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Redneckkbabyy

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So I just recently bought a new 2014 red mustang coupe manual. Is there anything I should know about it, or any advice? I.e. Running the car, the clutch, or even making it look nicer?
 
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RWDtech

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Keep it in a garage and never drive it.

Hahaha jk, although that's what it has felt like with mine all winter

As far as "breaking it in", I would just avoid long highway trips that maintain a constant RPM for the first 100-300 miles. Its better to break it in with varying RPM. As far as the clutch...nothing really. Have you owned/operated a manual transmission in the past? I wouldn't do anything differently.
 

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As far as making it look nice, don't ever bring it through an automatic car wash or use a buffer/oscillating polisher. You will get tons of swirl marks. Swirl makes are especially noticeable on the Race Red color.
 
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RWDtech said:
Keep it in a garage and never drive it.

Hahaha jk, although that's what it has felt like with mine all winter

As far as "breaking it in", I would just avoid long highway trips that maintain a constant RPM for the first 100-300 miles. Its better to break it in with varying RPM. As far as the clutch...nothing really. Have you owned/operated a manual transmission in the past? I wouldn't do anything differently.
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Keep it in the garage alright. Lol
 
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Redneckkbabyy said:
Keep it in the garage alright. Lol
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But no, I have to drive 5 hours to get it. Then drive it back, and it's going to be on the autobahn. So how fast should I drive it?
 
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RWDtech said:
As far as making it look nice, don't ever bring it through an automatic car wash or use a buffer/oscillating polisher. You will get tons of swirl marks. Swirl makes are especially noticeable on the Race Red color.
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Thanks! As far as washing it, I always wash my cars myself. Lol. Automatic car washes don't do the job correctly.
 

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Just vary you speed on the autobahn. I would change the rpms every 30 min or so if using cruise. These cars really do not need a break in other than what the owners manual suggests. You can locate that on line to read up on your car before you get it.

https://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/retail/default.asp
 
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Majority of cars have a 4k miles break in period. so change your oil at 3k miles. and to make it look good my friend....theres millions of combinations to make a mustang look different...
 

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Never seen a 4000 mile break in on a newer Mustang. Maybe I missed it but there was not a big notice in the manual. My 2011 was maybe 1000 miles....if that.
 
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Thanks for the advice guys!!
 
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