How hard do you drive your car?

af_thefragile · 30-04-2010 12:38PM #1

I drive mine fairly hard but not too hard usually. I'ld usually live revving it upto over 3000rpm before changing gears and when I'm in the mood I'll rev it upto 4000 and sometimes even 5000rpm...depending on the road conditions and ahem...the presence of Garda.

Though sometimes when I'm tired, I also tend to drive it in eco mode where I rarely rev it past 2000rpm.

So how hard do you guys usually like to drive your car?

I don't drive much in eco mode as I say I'ld prefer to spend my money on petrol rather than wasting it on other things...

SV · 30-04-2010 12:44PM

af_thefragile wrote: »

I drive mine fairly hard but not too hard usually. I'ld usually live revving it upto over 3000rpm before changing gears and when I'm in the mood I'll rev it upto 4000 and sometimes even 5000rpm...depending on the road conditions and ahem...the presence of Garda.

Though sometimes when I'm tired, I also tend to drive it in eco mode where I rarely rev it past 2000rpm.

So how hard do you guys usually like to drive your car?

I don't drive much in eco mode as I say I'ld prefer to spend my money on petrol rather than wasting it on other things...

The needle sees the fun side of 7k revs every single day I drive the car.

Rovi · 30-04-2010 12:46PM

To keep the fuel consumption somewhere just this side of insanity, I drive as if there was an egg between my foot and the pedal.

Mostly in the 2-3k range on a light throttle, occasionally venturing higher should circumstances dictate.

Henry Ford III · 30-04-2010 12:50PM

Depends on which car I'm driving, road conditions, volume of traffic etc.

Testament1 · 30-04-2010 12:50PM

Id normally take it fairly handy in the car but sometimes I just cant resist the urge to rev her out to 8000 rpm

challengemaster · 30-04-2010 12:59PM

As long as the car is warmed up, i'll hit the rev limiter in 1,2,3 (7k revs)

Can go to 6k revs in 4th but that's pushing 170-180km/h, so never bother!

Atomic Pineapple · 30-04-2010 01:09PM

8600 revs =

.Longshanks. · 30-04-2010 01:11PM

You lads need a turbo. More fun, less effort

:D:D;)

Rovi · 30-04-2010 01:12PM

draffodx wrote: »

8600 revs =

My ould yoke redlines at 6500. BAH

Eoin · 30-04-2010 01:15PM

I take it easy enough as I don't even get 30MPG when I'm in economy mode. I do enjoy hitting the loud pedal in sport mode on occasion when I'm merging on the motorway. Especially on the when leaving the N11 to join the M11 at Loughlinstown roundabout.

Voodoomelon · 30-04-2010 01:16PM

Bit of a granny here, i dont drive slowly but very conservatively, i like to be as gentle on the car as possible.

Can't beat mashing the pedal to kickdown coming out of the tolls a few times of the year though or a super quick overtake.

challengemaster · 30-04-2010 01:17PM

draffodx wrote: »

8600 revs =

Longshanks100 wrote: »

You lads need a turbo. More fun, less effort :D:D;)

Turbo....at 19, this also means "bend over, lube up"

.Longshanks. · 30-04-2010 01:21PM

I'll be on the M1 tomorrow morning going North. God i love that toll booth when there is no traffic about. The loud peddle gets a proper seeing too as the road surface and visibility are perfect to clear any cobwebs after an hour sitting with cruise control at 3k revs

Voodoomelon · 30-04-2010 01:26PM

Hee hee, thats where i'm talking about, the downhill gives you that extra bit of push aswell. You can be doing 160kph+ before you know it.

Tefral · 30-04-2010 01:30PM

Did this recently

VW 1 · 30-04-2010 01:38PM

looks pretty fun what car u got that revs that high?only thing i can think of (from my limited knowledge) is an rx8..

