I test drove a 2006 330i (sport package, premium package) last weekend
and of course loved it. The sales guy "informed" me that BMW restricts
engine output during the break in period and that once the odometer hit
790 miles, the full 255 horses would be available. He said the
excellent performance I experienced during the test drive was at only
approximately 215 HP. Now this is total BS, right?

"Bob" <rbkfour (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote
Contrary to the other guy's posting, it's certainly not beyond the realm
of possibility/probability. IIRC, recent M cars have had a rev-limiter
built
into their engine program for breakin. I haven't heard it of E90s, why
don't you check the online manuals?

FloydR

Unlikely, though technically feasible of course (perhaps even a good
idea).
However, BMW would open themselves to massive litigation if limiting
engine output in a critical situation was found to be the cause of an
accident/death - even more so if this were not clearly stated on in the
owner's manual.

Nothing in the owners manual about this, but it is perfectly reasonable
to say power output will be lower during the first few hundred miles
simply because the engine is new, very "tight" and needs a bit of wear
to loosen up. There is a runnig in period of 1250 miles / 2000km where
you should not exceed 90mph(!) and a certain engine speed (3500rpm for
a diesel, probably 4000rpm for gas)
My car, an E91 320d (Euro Diesel) performance was flat, uneven,
uninspiring, until about 700-900 miles had gone by where it rapidly
improved and is still improving every day now after 1500 miles.

"Bob" <rbkfour (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

As a direct quote it's total BS. However, if you restrict engine speed to
the recommended 4500 RPM you could be at about 215 HP at that point. There
is nothing in the car that will automatically limit you from going all the
way to redline and getting the full 255 HP.

Kyle.
98 740iL
01 525i

In article <1134725441.225287.197170 (AT) o13g2000cwo (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
Class-1 <Class1 (AT) fastmail (DOT) fm> wrote:
Would the same apply to suppling the same model with a less powerful
engine?

Seems to be true you guys live in a litigious society...

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*It was all so different before everything changed.

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Absolute nonsense, but a great urban legend. I found that when I purchased
my car, I knew much more about it than any of the sales staff.

OTOH, you should limit RPM to 4-4500 for the first 1200 miles or so and that
would achieve the same end as reduced power. That's the one problem with a
lot car, some yahoo climbing in and taking it to redline while the oil's
still stone cold. A good way to take a serious chunk out of the service
life of the engine.

R / John

"Bob" <rbkfour (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

I have no idea if it's true or not, but can see no reason that it would not
be true. It would be easy to program the computer to not produce full output
until the odometer hit a certain number. Why on earth would you argue that
particular point?




"Bob" <rbkfour (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

"Bob" <rbkfour (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

its all true my 330i premium was electronically restricted for that
mileage....

sold it soon after due to an offer on an Audi RS8 I could not
refuse........£55k a far better machine in build quality and
performance........0-100 in 5.6seconds

Bob wrote:

Hmm... That would explain why the E90 330i I took for a test drive
was so unimpressive in the motor department...