I'm curious, because of all the highway/between-city driving inherent in a Euro Delivery, as to how some of you approached the variable speed / engine rpm requirements of the new car break-in period. Seems like engine break-in would be a much easier task in everyday city/commuter traffic. So as I'm heading down the European highways/biways will I need to constantly vary my rpms, or just every five minutes or so? I've been reading that anything under 4k revolutions is acceptable, as long as it isn't steady. Guess cruise control is out!
Or am I making too big a thing out of the break-in period? Just wondering what some of your experiences were...
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I have not yet done my ED delivery but I can comment on Highway break in, When I purchased my MINI I had the same issue, there was a family emergency and I had to drive 400 miles plus on the highway there and back.... What i did was essentially what I read somewhere else and just pushed it to about 4k let off the gas then again.... then change gears etc, to vary the peak and drop, was a lot of work but sure was a quick way to break in the engine, I have the same plan on the ED. Not sure if that is what you were looking for but it is what I did, I jsut tried to replicate street driving on the highway. I have not had any issues from it, and think the car runs like a top!! Good Luck! 
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Quote: | Or am I making too big a thing out of the break-in period? Just wondering what some of your experiences were... | I spent the first couple days exploring the rural towns around Munich, so I varied the speed there quite a lot, generally babying it. Afterwards, I headed south through Austria to Modena. The highway was curvy enough to force varied speed. I never exceeded 4k rpms for more than a brief instant in a lower gear the whole trip. Of course, 4k rpms + 6spd + 2.93 = 120 mph.  I didn't use cruise control (actually couldn't based on terrain and traffic) until I was heading toward Paris. By then, I was past 1500 miles on the odometer anyways. Just relax and enjoy.
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Just drive normal and don't worry about this nonesense, just do not push the RPM too hard.
try not to exceed 160Lm/hour over long time, an occasional 200+ Km/h would not harm anyone.....
enjoy your trip
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Quote: Just drive normal and don't worry about this nonesense, just do not push the RPM too hard.
try not to exceed 160Lm/hour over long time, an occasional 200+ Km/h would not harm anyone.....
enjoy your trip | Quite untrue... the engine most certaining needs to be broken in and items must seat in properly, maintaining a constant load is not good for any engine during break in. you end up with rings that do not set right, cam shaft issues as well, having built many racing motors I can attest that if you do not do this the engine does not produce as much power. Revving is not as bad as being constant, I have read this in many places about engine break in and have done it in real life, many of the oil burning issues and such that you see here and there are caused by improper break in. Good Luck!
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Quote: | ...Quite untrue... the engine most certaining needs to be broken in and items must seat in properly, maintaining a constant load is not good for any engine during break in. ...... | No... not on these new BMW's non-M engines .... The bigger concern is the proper break-in of the new brakes...
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