What's your driving style?

dzx · Post by **dzx** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:06 pm

I sold the 16G to a member on the board.

On a side note I got a good race in with an srt4 last night from a roll at about 35. Ended up pulling him pretty good except when i shifted to third, the engine bogged down and he started to catch back up until it hit the higher rpm and then we pulled more on him.

skid542 · Post by **skid542** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:59 am

Dan, you keep saying 'we'. Just how much racing does your wife let you do

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92whitelegacy · Post by **92whitelegacy** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:36 am

skid542 wrote:I'm the crazy bastard who takes off at every stoplight. I run it up through 2nd and then slow it back down to the limit usually in time to hit the next light and do it all over again . Though I try to not to take the revs over 6k.

+1 or me too or w/e that means......Fuck it. You know what im saying

mattyg41383 · Post by **mattyg41383** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:14 am

I beat the heck outta my car. I always manual-shift my 4eat, Ive been doing it since I got it (its at 289k miles now). I never drive stupid in traffic though, I have tuition$$$$$ to worry about, dont have the extra cash to be paying more insurance.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:27 pm

I think my Forester has seen over 4,000 RPM's only once or twice since I've owned it.

I've been around the 140 mark before, but it was in an STi flat out in 5th at 6700RPM. Whatever that comes out to, is how fast I was going.

Tone-us · Post by **Tone-us** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:37 am

WOW, you guys really beat down on these cars.... when ever I drive I shift at about 2k rpm's on every gear? but sure I get on it everyonce and a while.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:16 am

I hit redline probably 10-20 times daily

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:40 pm

Tone-us wrote:WOW, you guys really beat down on these cars.... when ever I drive I shift at about 2k rpm's on every gear? but sure I get on it everyonce and a while.

If you are consistantly driving under 2k rpms then you are lugging your engine. That isn't really good either. Keep it between 2k-3k rpm if you want to baby it.

wiscon_mark · Post by **wiscon_mark** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:54 pm

legacy92ej22t wrote:
Tone-us wrote:WOW, you guys really beat down on these cars.... when ever I drive I shift at about 2k rpm's on every gear? but sure I get on it everyonce and a while.
If you are consistantly driving under 2k rpms then you are lugging your engine. That isn't really good either. Keep it between 2k-3k rpm if you want to baby it.

If you shift at exactly 2000, you might lug the bottom end of each gear, but under 2k isn't lugging automatically...for me around 1500 or below is lugging.

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:51 pm

LaureltheQueen wrote:I hit redline probably 10-20 times daily

That's because you have to 'cause your wagon is so damn slow!

I hit redline a few times usually too...but its because I like to go fast

(that's such a Nico answer, lol)

free5ty1e · Post by **free5ty1e** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:38 pm

I'd say 1500 RPM is fine, feels happy in my cars. Boost if I want it, too - not much but some.

I think I've hit redline once in Whitey. I'm usually 1500RPM - 2500 RPM or so, I obey the traffic laws and such the majority of the time now (used to always speed). It's boring. But sometimes when traffic's light I'll get on it a bit, maybe to 4000. Plenty of pull and noise and general whee, I try not to do it for too long so I don't attract too much attention...

I'll shift at 5500 or so in a race, although it's been a while.

Edit: when I'm driving Sylvia, it's a different story. I'll just give her a little throttle until I'm at the speed limit, and watch in amazement every time as the speed increases and the tach stays pretty much right at 2250 RPM. Didn't know Subaru made a CVT

wiscon_mark · Post by **wiscon_mark** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:13 am

Sylvia is a Justy?

Tone-us · Post by **Tone-us** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:22 pm

legacy92ej22t wrote:
Tone-us wrote:WOW, you guys really beat down on these cars.... when ever I drive I shift at about 2k rpm's on every gear? but sure I get on it everyonce and a while.
If you are consistantly driving under 2k rpms then you are lugging your engine. That isn't really good either. Keep it between 2k-3k rpm if you want to baby it.

What exactly is "lugging"?

free5ty1e · Post by **free5ty1e** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:47 pm

Nope; Sylvia is, coincidentally enough, my silver SS. Her autotragic transmission just needs clutch packs something fierce.

wiscon_mark · Post by **wiscon_mark** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:50 pm

free5ty1e wrote:Nope; Sylvia is, coincidentally enough, my silver SS. Her autotragic transmission just needs clutch packs something fierce.

well, that's ironic, because you mentioned CVT, and the Justy was the first car in US production to have the Continuously Variable Transmission.

Lugging is when the RPMs are too low, and you're stressing the engine...it's really obvious when you are, because the engine will groan with a sound not unlike a deep bass note coming out of a subwoofer. Happens just below 1500 rpms in the higher gears. You'd have to lug your engine a hell of a lot to cause problems with the rod bearings and such. I don't really know the technical definition, but that's what I've come to understand about it.

free5ty1e · Post by **free5ty1e** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:35 pm

Sure feels like a CVT. I know it's not, but I've driven an AWD CVT Vue before and its a very similar ride at light throttle.

I don't dare get into boost on that car; it pulls fine to the end of the gear but then takes a good 2-3 seconds to shift to the next gear. I only let that happen once, and determined that it was not a good idea until I did something about the transmission.

Didn't know the Justy had a CVT; I'll have to check that out.

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:39 pm

Yeah, the Justy either had a stickshift or an ECVT. It works nothing like the newer CVT's like in Nissans and Audis. The Justy ECVT uses belts instead of chains. I want to say the design was purchased off the unusual DAFmobile that was sold in the US (if it was even sold in the US, I'm not sure) in very limited numbers.

Anyhoo, the ECVT in both cars were nothing but trouble. If you have a Justy with the original ECVT, you're driving it on borrowed time I'm afraid

wiscon_mark · Post by **wiscon_mark** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:41 pm

true that, a Justy with CVT was a reliability disaster.

Fuzzylee · Post by **Fuzzylee** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:56 am

I always drive slow and almost never hit the boost,when the kids are in the car.

There may possibly be a dent in the firewall behind the throttle pedal in my car.

free5ty1e · Post by **free5ty1e** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:14 am

Yeah, I can't see how any CVT could be that reliable in the first place... and you sure can't plan a racing vehicle around one yet. Although that sure would be ultimate, completely throttle-controlled constant RPM...

206er · Post by **206er** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:53 am

snowmobiles do ok...

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:21 pm

Do snowmobiles have CVT's... or centrifugal clutches?

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:02 pm

I can't afford to be running around past 3000-3500...gas costs too much.

wiscon_mark · Post by **wiscon_mark** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:19 pm

free5ty1e wrote:Yeah, I can't see how any CVT could be that reliable in the first place... and you sure can't plan a racing vehicle around one yet. Although that sure would be ultimate, completely throttle-controlled constant RPM...

They have em in the Toyota Prius...and the prius has been pretty reliable like all Toyotas.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:13 pm

The Prius does not have a CVT. It's not even really a transmission.

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