Tefral · 30-04-2010 01:41PM

VW 1 wrote: »

looks pretty fun what car u got that revs that high?only thing i can think of (from my limited knowledge) is an rx8..

98 Spec Integra Type R (lets just say its not standard

)

lau1247 · 30-04-2010 01:42PM

In fairness, this all depends on the car engine size.

My trusty 1.4 doing 120km is at about 3900 rev but my dad's 2.0 only goes to 3100 rev for the same speed..

As for my driving style, it's more or less at about 3000 for typical driving..

VW 1 · 30-04-2010 01:42PM

very nice, what kinda bhp you got on it then? seriously seriously need to upgrade and get some more speed....

Testament1 · 30-04-2010 01:45PM

Longshanks100 wrote: »

You lads need a turbo. More fun, less effort :D:D;)

N/A all the way.......til i can afford the running costs of a good turbo car!:p

Viper_JB · 30-04-2010 01:46PM

Gotta RX8, not really happy unless I hear the change gear beep at least once in a day, only thing is if you get it in anything higher then second gear you're going really fast....

30-04-2010 01:52PM

With the rev limiter on I love hitting 10,000. With it off and on a motorway at night, I try to get it up to 14,000

BlackWizard · 30-04-2010 02:01PM

My car normally changes at 2k revs. Sometimes I go up to 3k if I want to accelerate quickly or I'm doing high speeds on the motorway.

One time I went up to 5k revs while overtaking. Nice sound of the engine even though it's a diesel.

af_thefragile · 30-04-2010 02:02PM

einheisserschre wrote: »

With the rev limiter on I love hitting 10,000. With it off and on a motorway at night, I try to get it up to 14,000

Is that a motorbike?
Cuz I don't know any road legal car that can rev that high!

CantThinkOfANam · 30-04-2010 02:02PM

Always good to hit the limiter in 1st or 2nd gear to clean out the engine.

Cuddlesworth · 30-04-2010 02:17PM

af_thefragile wrote: »

Is that a motorbike?
Cuz I don't know any road legal car that can rev that high!

I think he is down as a RX-8.

muckwarrior · 30-04-2010 02:21PM

einheisserschre wrote: »

With the rev limiter on I love hitting 10,000. With it off and on a motorway at night, I try to get it up to 14,000

Is that in your 8? WTF have you done to it to get it up to 14k?

A lot of my driving is around the city so generally only get to redline in first, but overtaking on an N road I'd usually make her beep in 3rd.

robtri · 30-04-2010 02:39PM

and i remember the recent.. Would you by an ex rental car thread....

there where more god no.... they are driven hard, private cars dont get driven hard......

LMAO

no1beemerfan · 30-04-2010 02:41PM

TBH I'm fairly symphatetic to my car(s). My daily has almost 200k miles so I have to be anyways. The worst was when I started driving but that was the mother's car!

And also one time a few yrs ago now when I went from Naas to Roscrea in about 35mins (late at night - average speed was about 100mph!)

30-04-2010 02:44PM

af_thefragile wrote: »

Is that a motorbike?
Cuz I don't know any road legal car that can rev that high!

Nope, it's an RX-8 (not standar)

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I think he is down as a RX-8.

Yes sir.

muckwarrior wrote: »

Is that in your 8? WTF have you done to it to get it up to 14k?

Have you not heard of the AccessPort yet?? hehe

ianobrien · 30-04-2010 02:45PM

Define Hard? Most seem to think the higher you rev it, the harder it is.

I find that there is no point in reving the Almera past 5.5K as you're past peak power (the rev limiter is at 6.75K). As for driving it hard, lets just say that a set of front tyres last me less than 15k km (less than 9000 miles). That car gets driven hard quite a lot (as the scrapes on the floor can tell), but never when it's cold. I tend to keep it moving between peak torque and peak power.

There is another machine at home that I will rev to 7k plus, even though the car is 33 years old, but that isn't driven what I'd call hard, it's just reved high every so often.

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