Breaking in a 2012 Toyota Camry SE V6

Taking a spin in a 2012 Camry SE V6.

*note: closed course. Do not attempt.

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[Toni7859]

Arent new cars supposed to be driven gently until 1000 miles or so? 

[randomvidz94]

Camry SE v6 is a nice small beast but I'm little confused about the driver. Is this a girl driving?

[gmatt1962]

@Toni7859 Actually, no. A new engine should be broken in for the first several hundred miles by greatly varying the rpms. This is to properly seat the piston rings to the cylinder walls. The worst thing you can do to a new engine is run it for extended periods at low rpms, for example using cruise control on the highway. So driving a car "gently" may do more harm than good. Listening to the sounds of the engine in this video, it doesn't sound as if the engine is redlining, so it seems fine.

[Toni7859]

@JET997u - thats what I thought... so much for that. LOL.

[JET997u]

@Toni7859 Yes.