How hard do you beat off on your car?

Riptide · 08-25-2009, 01:16 PM

WOT at every light? Drive it like a grandma? I'm curious.

I've had mine for about a year and a half now. About 35 passes at the drag strip and about that many launches on the street from a dig up to 70. However, no burnouts or doughnuts yet. And when I take it for a cruise I don't always go WOT with it and often granny shift to save gasoline and wear/tear.

Do you baby yours? Or ride it hard?

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Mrs.Stang · 08-25-2009, 01:19 PM

I ride everything hard...... i mean.....

yeah I get on it a lot! lol, and I own a facking Escape. hahaha But I guess it's just from all my years of owning a Mustang. I'm bad about speeding too, which is why I got a ticket on Tuesday.

Slicktastyk Matt · 08-25-2009, 01:22 PM

It's hard not to push it hard with 4.10s bebeh.

fast65 · 08-25-2009, 01:22 PM

Eh, it depends on my mood. I usually drive the '65 pretty hard, but the SVO...well everytime I drive it hard I usually end up breaking ****. :/

FivePointOhh · 08-25-2009, 01:25 PM

my truck i usually give it 1/2 throttle everywhere just to get up to speed. i usually come off the clutch pretty hard on it. none of this slow moving slippin it BS.

the mustang i drive the piss out of it. either it'll go or blow.

amoosenamedhank · 08-25-2009, 01:25 PM

I drive my mustang a little more often now so I don't beat on it as much... just because you don't always need to be driving like an idiot.

But I do get a kick out of people who drive their $20k mustang like it's some sort of $380,000 Rolls Royce Phantom or something.

Riptide · 08-25-2009, 01:34 PM

It's usually the old guys. They have 'em at our mustang club. One has a modded Roush with over 500 at the crank. Has like 1500 miles on it. He hardly ever drives it, won't race it, and I'm guessing probably rarely breaks the speed limit let alone launches it hard. The car has hardly a paint chip on it.

So LAME.

ImpOnFire · 08-25-2009, 01:36 PM

im with mrs stang.. i like to ride em hard and put em up wet..

maybe thats why ive gone through 3 engines..

lmao @ 'WOT' i cant stop saying that in my head now

Riptide · 08-25-2009, 01:39 PM

I plan on being a little more courageous with mine once I get it paid off next spring. Then I won't worry about frying my clutch so much because I can easily afford to buy the new one.

Lord Ashram · 08-25-2009, 01:57 PM

I go fairly easy on my car; it is loud and visible and I don't need tickets. Only about 500 miles a year on it, never run at the track, never race, and only driven in perfect weather.

However, when I DO get on it, I get the **** on it.