New D4

[Nicky]

New D4 now called "Discovery" TDV 3.0.
Do thes need to be "run-in" when bought new, and how ?

[winaje]

Firstly welcome to the Club, you'll enjoy it immensely (the D4 and the Forum).

Sorry to state the obvious, but have you had a look at the relevant area in the owners manual? I'm not sure of what it says as I have a D3. But best to follow the procedures outlined there.

[Epic pooh]

That question is sure to bring out some varied opinions !

I agree with Will, whatever the book says !

[Tombie]

Dont tow for ~2000km and just drive the thing...

Dont flog it, dont baby it, and use the gears so you dont lug at the same rpm for a long time...

[dmdigital]

Welcome to the D4 group.

Do what I did and simply drive it 7052km to get it home over 3 weeks. Temperatures between -5 and 48, rain, hail, dust and sun. Nicely run in :)

Like Tombie mentions and also don't redline it. It's all in the owner's manual.

[Muskie]

Agree with Tombie, dont tow for the first couple of Thousand kays and give it a good 2-3 minute warm up when you first start it. The engine will losen up after 50,000klms

Good Luck !

[Tombie]

Don't warm it up.
Start it, drive it...

[Tombie]

Idling to warm up does more damage...

[nat_89]

Welcome to the forum and enjoy your new D4 they are an awesome car and i just drove it hard when i first got it first 2000kms and didn't use cruise just varied the revs around.