Arggghhh! This car is sooo addicting. Someone please stop me from engaging the VTEC! I find myself finding excuses to go out and drive. Just now after coming back from work I decided to go out again just to get thai ice tea. Tea for crying out loud! From the two weeks I had purchased the car I've already put on 800 miles. Any prescriptions in stopping this addiction?

 

No prescriptions. Just keep driving.

 

yeah i was like that too!!! but I think you should spare vtec for now, until break-in is complete.

 

1800 miles.....havent touched 6k rpms yet

 

damn, don't rev it to much. its still new.

 

Yeah. I already know the car's going to complain and cry later .... gotta resist the temptation

 

You just gotta drive it out of your system..........

 

I find my self driving a lot too (still) after 6 months. Going to the mountains in a week or two.

Picked up Mar 22, have ~7800 miles on it already!!

 

Bought mine beginning of august and i have more than 8000 miles...
100 mile commute each day

 

i used to be addicted, until i got that blasted clutch creak. now driving is just flat out annoying.

 

are you kidding me? doesn't break-in kinda of end by 1500 mile-ish? darn I hit vtec about twice a day.... and I have about same miles as you do.

 

I'd bet that after you've reached 10,000 miles, your car would be one of those that doesn't consume any oil.

 

have someone take ur car away for a while

 

already? i got mine only 3 months before you (december 19th) and i'm passing 16,000 this weekend.

 

...the only cure is to keep driving it!

I have 92K miles on my car and I still drive it like it has 20K miles on it

 

i've had my 06 since December last year and i have already too many miles on her. about 25,000 miles to be exact...

 

less than that... The owners manual recommended 1000 mile breaking period but I'm sure you can start little ealier.

 

800 miles in two weeks? You have problems...............AN ADDICTION PROBLEM! =D Good luck with your car. I'm in love with mine too...haha.

 

cheese, i felt the same way when i first installed my i/h/e combo. it just takes times to curb the appetite for vtec ...

 

Nice.

If you think it's addicting now, wait 'til you get HONDATA / header / intake.

You'll feel like revving out every gear! It starts becoming a goal to never land back on the low cam.

 

where do you go??? 800miles is alot...getting tea isnt going to add up to 800 miles. Do you go on road trip or something? This is still nothing though...I picked up 1120 miles in two days so....take that!!

 

Dont' worry about it...10k miles in two months...on my DAD's EL...of course that's a business car...but oh man, once that car broke in...Just wait, when your car breaks in..and you can really get it moving...

Hm...i think i need some ice Tea.

 

Yea - sorry guys im from the TL forums haha but I put 11 thousand miles on my car in less than 4 months and Id be putting on more if I didnt have a loaner car right now.

 

pardon my menial capacity in absorbing information, but what does that mean?

 

Hahahahahaa. You should install a "low-rpm" limiter.

 

I decide to take longer routes to my destination. Too bad we can't program the navi to sort directions via "scenic route."

 

Damn that blows. How many miles did you have before you got the creak? Isn't this a known issue? Good luck bro.

 

dang, I bet you drive your car to get your mail??!

 

I know what you mean addicted. I came off of one of the most fun cars of my life..

MKIV GTI VR6.. IT is a nice change of pace. This car just keeps ching through all 6 gears. I love it.

I have 150 miles on it and i am growing more fond of the car daily.

 

How important is the break in period?

The dealer I bought it from, said that the only thing to try to avoid was driving at the same rate of speed for long periods. He said we could push it a bit without worry...

Then after doing so, I take a look at the manual, which says take it easy, and then come here and see the same....

The cynic in me says the dealer wants me to have problems so I want to buy a new car in a few years.... he also said that premium gas isn't necessary and to try it out.

Oh well after reading the manual, i took the lead weight off of my shoes, but was wondering if I had already done some harm in the first 150 miles where I definitely got the rpms up several times.

Any thoughts?

 

everyone has an opinion, but mine is, yes, you should take it easy, gradually increasing the RPMs as you get higher in miles, no hard acceleration off the line, no hard breaking. basically, just drive responsibly for a week or two, get it up above 500 or so miles, then you can worry less.

as for did you do damage? highly unlikely. cars today go through processes at the auto manufacturing plant which makes the "break-in" period as we know it almost debatable. i wouldn't worry, but i would take it easier for about 500 miles or so.

 

 

Break in period and Premium gas use are two topics that have been discussed to some length on this board. Try these threads for some more info:

Break in
http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/show...t=break+period

Gas use
https://acurazine.com/forums/sho...ighlight=octane
https://acurazine.com/forums/sho...ighlight=octane
https://acurazine.com/forums/sho...ighlight=octane

 

Don't go above 6k or redline before break-in, in your case "oh shit too late!"...

 

This is my first tranny that has 6 gears. I was so used to my previous 5-geared manual cars that when on the freeway while trying to vary the RPMs I accidentally shifted from gear 5 to gear 4 instead of 6. Obviously, the tach shot up (around 6k I think). Did this several times ... I guess I never learn

 

^ at least you're honest

 

I hit v-tec in the dealer parking lot.

i wonder they sold me that exact same car i testdrove
















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