Originally Posted By: sciphi
They spend all sorts of time/resources testing how it will do when overloaded and screaming uphill for miles on end, but not when it's used for multiple short trips for weeks at a time.
I don't see why that would be hard to test for. Set the dyno to start, run through, say 10 minutes, shut off for 10, repeat for an hour. Let it sit, then repeat, etc. To me it seems like just another test that can be automated.