How hard do you push your car and DD?
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From: South Florida
Yeah...but its true. I'm a worry-o-halic...If I beat it I'll stay up all night thinking I broke it. BTW, its called OCD disorder...my life sucks...LMFAO.
Dont worry though, I'm going to get on it for the first time on the 14th of October. I will be running my first autoX event.
Marc
Dont worry though, I'm going to get on it for the first time on the 14th of October. I will be running my first autoX event.
Marc
holy crap dude, sale me your car, i'll treat it like it should!!...why would you get an Evo if you don't plan on driving it like you should?? you should've bought a lexus or a BMW or something similar.
It seems like you really dont want the car and I would sure as hell want one! so all in seriousness, if you plan on selling it (you should
) let me know!!Hope you don't have the same concept when "dealing" with your gf/wife!
As far as the oil temp, I wait till it has moved to the right maybe 1/4 of an inch. By that time the coolant temp has already been at op temp for a few minutes. What's interesting is how much longer it takes to get to temp immediatly after an oil change vs right before it's changed.
My Wife drives a 06 STI for her daily, I guess she's more understanding than others maybe. My kid's 3 and 5, love Mommy and Daddy's cars. I hear Alex in his bedroom playing PGR right now and I'd bet a dollar he's got either the STI or the Evo.
My Wife drives a 06 STI for her daily, I guess she's more understanding than others maybe. My kid's 3 and 5, love Mommy and Daddy's cars. I hear Alex in his bedroom playing PGR right now and I'd bet a dollar he's got either the STI or the Evo.
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From: MI
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From: California
Honestly, I have owned the car since December.
Times flood it = 25 maybe? Yes, it has only seen pedal to the metal 25 times...if that.
Times past 75 mph = 10 maybe?
Times launched it = 0
Total miles = 5,500
You know what, 10 of those times that I floored it was for only one reason and that is...I heard you should do it every so often to clean the engine of carbon.
I also have hit 1 bar (yes not even full boost), maybe 25 times. So screw flooring it, I dont even hit 1 freaking bar. I think I have gone over .5 bar 50 times. For real, I am what you call a slow *** driver. Now, I do driver 60 mph everywhere. So 60 in a 65 zone (5 mph below speed limit), 60 in a school zone, 60 in the housing area, 60 on normal 45 mph roads...60 everywhere.
The main thing is, I take forever to hit 60. Most minivans put me to shame. And I'd say I barley beat the dump trucks from stop light to stop light.
I sometimes wounder if I'm screwing up my car by doing this.
BTW, 0 tickets in my life and I pay $391 every 6 months for the EVO and my beater Neon.
Marc
Times flood it = 25 maybe? Yes, it has only seen pedal to the metal 25 times...if that.
Times past 75 mph = 10 maybe?
Times launched it = 0
Total miles = 5,500
You know what, 10 of those times that I floored it was for only one reason and that is...I heard you should do it every so often to clean the engine of carbon.
I also have hit 1 bar (yes not even full boost), maybe 25 times. So screw flooring it, I dont even hit 1 freaking bar. I think I have gone over .5 bar 50 times. For real, I am what you call a slow *** driver. Now, I do driver 60 mph everywhere. So 60 in a 65 zone (5 mph below speed limit), 60 in a school zone, 60 in the housing area, 60 on normal 45 mph roads...60 everywhere.
The main thing is, I take forever to hit 60. Most minivans put me to shame. And I'd say I barley beat the dump trucks from stop light to stop light.
I sometimes wounder if I'm screwing up my car by doing this.
BTW, 0 tickets in my life and I pay $391 every 6 months for the EVO and my beater Neon.
Marc
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From: Flower Mound,Texas
i drive 30 miles one way and its mostly on a tollroad. I do push it up to 70 to 80 mph. Then settle in with some sport talk show...Mostly straight line speed not too much cutting and weaving in and out of traffic. Got 44k on her now. Still smooth and stock.
