XR6T4ME Member 186 Member For: 21y 3m 11d Location: Melbourne Posted 29/01/10 06:21 AM Share Posted 29/01/10 06:21 AM (edited) After ordering in Oct and waiting 45 days for the "demo" period to elapse, I finally get to pickup a nitro F6 Sedan on Monday. Is there anything I should look out for before I sign off and pick up this tame beast? The weather on Monday should be great to learn how to drive these things. So....what is the consensus on a new F6 - drive it like you stole or baby it for a few weeks????I better change my sig. Edited 29/01/10 06:22 AM by XR6T4ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al@n Guests Posted 29/01/10 06:45 AM Share Posted 29/01/10 06:45 AM Mate congrats, make sure before you hit hard shes up to running temp. Then dont allow it to maintain same rpm for extented periods with the occasional stab up to 5250 rpm. But definately dont baby it all the time, good luck I am certain you will be very impressed, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Spin_ Donating Members 695 Member For: 16y 9m 27d Posted 29/01/10 06:48 AM Share Posted 29/01/10 06:48 AM Mate, you`ll get everything from bring into the laundry every night to place a brick on the throttle.It`s your car, go with what you feel comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,430 Member For: 14y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 29/01/10 01:53 PM Share Posted 29/01/10 01:53 PM yer what al@n says is right, depends on how much you care about the car really. theres a big thing on this somewhere on this forum where people have put forward there thoughts on runnig in etc. have a look for it, makes an interesting read. good luck, im jelouse of your new ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 3m 26d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 29/01/10 10:34 PM Share Posted 29/01/10 10:34 PM Everyone has their own opinion on run in and it's been disussed here 1000 times. My opinion is if you want to keep the car forever then take it slow and baby it. But if you want a car that makes good power and you don't plan on having it till you die then don't be afraid to exercise the engine right through the rev range, don't hang it off the limiter and don't run it for long periods at the same rpm. Make sure you change the oil at say 3000k's or abouts.Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 29/01/10 10:50 PM Share Posted 29/01/10 10:50 PM Drive it like you stole it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG.F6 Member 25 Member For: 15y 5m 29d Gender: Male Location: Dianella,Perth Posted 30/01/10 08:29 AM Share Posted 30/01/10 08:29 AM Congratulation mate and good luck. Keep it nice and clean and don’t worry much about engine, common its F6.Put your foot down!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6T4ME Member 186 Member For: 21y 3m 11d Location: Melbourne Posted 01/02/10 01:04 PM Author Share Posted 01/02/10 01:04 PM Thanks for your replies. Well, what can I say.....I have had a smile on my face all day. The F6 is such a waste cruising around, just begging to be given the boot. But I am showing some restraint, every now and then. It is such a joy to drive, cant explain how sedate it feels. That is untill the revs start to climb in a dramatic fashion. I have been using the auto shift in manual mode to alternate the revs. One thing though, as all engines that make some serious power they do get thirsty quickly. But with the odometer only sitting on 150km it is early days and will start to lean off after 3000kms similar to the XR6T.I am loving the new car leather smell, cant get enough of it.One more thing, the look on try hard Clubbies, WRX and Nismos I came across today was priceless when I gave it a little squirt every now and then. They have been coming out like I was a target of some sort. Must have been the areaI was passing through.I know - THIS POST IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICS. Will try and find a spare minute and put up a couple pics.Now I have to wait another 8hrs before I can sit behind the wheel again..... Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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