Got my '06 today

Uneek

Uneek

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I took delivery of my '06 Limited V6 4WD today. After almost 3 months of waiting, I got exactly what I wanted: navi, side/curtain airbags, moonroof and spoiler.

I also like to thank a few members who helped me along the way during the decision process of getting a 4Runner and provided me information on mods: Mark86, Luxury, Dennis, Cleric, X6RUNNER, and T4Runner06. Sorry, if I left anyone out.

Edit: If anyone has any questions about ordering a 4Runner, I can try and help.
 
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Congrats on the new 4Runner! It looks great. At least you know nobody took it out for a test drive with 1 mile on the odometer. :p
 
It's great knowing that no one has driven the vehicle. I'm always worried about test drivers who took the vehicle out and floored it to see what kind of power it could produce or how it felt at 85mph. That sort of thing is generally not recommended on a new engine!

Do you have an special break-in plans?
 
Dennis said:
It's great knowing that no one has driven the vehicle. I'm always worried about test drivers who took the vehicle out and floored it to see what kind of power it could produce or how it felt at 85mph. That sort of thing is generally not recommended on a new engine!

Do you have an special break-in plans?
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OMG, that's the same worry I had. I'm paranoid and anal as well. I prefer not to have a trade vehicle, since it'll have a considerable amount of miles and possibly have been driven hard by the dealers. I was worried too, as it was at port on 2/6 and both my rep and I were in Las Vegas last week. (We didn't plan our trips together, just a coincident. :) ) We got our Tacoma from the same dealer as well, and it was ordered. I was pleased that it only had 2 miles and thought that was hard to beat. My rep yesterday tells me when he briefly gone over some features, "It doesn't get any newer than this. It had zero miles on it and after getting a full tank of gas, it only has one." Normally, we don't test drive the one we've picked out just to keep the miles low, but the dealers usually insist on it. The dealer normally just grabs a similar car and we go for a spin. But for my Tacoma and 4Runner, we test driven them at a different dealer while shopping and never actually driven the one we bought.

I plan to keep the RPMs under 2-2.5k most of the time and maybe an occassional burst over 3k but under 3.5k periodically after 500 miles. I will be super easy on it for the first 1.5k, and after 2k, I'll drive it a bit harder. I won't be using cruise control and try to vary engine speeds as much as possible. I will change the oil at about 1000 to 1100 miles (in case Toyota uses a break-in agent, I know Honda does for sure--they don't recommend the first oil change until 5k), leaving the filter. At 3k, I will change both the oil and filter and continue doing so every 3k. It's a 90915-20004 filter, which is a Denso Japan made filter. According to various sites, the filtering element on this particular one is superior to the other Denso's at the dealer, 90915-YZZD3. I've seen and heard about other break-in methods, WOT within the first 20 miles, etc. etc. But I believe my way will be the best for my truck/engine. :)
 
Your 4Runner is really going to last a long time! We break-in folks get almost superstitious about it don't we?

Nowadays, dealers seem to say you don't need break-in at all. The manual usually has some weak advice like don't drive over 60 for the first 1000 miles. Of course they also say you can go 10,000 miles between oil changes.

I imagine that modern engines suffer less from bad break-in behavior, but I still try to follow the old rules--as I do with oil changes. My short list:

Drive with the engine cold as little as possible.
Drive at lower speeds (<60) for the most part.
Don't drive at a constant speed.
Keep the revs fairly low most of the time.
Rev a bit higher occasionally, under a light load.

I try to follow these rules by planning a couple of all-day trips on secondary roads. Its a good way to enjoy a new car anyway.
 
Welcome to the fam! It's gonna be tough to keep your rpm's under 3k though. You could probably keep it under 3k if you lived in some desolate state but since the pace of the freeway traffic here in California is so fast you'll be exceeding 3k rpm all the time during your break-in period.
 
:D Enjoy your new toy!....these 4Runners just keep getting better and better every year!.....I'm sure that I'll be getting a few more years out of mine but I can feel the excitement you have in getting your new one.....makes me think hard about upgrading....take care and enjoy!:driving:
 
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