Abandoning hypermiling on this first tank in favor of more mid level RPMs for engine break in period. I read this, before I got the car, but clearly didn’t digest or retain any of it. I think there were just too many words for my short attention span.
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/enginebreakin.htm
Anyways… looks like the idling and low RPM / higher load of hypermiling is not recommended for the first 1000 miles or so. Of course neither is excessive reving (No danger there!) Hopefully my first few days of snow driving + traffic jams + having a little fun with accelerations form time to time + changing gears to find the perfect highway speed have been enough to offset consistent low RPMs to the airport and Golden and back.
Apparently this is a case of got to use some gas to save some gas later. (Seating of the cylinder do-hickey something-mabobs to improve engine efficiency.)
*Sigh*
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