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Enjoy, nice looking rig. Welcome from west central FL.
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Wow, your dealer sucks ass.
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HA! So do some of they're tech's. A few years ago I went to the dealership I bought mine from. They had customized a P1 with SATV arms and some wheels and tires, I looked at it and went and got the owner, took him out to look at the installation, told him he needed to get it off the show room floor before someone bought it. And got killed. He looked at it and said Ow My and removed it immediately.
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The rear was toed in on on side bad, the other side toed out bad, same with the front end. Both front and rear the camber was way off, this thing wouldn't know if it was coming or going. I was picking mine up for some kind of a recall and asked him if he would like to see a installation done pretty close to right, he did and called his head tech out to take pictures and take measurements and pulled the unit off the floor and into the shop. By the way I got almost all my SATV A arm instructions from this site, Thanks Guys!
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That's why I work on all my stuff. Don't trust anyone else. And I enjoy doing it
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Unlike many of these guys, I'm not mechanically inclined so I typically adhere to the guidance (owner's manual) and have the supposed experts (dealership or shop) perform the required maintenance. At the moment, without reviewing, I don't recall any particularly limiting break-in guidance from Honda. I picked up my 520 on a Thursday evening, took some time Friday to get acquainted with it Friday, then began my "break-in" phase by plowing small food plots Saturday-Monday. This didn't include any higher speeds, for certain, but did include a good deal of demand on the 520's power and maneuverability. Performed flawless then and has pretty much ever since (almost a year).
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We were new "parents" with ours for about 4 hours and only took it to about 30mph, nothing major. Engaged the 4WD a few times, after that road a few hours on paved roads by the kids. After about 2 more hours....let er rip. We are on about 850 hours now and no issues.
That's the package to attach the owners manual under the passenger seat. The dealer was supposed to install that for you.
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Your dealer service dept sucks and your salesman is an idiot. Check the fluids....oil, diffs & coolant.... because it's obvious the set up guys don't know what they're doing. Beyond that run it like you stole it if that's your thing. There's something to be said for breaking it in how you're normally going to drive. That said, Lil 906UP & I were bouncing the Talon off the rev/speed limiter when it had 3 miles on it. 
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Yes you should. Break-in period is when most metal will be collected in the filter. You need to get it out of there or it could be reducing filter efficiency
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Avoid full throttle acceleration and top speed for first hour of operation. You probably can't hurt it regardless.
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