The best advice would probably be to give it a nice break in period. Drive
it nice and easy for the first 500-1500 miles. Check the owners manual for
the specifics on the break in period, but if you do what it says the car
will last a lot longer.

Conrad
"Lyntoy1" <lyntoy1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> The time has come for me to go pick out the Elantra GT that I asked about
in an
> earlier post. Buying a Hyundai is making me pretty nervous, but monitoring
this
> group it seems like most of you like your cars. Are there any last words
of
> wisdom? Any problems to watch for? I intend to drive the heck out of this
car,
> putting 30-40K a year on it. Thanks! Mike

 

In article <x%aZa.6308$Pa4.1101@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com>,
<rlbclb@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> The best advice would probably be to give it a nice break in period. Drive
> it nice and easy for the first 500-1500 miles. Check the owners manual for
> the specifics on the break in period, but if you do what it says the car
> will last a lot longer.

The manual says a break in period is not necessary, but then gives some
tips you can follow if you want to break it in for some reason (even
though you don't have to). I think this is just for people who are
used to cars needing to be broken in.

--
Jerry Kindall, Seattle, WA <http://www.jerrykindall.com/>
2003 Chianti Red Elantra GT
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"Jerry Kindall" <jerrykindall@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:090820031429208136%jerrykindall@nospam.invali d...
> In article <x%aZa.6308$Pa4.1101@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com>,
> <rlbclb@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > The best advice would probably be to give it a nice break in period.
Drive
> > it nice and easy for the first 500-1500 miles. Check the owners manual
for
> > the specifics on the break in period, but if you do what it says the car
> > will last a lot longer.
>
> The manual says a break in period is not necessary, but then gives some
> tips you can follow if you want to break it in for some reason (even
> though you don't have to). I think this is just for people who are
> used to cars needing to be broken in.
>

Yup, I just picked up a GLS and I believe the manual said don't go over
55mph, no full throttle, no hard braking and keep the motor between 2-4K I
think. This was after they said there's no break-in period required.

Chris