Does driving more efficently cause more bad than good?
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So Taking it easy on the motor isn't encouraged, or obviously just taking it easy and from time to time opening her up time from time.
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It's fine to take it easy -- but from time to time you want to let her open up and get her juices flowing (especially in cooler weather).
My Z is my only vehicle at the moment so it is my daily driver. I am a cautious driver and tend to baby my vehicles, but I do some spirited driving every now and then and drive the car how it's meant to be driven. Don't be afraid... you won't break anything. If you keep up with regular maintenance you should have nothing to worry about.
My Z is my only vehicle at the moment so it is my daily driver. I am a cautious driver and tend to baby my vehicles, but I do some spirited driving every now and then and drive the car how it's meant to be driven. Don't be afraid... you won't break anything. If you keep up with regular maintenance you should have nothing to worry about.
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Well I will tell you a story that may change your mind.
Buddy of mine had a 07 Audi that kicked the bucket after he only had it for 2 years. He put about 25k miles on it in those 2 years because he does a lot highway driving for his job and other activities. Once the engine started acting up, the Audi guys couldn't figure out what was wrong. Then one day it wouldn't even start and he had to have it towed to Audi. They ran more diagnostics, and one guy said "do you drive it hard?" My buddy said no, and the max rev he would hit getting on the interstate would be like 4k RPMs. And the Audi guy told him that's why the engine died. The engine died with 57k miles on it. He didn't rev the engine high enough too infrequently. So if an Audi can die not driving it hard, I think the Z has the possibility of dying the same way if driven "slowly" for little while.
Buddy of mine had a 07 Audi that kicked the bucket after he only had it for 2 years. He put about 25k miles on it in those 2 years because he does a lot highway driving for his job and other activities. Once the engine started acting up, the Audi guys couldn't figure out what was wrong. Then one day it wouldn't even start and he had to have it towed to Audi. They ran more diagnostics, and one guy said "do you drive it hard?" My buddy said no, and the max rev he would hit getting on the interstate would be like 4k RPMs. And the Audi guy told him that's why the engine died. The engine died with 57k miles on it. He didn't rev the engine high enough too infrequently. So if an Audi can die not driving it hard, I think the Z has the possibility of dying the same way if driven "slowly" for little while.
This OP, you have nothing to worry about, a few of the older guys on the dont drive the car over 3500rpms and they have had their car since they bought it new
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You're not driving your car unless you're lighting the tires up through every gear that you can! The z was built to handle the abuse. So slap it into gear like a red headed step child and have some fun!
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Thank you very much guys, actually I should of explained myself better. And yea I do keep up with maintenance religiously and with my Fiancée's 2008 Altima. Anyway back to the Explaining more better I didn't mention the part about trying my best to keep the vehicle for a long time. I'm planning to keep it as a classic for in the next 20-40 years and once I get to 200,000 or 300,000 I'm gonna have the engine rebuilt and anything else that acts up and start back up again. My main plan is to as well hand it over to my future son or daughter once my wife and I have children. I'm also planning on a 370z soon with the same concept in mind.
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It's fine to take it easy -- but from time to time you want to let her open up and get her juices flowing (especially in cooler weather).
My Z is my only vehicle at the moment so it is my daily driver. I am a cautious driver and tend to baby my vehicles, but I do some spirited driving every now and then and drive the car how it's meant to be driven. Don't be afraid... you won't break anything. If you keep up with regular maintenance you should have nothing to worry about.
My Z is my only vehicle at the moment so it is my daily driver. I am a cautious driver and tend to baby my vehicles, but I do some spirited driving every now and then and drive the car how it's meant to be driven. Don't be afraid... you won't break anything. If you keep up with regular maintenance you should have nothing to worry about.
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They built them with the intent of them making it to 200k miles from the factory and able to take the abuse they knew drivers were going to do to it. As long as you keep up on your maintenance it'll take the abuse and still reach that mark.
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+1
To driving the car spiritly whether it's a DD or not....I drive my Z once a week, and on that one day I try to go through all the gears to redline. I squeeze mpg in my charger/speed3/maxima.....
I try my hardest to avoid traffic with cruise control on, I coast down hills, draft behind other cars, and even keep half tanks of gas in them to keep weight down.
I rather this thread though than the "I crashed my car and have no clue how to fix it"
To driving the car spiritly whether it's a DD or not....I drive my Z once a week, and on that one day I try to go through all the gears to redline. I squeeze mpg in my charger/speed3/maxima.....
I try my hardest to avoid traffic with cruise control on, I coast down hills, draft behind other cars, and even keep half tanks of gas in them to keep weight down.
I rather this thread though than the "I crashed my car and have no clue how to fix it"
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I've beat the **** out of mine, look up vids on YouTube under my screen name. Still going at 155k , the will easy handle the abuse over time.
It has been shown that a longer commute at highway speeds is much better on the car overall then if you just do a bunch of short drives
You are doing nothing wrong by driving efficiently over a 30 mile commute
You are doing nothing wrong by driving efficiently over a 30 mile commute
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Why is there even a concern regarding fuel economy for a car like the Z ?
I have three other cars and if anyone asked me what the mpg number on any of them, my answer was "when the fuel level is down, I fill it up".
I have three other cars and if anyone asked me what the mpg number on any of them, my answer was "when the fuel level is down, I fill it up".
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Well I will tell you a story that may change your mind.
Buddy of mine had a 07 Audi that kicked the bucket after he only had it for 2 years. He put about 25k miles on it in those 2 years because he does a lot highway driving for his job and other activities. Once the engine started acting up, the Audi guys couldn't figure out what was wrong. Then one day it wouldn't even start and he had to have it towed to Audi. They ran more diagnostics, and one guy said "do you drive it hard?" My buddy said no, and the max rev he would hit getting on the interstate would be like 4k RPMs. And the Audi guy told him that's why the engine died. The engine died with 57k miles on it. He didn't rev the engine high enough too infrequently. So if an Audi can die not driving it hard, I think the Z has the possibility of dying the same way if driven "slowly" for little while.
Buddy of mine had a 07 Audi that kicked the bucket after he only had it for 2 years. He put about 25k miles on it in those 2 years because he does a lot highway driving for his job and other activities. Once the engine started acting up, the Audi guys couldn't figure out what was wrong. Then one day it wouldn't even start and he had to have it towed to Audi. They ran more diagnostics, and one guy said "do you drive it hard?" My buddy said no, and the max rev he would hit getting on the interstate would be like 4k RPMs. And the Audi guy told him that's why the engine died. The engine died with 57k miles on it. He didn't rev the engine high enough too infrequently. So if an Audi can die not driving it hard, I think the Z has the possibility of dying the same way if driven "slowly" for little while.
