Posted: Jan 09 2007 at 7:38am | IP Logged

Not right now, but I have been before. 

Take a road trip.  If you got the money, a 50 or 100 mile one way trip will help it along.  Because then when you get back, you're 100 or 200 miles closer to being done.\

But don't give up and start hot rodding till you're done.  You'll end up paying the price later on down the road.

Posted: Jan 09 2007 at 1:09pm | IP Logged

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barcin;

LOL… You remind me of my impetuous youth.

... Pumping up the ego with the right foot. I don’t know why merely pushing down on a gas peddle makes me feel so tough and powerful. Any one can buy power.

Here is a tip: when full power is applied to the truck many of the parts (including metal) are flexed. Flexing these parts creates work-hardening, fatigue and failure of the weakest link (at the time) in the system. Using the power also creates extra heat and problems in the lubrication systems.

Excess use of power will cost extra money in fuel plus the worn and broken parts. But if you’re having fun to heck with the skinny wallet.

Have a good one, and CUL.. Don S..

Posted: Jan 13 2007 at 8:09pm | IP Logged

Go by the book.  Though 1200 miles seems excessive, you look a lot better to the service manager if you qoute to him the break in miles just in case something goes wrong. 

I managed to get my Frontier to quit running, first ever problem of the ignition wires frying on a 02 KA24DE.