thank you zulu4 on the points in blue, more so for the brakes
and tires, anyone saw F1 race b4 will notice that all the dirver
will sway the car left and right during warm up round, reason one
is to heat up the tires and two is to wear off any/all coating that
is on the NEW tires.
let's recap, i did say...
i totally agreed to your point on run-in/break-in periods
pertain to more than your vehicle's engine... but as to it is not
an issue of safety?
last on the engine that has not been properly broken in may not
suffer catastrophic failure within say, 5 years of its purchase, it
will, in general, not run as smoothly or as economically as an
engine that has been properly managed as per the manufacturer's
recommendations.
for this point to be valid, there are other factors to be factor in
such as type of oil used, the frequency of servicing etc,
etc...
Just like the reasons you give on run-in/break in when you mention
other important components that need to be broken in as
well...
again i am not saying run in is wrong or anything else to it but
because cars in Singapore will not be on the road for a long time
and even it does, you will have done at least 1 overhaul and that
will be the only time where you really need to do a run in as it is
a NEW engine.
one again, it your car and you drive it, you decide. 
for the topic
starter, he is driving a coy van, he sure will have to do a run in
as the speed limit for van now is still 60km/h. it good to know how
from what other practice.
last, from the link given it say break in and from what i am doing
to my past new car/s and bike/s, looks like i am doing a break in
than to a run in that most ppl do in here.
have a nice night/day.