"Driving hard" and "normal use"
06-03-2006, 11:44 PM
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RE: "Driving hard" and "normal use"
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i shift at 2500 with driving normal. and i rarly go up to 5k. usualy 4 is the highest i go. cause i cant afford gas.
i shift at 2500 with driving normal. and i rarly go up to 5k. usualy 4 is the highest i go. cause i cant afford gas.
06-03-2006, 11:57 PM
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RE: "Driving hard" and "normal use"
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Duly noted. I ask because, until recently, I was immersed in the world of vintage sportbikes. The good ones you could ride hard all day for years, get tired of it, and sell it to someone else who rides it hard all day for years. Don't get me wrong, I've seen them break; but it's usually under abuse rather than simple hard use. At any rate, thanks for the reply Tengram.
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not if you want to keep it
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Oh yeah...My point: So "normal use" for a sportscar isn't...well...driving it like a sportscar?
Oh yeah...My point: So "normal use" for a sportscar isn't...well...driving it like a sportscar?
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06-04-2006, 12:10 AM
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RE: "Driving hard" and "normal use"
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the 5.0 is similar than, to how you describe these vintage sportbikes. definitely enjoy the stang and whip on it regularly. i think the point i was trying to make is that, if your daily drive (to work for example) involves driving crazy, it is likely that you will wreck it or get your license taken away, or worse. even a minor wreck can crack the frame on these weak unibodies rendering them totalled. FWIW i drove my 85 fast, hard everywhere i went and now my buddy owns it. its still on the same motor (175k) and it is still running great. i did wreck it a couple of times and technically it is totalled, dont tell the TX-DOT
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Duly noted. I ask because, until recently, I was immersed in the world of vintage sportbikes. The good ones you could ride hard all day for years, get tired of it, and sell it to someone else who rides it hard all day for years. Don't get me wrong, I've seen them break; but it's usually under abuse rather than simple hard use. At any rate, thanks for the reply Tengram.
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not if you want to keep it
ORIGINAL: Twisted
Oh yeah...My point: So "normal use" for a sportscar isn't...well...driving it like a sportscar?
Oh yeah...My point: So "normal use" for a sportscar isn't...well...driving it like a sportscar?
Yeah, I guess use, not abuse, is the ticket. For the most part I am gentle on the gas, shifting at 2500-3000. Nearly always, I am gentle on the tranny--rarely bang-shifting or anything. Sometimes, I like to mash the gas, take it to 4500 in first and/or second, but granny shifting the whole time. Rarely, I'll blast throught first with the tires spinning, slam second and spin through second, bang third, then look for the cops. Then I'll back off and feel guilty like a mug. I rarely go above 5k rpms though--except right after a Seafoam treatment. I guess I'm not abusing the thing--at least not often. At any rate, thanks for the dialogue Tengram.
07-18-2006, 12:31 AM
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RE: "Driving hard" and "normal use"
i'm as aggressive of a drive as they come i guess. I enjoy my "normal use" crusing at like 2.5k rpm and shifting at like 3k to 3.5k(3.73 gears so it comes up quick). I don't see it as abuse, i shift slow and easily between gears. rarely do i burn through first into second etc because i understand my trans has 140k miles on it and 140k miles+5k Rpms=walking my butt home!
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