Is there any break-in period required for the brakes to reach optimum performance? I'm at around 200 miles at this point but I don't get that "stop on a dime" feel yet. Do I need to do some aggressive stops from time to time to bed-in the pads and rotors? Thanks.
My experience has been that under normal "low energy" driving, and in particular when the brakes are cold (and especially when cold enough to squeak

) that they come off feeling a little bit on the "lazy" side when stopping, but having needed to do a very sudden stop a couple times in traffic when the car in front of me nearly caused an accident, I can also attest that a hard mash on the pedal and the brakes will seriously engage and do so very hard and with all the authority you expect out of those large red calipers. When I'm stuck in traffic I'm genuinely worried about the fact people behind me won't appreciate how short my stopping distance is if get cut off and have to slam on the brakes hard, even if under normal stopping they don't always feel terribly aggressive.
I think this just adds in another way to the sense of how the Stelvio can be a very comfortable daily driving SUV that is relaxed and easy to drive, yet when asked it will also transform into a grunting and angry sports sedan wagon that just wants to tear up miles of road surface. (According to one interview I heard from the head designer for Alfa, they originally planned a smaller crossover sized SUV until they realized just how much like a sports wagon the Stelvio drove, and decided the smaller crossover wasn't necessary)