How hard do you drive your car - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

p1l0t · 03-01-2016, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by go_a_way1

This sums it up perfect! I fit right into 8 where I picked. This is going in the OP

Yeah after reading this I'm more like 9 except my car is stock and the only track time I have is in a go-kart..

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go_a_way1 · 03-01-2016, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by p1l0t

Yeah after reading this I'm more like 9 except my car is stock and the only track time I have is in a go-kart..

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mostly cruising between 5000-7000 RPM

lol good GF (good fight for you non nerds) gas mileage

go_a_way1 · 03-01-2016, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MTpockets

Voted 1/10.

Bought the car because it was inexpensive, rear wheel drive, small and advertised better fuel mileage than a pickup.

I drive it like a Grandma "Because Traffic"...I rarely need to get on a freeway and when I do, traffic is usually at a standstill or it is that brain numbing stop and go. The type of traffic where distance is measured by social media posts per mile-marker. So, I guess the answer would be the lack of opportunity.

Don't even drive that often...think I average 200 miles a month in this car (after 9 months of ownership). But, even when I am in following Grandma on the 25mph stretch of windy road above Ptown, I appreciate that it drives like a car...not like a pickup and not like one of those front wheel drive POS carriages.

To be fair heavy traffic like that is really hard on your car. I hope you are following the "extreme conditions" maintenance plan laid out in the manual.

p1l0t · 03-01-2016, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by go_a_way1

lol good GF (good fight for you non nerds) gas mileage

Haha gas is under $2 even for a gallon of 93 here in the states. (A gallon is like 4 liters!)

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go_a_way1 · 03-01-2016, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by p1l0t

Haha gas is under $2 even for a gallon of 93 here in the states. (A gallon is like 4 liters!)

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HOLLY F I pay like a dollar for a liter of 94 here and I thought that was cheap!!!

humfrz · 03-01-2016, 12:16 PM

It all depends on whether or not, I have mrs humfrz with me .......

humfrz

kch · 03-01-2016, 12:18 PM

8/9 at the track. 5 all other times.

Cole · 03-01-2016, 12:18 PM

Not all that hard on public roads.

funwheeldrive · 03-01-2016, 12:25 PM

11

Veloist · 03-01-2016, 12:48 PM

FWIW the foundation of the scale was based on a 2013 FR-S I owned. My dad & I put 500 miles on it in 1 year! I haven't met anyone else who did something that meaningless so I made that the starting point.

Today I drive my BRZ at a 6. I have about 1500 miles in 5 months which is still low but I do spirited drives once a month.

Interestingly, my avg. MPG goes up by about 0.2-0.3 MPG each spirited drive. Probably just means that I'm mostly going downhill though.

In reality, driving in traffic or super short commutes is actual "hard driving" but that's no fun...

Celica00 · 03-01-2016, 12:49 PM

used to be a 9 but I've toned it down to a 7 or an 8

thecarfilmer · 03-01-2016, 01:04 PM

I'm a 4 but I'll sometimes do a pull to almost redline just to hear it for funsies.

Packofcrows · 03-01-2016, 01:07 PM

6 on hwy from 2-4th gear and shifting at 4.5-6k rpm range.

DavidBob · 03-01-2016, 01:18 PM

How often do you guys change your oil? Do the guys that beat on their cars (without track time) get oil changes more often then the guys that don't? Just out of curiosity. If I have a month of where I go to have fun in twisties more than usual then I'm tempted to change it earlier... Anyways, what do you guys do?

Edit: I'm at a 7 no track time yet

View Poll Results: Scale 1-10 how hard do you drive your car?
1	5	1.72%
2	5	1.72%
3	7	2.41%
4	13	4.48%
5	31	10.69%
6	62	21.38%
7	72	24.83%
8	59	20.34%
9	17	5.86%
10	19	6.55%
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03-01-2016, 12:48 PM	#38
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03-01-2016, 12:49 PM	#39
Celica00 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 86 Location: utah Posts: 1,156 Thanks: 842 Thanked 798 Times in 434 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	used to be a 9 but I've toned it down to a 7 or an 8

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DavidBob Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2013 WRB BRZ Location: Northern NJ Posts: 505 Thanks: 413 Thanked 103 Times in 71 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	How often do you guys change your oil? Do the guys that beat on their cars (without track time) get oil changes more often then the guys that don't? Just out of curiosity. If I have a month of where I go to have fun in twisties more than usual then I'm tempted to change it earlier... Anyways, what do you guys do? Edit: I'm at a 7 no track time yet

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