Guybo
Torque Junkie
I always wonder when I drive if I'm being good to my car- engine and tranny mostly- or if I'm wearing it down and shortening it's life. Is it best to drive like a granny and baby the car and don't rev too high or is it best to open it up regularly.
My car does not like to shift at anything under 3k RPM and is smoothest at around 4k for upshifts. It probably has to do with the DMF or maybe it's the turbo needing a little more revs to stay happy. Either way I don't complain because 4k is loud and fun and since the car is telling me that's what it wants, that's what it gets. Kind of like my wife. But is my engine a whiney emo kid who likes to hurt herself or is it best for the car? I also run it up to 5k at least a couple times a day.
Older Italian cars used to have issues with sludge building up behind the valves (from what I read) and really benifitted from being opened up on the highway to maximize flow through the valvetrain and clean out that build up. I read that modern cars don't work that way, but carbon deposits do still happen. So I'm confused- baby the car or open it up regularly?
My car does not like to shift at anything under 3k RPM and is smoothest at around 4k for upshifts. It probably has to do with the DMF or maybe it's the turbo needing a little more revs to stay happy. Either way I don't complain because 4k is loud and fun and since the car is telling me that's what it wants, that's what it gets. Kind of like my wife. But is my engine a whiney emo kid who likes to hurt herself or is it best for the car? I also run it up to 5k at least a couple times a day.
Older Italian cars used to have issues with sludge building up behind the valves (from what I read) and really benifitted from being opened up on the highway to maximize flow through the valvetrain and clean out that build up. I read that modern cars don't work that way, but carbon deposits do still happen. So I'm confused- baby the car or open it up regularly?