>Anyone hear of a voided warranty due to improper break-in?
Well ... I picked up my car from the dealer and drove it straight home; but I didn't find out that the vehicle needed a 1,000 mile service till I arrived home.
The drive from the dealer's to my house was a little over 3,200 miles.
The 'dealer' I got it from wasn't a lotus dealer but rather a used car dealer specializing in mid to higher end cars (ferraris, lotus, rovers, etc). All he told me was that he heard I should not go over 6,000 rpm until 1,000 miles had passed. I think he didn't know that the car was supposed to have a service at 1,000 miles too so I don't fault him - I blamed myself for not reading up on the car before getting it.
Anyway - once I got home I took the car to my local Lotus dealer for the service and when I mentioned my milage and my concern to the tech both his eyebrows went up, he chuckled, and his assistant made some joke about how this would be his first engine replacement. I asked him if I screwed up the car and he said 'probably not'. Not reassuring.
Thy did the service, the data dump, and test drove it. He said everything was fine.
I asked specifically about my warrenty and he said it was 'no problem' and that the warrenty 'was NOT voided'.
A minute later I pressed him again and he repeated that the warrenty is intact and that I shouldn't worry.
Now... if my engine blows up tomorrow will they feel the same way? I don't know. But for now they seem to think I still have my warrenty.
-doma
Incidently I never even went over 5,000 rpm on the whole drive and never did a standing start. After 3,200 miles the oil was still crystal clear, and the engine sounds great and seems fine.