Ok, So heres the deal. I just broke in my new Z, and Ive been pushing it, well... what I call pushing it, im sure what I do is nothing compaired to some of you. But anyway... I find that when I "push it", I feel bad! I feel bad for my car!... like seriously, I feel as if the car is my baby and I feel bad for flooring it/red line it. My car before this was an 03 Altima 2.5S, not nearly as much power. And I would push that thing all the time and not feel bad... I dont know!?! Do any of you ever feel bad for pushing your car?

 

hell no, if you werent pushing it you should feel bad for not driving it like it was meant to be driven. I take pride in driving the Z how I feel it should be pushed. Its not a sedan, its a sportscar

 

No I dont I push both of my 3.5s the Max and the 350 hard most of the time and they love it!

 

Very true.... Never thought about it like that....

 

I feel bad sometimes when I hit the rev limiter, but that feeling only lasts until the next shift.

 

This is one of the reasons I leased my car. When I buy expensive stuff, I want it to last and I take good care of it (house, pc, etc). With the Z, I wanted to drive it like it's meant to be driven, and not worry about having it last for 5-6 years or 100,000 miles. I want to drive the **** outta it and get something new and fresh in a few years.

Every time I take a first time rider, esp. women, out for a spirited drive, it's all worth it.

CaptinB

 

i only feel bad if i misshift or gear grind in a car. pushing it? nah, i feel bad for my wallet, cause of the gas prices!

 

yeah, if i hit the rev limiter, scrape the bottom on a driveway... then i feel bad. i sure dont feel bad going flooring the gas pedal and shifting at redline though.

 

Still breakin her in but when she hits a 1000 mi. I'm going ***** out. It's a sports car man, that's what it was designed to do. 214 mi and lovin' every minute so far.

 

cbdeuce, drive it hard from the start. Make sure your rings get set well or you'll dyno your Z and it will have less hp than if you got on it from the first place. Dont make the same mistake I made, im gonna reset the ecu when I get back to my precious Z...... I miss driving my baby soooooo much.

 

That's a controversial subject that we argued back and forth here two years ago, while we were waiting for the first 350Zs to arrive. After a lot of research, I decided to do just what Pusha_Z suggested.

I took it easy just at first, gradually increasing the revs, but I had it to 6000 RPM within 100 miles. I drive it hard regularly, preferring to stay above 3000 RPM except when steady cruizing, and I deliberately take it to 6000 RPM or higher every time I drive it.

When I'm on the track I usually have the pedal on the floor, speed-shifting through the gears & running it to redline. Believe it or not, When I'm doing that, the car shifts easier than when I try to take it easy!

I changed to synthetic fluids after just a few thousand miles. It will burn a half-quart of oil every few thousand miles, but that is normal; I would worry if it didn't. I put nothing but BP/Amoco Ultimate in the tank; we get 93 octane here!

I'm now at 24,000 miles in 19 months and the car is as strong as ever, revving easily and willingly to redline. I think I made the right choice in break-in strategy.

 

here is a little bit of good info. most of the pistons shown are from motorcycles so it just gives you an idea.
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=748015

 

Interesting

 

Yeah, I feel bad for hitting the rev limiter and when I forget to turn off the TCS and the motor bogs down when it comes on. Other than that I love beating on it.

 

The only time I would feel bad about pushing a Z is when I run out of gas .

 

I dont feel bad when I redline it...

...but I do feel bad for the other driver thats eating my dust tho.

 

think of it as tough love

don't think too much about it since it's not like the car is going to stay mint. You bought it to drive it

 

hey you guys might also want to check this out.
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
hes talking about motorcycles and snowmobiles, but itll give you a even better idea.

 

I "push it"

 

I'm not convinced about the tough love method, based on personal experience with over 15 new cars that I have had in my lifetime. The cars that I broke in as the manufacturer instructed all did great service for me. The one car I had which I didn't break in slowly (2000 Maxima SE, by the way), I had to replace the engine at 77,000 miles. I stick to my tried and true method.