How hard do YOU drive?

Gemini · 07-28-2009, 09:43 PM

Figured the general discussion would be the best place for this.

I've been wondering how hard everyone drives their 6er for a while now. What is you're commute to and from work like? Do you love to race on the track and street or do you baby your ride?

I have a 63 mile round trip to and from work every day, 5 days a week. I go WOT at least twice a day since the highway to work is only two lane and I hate being in the opposite lane for too long while passing. Most often I hit 80-85 before I shut it down since i hate when i get passed and the person slows back down right in front of me. So, I'll put a little distance between us before dropping back down to 60mph.

I also do a fair amount of traveling on the weekends. This weekend, I'm going to Chicago for a family reunion (650mi+ round trip). This is my dd so she gets abuse from all sides.

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neo8222 · 07-28-2009, 10:04 PM

i beat the **** outa mine... but i don't abuse her. haven't broke anything... yet.....

.boB · 07-28-2009, 10:10 PM

I drive mine fairly gently. I'm not afraid to mash the throttle now and again. And I love taking a corner a little hard. But I have a track monster that I use for road racing. It doesn't get any more agressive than that. So I don't find it very challanging to drive agressivly on the street.

moontang · 07-28-2009, 10:10 PM

lets put it this way i shattered my stock clutch ;-)

my commute right now is only 30ish mins round trip rural highway and city depending on traffic but its getting ready to be about 40ish round trip with mostly interstate and some city i give her hell every chance i get though

i have also been on the strip and i think i got side ways half a dozen times on the way home tonight in the rain so yea

Fink · 07-28-2009, 10:14 PM

Cars are meant to be driven so I drive my cars hard.

My work commute is roughly 1.5 miles(to and from).

00silverstangv6 · 07-29-2009, 02:48 AM

baby her, shes getting old. lol

SuPa StaLLiOn 7 · 07-29-2009, 04:21 AM

I might take some heat for this... I have 121,xxx and during the day I drive her pretty hard... however when I'm out at night with friends there's no need to show off... 2-3 am I do the speed limit, whether its a main road or side street... however, last week, I got her up to 110 on a two-lane highway at about 3 am... So during the day I drive like I stole it but at night I pretty much baby her... and the NYC potholes are killing my car!

RyansQuick6 · 07-29-2009, 09:40 AM

I average around 400-600mi in a round trip to work, I baby it the whole way, it sits for a few weeks before I make a return trip. Then I get home and hit the track with it and pound it into the ground. When I pulled my heads a few weeks ago, the honing marks were still in the cylinders and there was zero sludge buildup at 116k mi, I cleaned the heads with a paper towel they were in such good shape

TurtleSLow · 07-29-2009, 01:32 PM

the highest speed i ever reach on the freeway is 75, most of the time i drive 70. im usually not in a big hurry, i leave myself enough time to get where im going and not be late, so i take it easy. i havent done donuts in 2 years, i take it easy around town, i want the least amount of cop attention on me as possible so they dont pull me over and write me a ticket for my tinted head/tail lights and windows, or loud exhaust. i have done a few 180 drifts within the last year with my truetrac but thats about it lmao. until i get to the track =]

SuPa StaLLiOn 7 · 07-29-2009, 04:08 PM

Does anyone have the same problem as me... I keep gettin screws in my front passenger tire... a little over a month ago I got two patches after the tire guy found two screws... now just two days ago I found another! I have no luck with tires... my dad told me I have his luck... he's had quite a few blowouts in his time... I haven't had any and I hope I don't... what make of tires do you guys recommend?