Average speeds on the highway?

[wrxgoose]

i try to stay between 5-10 over unless i'm delivering. if i'm on the highway while delivering, i may drive a little faster than that, depending on time/traffic

[Kelbyat07]

I usually go 70 but 85 around 3500 rpm sounds ok to me.

[chrisl]

This is a small, high-revving engine, so it's barely working at 3500rpm. I cruise at 85mph all the time on the interstate, and my Outback is turning 4k at that speed (and I have 117k miles on it with no problems at all). I'm surprised you say other cars are only turning 2500 at that speed though - you must be used to fairly powerful sedans or something similar. Most cheaper/smaller cars will be at 3k+ at 80-85mph.

[bestwheelbase]

My (non-FRS) is geared pretty short and I routinely spin at 75% of max rpm during interstate travel. That would be like an FRS sitting at 5,600rpm all day. Ain't no thang.

[WolfpackS2k]

That's nothing to worry about at all. When I had my S2000 cruising at highway speeds the engine would be doing 4500 rpm + (if going over 80 mph). If you ever want to know how short the gear ratios are in an S2000 cruise on the highway in your FRS in 5th gear instead of 6th. It's exactly like that.

[Yamajee]

Originally Posted by OICU812

Don't have an answer other then you suck!!! 60-65MPH is limit here, where you are at lands a hefty fine here, MUST BE NICE!!!!

Haha yeah I heard about your speed limits over there, kinda annoying to go on really long road trips with that speed.

Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

I drive at around 85. Just watch the cars that are way ahead of you. Also slow down when approaching on ramps and overpasses.

About the rpm, ya it stays revving, but that's when the A/C actually works.

Yeah I do that all the time, before the FRS I had a 6" lifted FJ Cruiser, so yeah haha.

What do you mean when the AC actually works?

Originally Posted by Anthony

Yes, you're fine. Maintaining speed like that means there's not much load on the engine compared to accelerating. So even though it's high RPMs relative to other cars, it's not hurting anything.

Originally Posted by DMDominator

88mph? That would be the point where we see some "serious shit". Our max posting here is 65 and you can get away with 6-7 over...10 is pushing it. Kinda like living under martial law in this state, lol. Here's what the state cops scoot around in these days...county cops have much better rides, lol.

We have speed cameras that are set to around 89 miles, if you see a flash then you're fined for around $250, guess it defeats the purpose of just going over the normal speed a bit, why not just a mile/kilo before the limit?

Originally Posted by Anthony

Real serious shit!

Originally Posted by Ryuu0u

I was passing a Semi at about 90mph along with a group of cars and didn't see the cop who was sitting on the side of the road. I nearly shat myself when he pulled out but as soon as he lit up a big SUV that was behind me i started to breath again. Sticking to ~5 over speed limit on the highway for now on lol

I don't see why people stress about constant high way driving/high mileage. It's not like your car is going to fall apart. Just keep up the maintenance and it'll be fine for years down the road.

Haha well that taught you a lesson I guess.

Not panic-ing about high mileage or high way driving, see in my Rangie and porsche cayenne, I get RPMs of 2-2.7k at around 87 miles, then I saw the FRS at 3.5k and I had the curiosity to ask whether it is fine to stay on a constant high RPM like that.

Originally Posted by frs10

i cruise at or around 105...

am i doing it wrong?

Originally Posted by Nevermore

Gotta say, 86 is my favorite speed. She seems to like it, so I'm not too worried about it causing any harm.

Originally Posted by Gen

75+ is definitely the sweet spot for sixth.

Haha

Originally Posted by Anthony

No way. My cousin said Vtech doesn't even kick in until 110.

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

Speed limit is 65 here... I cruise at about 85-95 mph... doesn't matter what car I use, as long as I got my radar detector

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

I usually go 70 but 85 around 3500 rpm sounds ok to me.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by chrisl

This is a small, high-revving engine, so it's barely working at 3500rpm. I cruise at 85mph all the time on the interstate, and my Outback is turning 4k at that speed (and I have 117k miles on it with no problems at all). I'm surprised you say other cars are only turning 2500 at that speed though - you must be used to fairly powerful sedans or something similar. Most cheaper/smaller cars will be at 3k+ at 80-85mph.

Yeah I noticed that. I've mentioned this before to another guy, my Range and Cayenne seem to be constant at 2-2.7k at 88 miles, was just curious to see 3.5k RPM at 88 miles on the FRS.

Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

That's nothing to worry about at all. When I had my S2000 cruising at highway speeds the engine would be doing 4500 rpm + (if going over 80 mph). If you ever want to know how short the gear ratios are in an S2000 cruise on the highway in your FRS in 5th gear instead of 6th. It's exactly like that.

I'll give that a try haha!

[boredom.is.me]

@Yamajee
Holy mother of post quotes Batman!

The AC doesn't really blow cold unless the engine is being revved. There doesn't need to be much revving, but it does need the revs. As far as I know, all of the triplets are like this.

[Aerodax]

"That's nothing to worry about at all. When I had my S2000 cruising at highway speeds the engine would be doing 4500 rpm + (if going over 80 mph). If you ever want to know how short the gear ratios are in an S2000 cruise on the highway in your FRS in 5th gear instead of 6th. It's exactly like that."

Another former S2k owner here. What this man says is true.

[chrisl]

Originally Posted by Yamajee

Yeah I noticed that. I've mentioned this before to another guy, my Range and Cayenne seem to be constant at 2-2.7k at 88 miles, was just curious to see 3.5k RPM at 88 miles on the FRS.

Porsche gears their SUVs high then - my Cayman is spinning about 3k at 75, and 3500 at 90ish.

[Yamajee]

Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

@Yamajee
Holy mother of post quotes Batman!

The AC doesn't really blow cold unless the engine is being revved. There doesn't need to be much revving, but it does need the revs. As far as I know, all of the triplets are like this.

LMAO.

Oh! I thought you meant that the A/C on highway speeds is not recommended for some reason haha.

Originally Posted by Aerodax

"That's nothing to worry about at all. When I had my S2000 cruising at highway speeds the engine would be doing 4500 rpm + (if going over 80 mph). If you ever want to know how short the gear ratios are in an S2000 cruise on the highway in your FRS in 5th gear instead of 6th. It's exactly like that."

Another former S2k owner here. What this man says is true.

Originally Posted by chrisl

Porsche gears their SUVs high then - my Cayman is spinning about 3k at 75, and 3500 at 90ish.

Yeah I remember seeing it on my brother's gt3 and the RPM was high too but look at the red line on a porsche, 8k 9k? I'm sure the cayenne is around 2700 at 87 miles.

[charged86]

I usually do 60 and let people pass me I don't care and it saves gas or corn juice I mean

[Yamajee]

Originally Posted by charged86

I usually do 60 and let people pass me I don't care and it saves gas or corn juice I mean

I know but sometimes you leave home late to work/college and then you have to speed coz you won't be on time if you drive all the way to there at that speed.

[chrisl]

Originally Posted by Yamajee

Yeah I remember seeing it on my brother's gt3 and the RPM was high too but look at the red line on a porsche, 8k 9k? I'm sure the cayenne is around 2700 at 87 miles.

Sure, but by that same argument, the GT86 has a really high redline too (7400). The pre-991 GT3 isn't that much higher (8200? 8400? Somewhere in there IIRC). My Cayman's redline is only 7200, but it's revving nearly as high as the 86/brz is at highway speeds.

[ric342]

my max speed is 75 damn 85 dangerous be careful.