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hislargeness 09-11-2012 06:43 PM

How do I know if I hurt my car??"
 
I was the first to test drive the FRS that I bought. It only had a few miles on it and I had it bouncing off the rev limiter on the test drive during one run thru the gears.!
I have put about 300 miles on it and have been very gentle however........a Civic Si wanted to drag at the light today and back to the rev limiter again! ugggg.....I got him off the line and he still beat me!! I felt like an ass with my new FRS getting schooled by a Civic.....
Think I hurt anything or lessened the life??

Tbxgz 09-11-2012 06:45 PM

You're an embarrassment to all maryland drivers.

Silp3 09-11-2012 06:47 PM

That can't even be a serious question. All you managed to prove was that you're a fairy.

FRiSson 09-11-2012 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silp3 (Post 434564)
That can't even be a serious question. All you managed to prove was that you're a fairy.

You got some gaydar. Guess that compensates for a lot of other "issues".

KevinR 09-11-2012 07:17 PM

The rev limiter is there so you don't hurt your car. Learn to drive.

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Touge Monster 09-11-2012 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hislargeness (Post 434555)
I was the first to test drive the FRS that I bought. It only had a few miles on it and I had it bouncing off the rev limiter on the test drive during one run thru the gears.!
I have put about 300 miles on it and have been very gentle however........a Civic Si wanted to drag at the light today and back to the rev limiter again! ugggg.....I got him off the line and he still beat me!! I felt like an ass with my new FRS getting schooled by a Civic.....
Think I hurt anything or lessened the life??


Might want to read your owners manual....just a thought.:w00t:

baldolera 09-11-2012 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hislargeness (Post 434555)
I had it bouncing off the rev limiter on the test drive during one run thru the gears.! A Civic Si wanted to drag at the light today and back to the rev limiter again!

Why would you do this?!?! :confused0068:

If I were you I wouldn't rev so high or put the engine under such heavy loads. Maybe 60% throttle at the most, modulating the throttle all the time while not going over 5K rpms is the best for the car IMHO, don't thrash it but don't baby the engine while breaking in. Also I would NEVER EVER race on the street, even worse that you did it while the car wasn't even broken in.

Flat Black VW 09-11-2012 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tbxgz (Post 434563)
You're an embarrassment to all maryland drivers.

and thats a difficult thing to be :bellyroll:

WingsofWar 09-11-2012 07:33 PM

....no


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