus · 07-27-2017, 05:46 PM

Well, I cannot control how it gets driven during this process, so I choose not to get too wound up about it

. The only real damage they can do is to give it a lot of RPM while cold, but IMO it would take some effort in 80 degree weather with modern synthetic oil to do any significant harm that way. I actually worry more about them hitting something and doing repair work on the body without me knowing it happened.

I also subscribe to a theory that I don't think too many other folks here share: The correct way to break in a car is to let it idle until the oil is completely warm, and then drive it out of the dealer's lot and up the street sideways for as long as you can maintain the drift. Then through lots of stops and full throttle banzai runs for 20 minutes or so. And then change the oil and call it good.

If the engine can't survive that then it was going to fail anyway.

histobeast · 07-27-2017, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zryan

You're telling me. My dealership told me "they have to do the pre-delivery inspection" I'd prefer they don't touch it and roll it inside. I sent them my strict break in procedure for the first start-up and drive.

I was talking to a mechanic at Ford and he was bragging about how they were ragging out the focus RS 's they got.

rootus · 07-27-2017, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by histobeast

I was talking to a mechanic at Ford and he was bragging about how they were ragging out the focus RS 's they got.

I could believe that -- I think it's much more likely the car will get abused by someone at the dealer than someone at the plant or in the delivery process.

I haven't told my dealer not to prep the car, but I will say this -- if it has more than about six miles on the odometer I'm going to be ... annoyed. I'd also think that it depends a lot on the dealer. How much do you want to bet that Becky is on top of the deliveries at Rodgers and that the guys doing the prep work know better than to mess with her?

zryan · 07-28-2017, 08:16 AM

I'll mention that I'd like to receive it with under 6 miles

rootus · 07-28-2017, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zryan

I'll mention that I'd like to receive it with under 6 miles

Are you tracking it with OnStar? Could say to the dealer "I know it only has two miles on it right now, and I will know how many it had when delivered to you..."

histobeast · 07-28-2017, 09:01 AM

Didn't intend to worry anyone but yesterday I read someones comment to a question about hurting their engine during break in. This was the response, "Subaru says the same shit but guess what. When guys drive it off the dock, we literally redline the shit out of it for a 4 km stretch till the rendezvous point for pick up. So the answer is no because somewhere someplace in transport, someone already bagged the living shit out of it. Here is the link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/camaro/comm...urt_my_engine/

07-27-2017, 08:57 AM	#30
zryan Drives: 1973 z28 Rs, 2018 SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Greater Philadelphia Area Posts: 323	Heck yeah congratulations! Still haven't sold my audi... need it gone! __________________ 2018 HBM SS 1LE Built 7/26: Black emblems, Smoked reflectors/lights, Dimple magnetic drain plugs, Carbon rock guards, Carbon fuel door, Elite Engineering Catch-can, BMR strut-brace,

07-27-2017, 09:43 AM	#32
zryan Drives: 1973 z28 Rs, 2018 SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Greater Philadelphia Area Posts: 323	I was expecting them to be close on the assembly line since we shared a lot of the same options and ordered only a couple days apart. I will be sure to do so! __________________ 2018 HBM SS 1LE Built 7/26: Black emblems, Smoked reflectors/lights, Dimple magnetic drain plugs, Carbon rock guards, Carbon fuel door, Elite Engineering Catch-can, BMR strut-brace,

07-27-2017, 02:35 PM	#33
rootus Drives: 2018 HBM SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 367	Alright, I think I found me a new obsession. This might lower my productivity for the next few weeks. Ha! Edit: OnStar is kinda neat, though I suppose it's mostly a novelty. I can see that the tires are all inflated to 37 psi except the front right, which is 39, and that it's recommended to be 32. I can tell it has about 3 gallons of fuel in it, which is good for 66 miles. 100% oil life. It's only gotten 3.0 mpg so far, and there are 2 miles on the odometer. The geek in me is pleased. Attached Images Last edited by rootus; 07-27-2017 at 02:50 PM.

07-27-2017, 02:40 PM	#34
zryan Drives: 1973 z28 Rs, 2018 SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Greater Philadelphia Area Posts: 323	LMAO you have the OnStar going. Yeah I've lost all productivity when yours moves let me know! Hopefully mine ships out early next week. The sooner the better! __________________ 2018 HBM SS 1LE Built 7/26: Black emblems, Smoked reflectors/lights, Dimple magnetic drain plugs, Carbon rock guards, Carbon fuel door, Elite Engineering Catch-can, BMR strut-brace,

07-27-2017, 04:23 PM	#36
zryan Drives: 1973 z28 Rs, 2018 SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Greater Philadelphia Area Posts: 323	You're telling me. My dealership told me "they have to do the pre-delivery inspection" I'd prefer they don't touch it and roll it inside. I sent them my strict break in procedure for the first start-up and drive. __________________ 2018 HBM SS 1LE Built 7/26: Black emblems, Smoked reflectors/lights, Dimple magnetic drain plugs, Carbon rock guards, Carbon fuel door, Elite Engineering Catch-can, BMR strut-brace,

07-27-2017, 07:55 AM	#29
rootus Drives: 2018 HBM SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 367	Got my VIN! I hope it doesn't take too long to get here.

07-27-2017, 04:16 PM	#35
histobeast Drives: '18 SS 1LE SW Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Kennesaw, GA Posts: 100	I wonder how hard your car was driven in those two miles. I've heard of guys that move them around for shipping don't give a f*ck. I'm 8/7 TPW and worry about someone abusing the car especially since it's not warmed up first.

07-27-2017, 05:46 PM	#37
rootus Drives: 2018 HBM SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 367	Well, I cannot control how it gets driven during this process, so I choose not to get too wound up about it . The only real damage they can do is to give it a lot of RPM while cold, but IMO it would take some effort in 80 degree weather with modern synthetic oil to do any significant harm that way. I actually worry more about them hitting something and doing repair work on the body without me knowing it happened. I also subscribe to a theory that I don't think too many other folks here share: The correct way to break in a car is to let it idle until the oil is completely warm, and then drive it out of the dealer's lot and up the street sideways for as long as you can maintain the drift. Then through lots of stops and full throttle banzai runs for 20 minutes or so. And then change the oil and call it good. If the engine can't survive that then it was going to fail anyway.

07-28-2017, 08:16 AM	#40
zryan Drives: 1973 z28 Rs, 2018 SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Greater Philadelphia Area Posts: 323	I'll mention that I'd like to receive it with under 6 miles __________________ 2018 HBM SS 1LE Built 7/26: Black emblems, Smoked reflectors/lights, Dimple magnetic drain plugs, Carbon rock guards, Carbon fuel door, Elite Engineering Catch-can, BMR strut-brace,

07-28-2017, 09:01 AM	#42
histobeast Drives: '18 SS 1LE SW Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Kennesaw, GA Posts: 100	Didn't intend to worry anyone but yesterday I read someones comment to a question about hurting their engine during break in. This was the response, "Subaru says the same shit but guess what. When guys drive it off the dock, we literally redline the shit out of it for a 4 km stretch till the rendezvous point for pick up. So the answer is no because somewhere someplace in transport, someone already bagged the living shit out of it. Here is the link. https://www.reddit.com/r/camaro/comm...urt_my_engine/

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