How did you break-in your vRS

[kralster]

Nowadays cars are made with such precision that breaking in the engine isn't as important as it once was. I just drive or ride normally occasionally rev it a big higher than normal and then bring it back down to normal speed.
The only reason they have those break-in instructions in the manual is for legal reasons. If something were to go bang they can easily say you didn't follow the procedure.

[BottomScratcher]

The only reason they have those break-in instructions in the manual is for legal reasons. If something were to go bang they can easily say you didn't follow the procedure.

That might make sense if the car didn't have a 3 year/unlimited km warranty. The run in period is only 1500 km.

[kralster]

Well all cars have some sort of warranty from new...
I'm sure if you put your skoda in a hot room, put a brick on the throttle and left it for a few days and it broke that skoda would refuse your warranty claim.

[K1W1]

The only reason they have those break-in instructions in the manual is for legal reasons. If something were to go bang they can easily say you didn't follow the procedure.

The whole owners manual is a legal document vetted by corporate lawyers to ensure that there is nothing that can cause a later claim against their masters. This is the case with every manual these days they are not provided for any end user benefit they are there to cover the butt of the manufacturer.

[Mysticality]

Apologies.
Must have been my slysdexia.

[K1W1]

Low gears do have the highest ratios though. A first gear might be close to 3:1, and in a 6 speed box 5th gear might be just over 1:1, and 6th will be an overdrive ratio of about 0.6:1. Don't even start me on diff ratios.

In mathematical terms yes you are correct but in common usage it's one of those things like camera apertures that is referred to the opposite way to it's mathematical orientation.
On a camera an aperture of f2.8 is as being a large aperture whereas f11 is a much smaller aperture.
On a vehicle a 3:1 gear ratio is referred to as a lower ratio than 1:1 hence first gear is "low" gear and sixth is "high" gear. Referring to gears as low and high makes sense to those of us who learnt to drive in vehicles with three speed gearboxes.