Just curious...

I rarely take mine to 8000rpm, although it does see 7000rpm quite a bit (only for a gear or two though). How often do you guys hit redline?

I try to control the urge since I would prefer to baby my car all the time, but it's really hard not to hear VTEC at least once in a drive Overall I think it depends where I'm going; for instance, if I'm just running down to the market or something I will not exceed 3500rpm.

 

I drive it like a normal car. 3.5k shifts up to 5th gear and cruise. Weekend nights? Now that's a different story

 

for me it depends on the weather and driving conditions. if it's a sunny day my car will see redline atleast 2 - 3 times a day. if it's rainy then i try to stay away from 5k rpm or more. although it does feel kool to be able to light up your tires just by floorin it in 1st gear in the rain.

 

Just normal. Sometimes I take it into VTEC, sometimes I don't.

 

I don't hit vtec unless I'm tryingto move really fast (exit coming up and I'm on the other side of the freeway, some kid in a civic SI pestering and I feel like smacking him (or insert any make and model that thinks its "just a hatchback").

I have gone a whole week without hiting vtec. Honestly my exhaust keeps me in check....I'm sure a cop will here me coming and give me a ticket, so that alone makes me drive more normal then half of the ATL population

 

Nothing but 3k shifts for me unless I feel like playing around but that is only like once a week.

 

7000 rpms alot.

Its nice to have an engine where I don't have to rev it out all the way to have fun.

 

I drive it hard. One time I blew the welds on my manifold, and then my passenger side floorboard unbolted and went flying behind my car.

 

Sunny day, where I live you can't help but autocross it. I live way out in the boonies, nothing but open country roads and green fields, almost like a car commercial. I tear that up on a sunny day. But when im just going somewhere I usually shift 3.5 or less.

 

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What about deer? That is what keeps me from ripping up the country roads.

 

I rarely drive my hatch hard, maybe once every 2 weeks.

 

After putting the turbo on....I have a hard time not keep my foot planted on the floor....although, my second gear synchro is going, go shifting outta first can grind now and then. That keeps me from hard launching it much lately.

 

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I hate it when that happens.

Fortunately after it happens I'm able to somehow resume driving it hard, drifting through the streets.

 

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haha LMAO

 

prety hard otherwise my pile-o-crap won't move with the flow of traffic

 

I shift at 3k-4k street normal driving. I sometimes take it to 5k but usually stay under.

 

I drive normal.. but I punch it every day or two. Usually only to 8,000 though.. not 8400.

 

i drive it like i stole it

 

lets just say na ive put 127 k on it about 80 k on 87 octane and beat the **** out that car.

and blew a rod bearing and just rebuilt her and now have about 6k on it and going to change the tranny fluid and the oil this weekend, joy oh joy...

 

during normal driving i shift around 4500 ( b16a is has no tourqe)

theres times my car wont see vtec for a week

then theres times where i take my car out just to open her up
shifting just before redline

i blew up my d16z6 last year so i really dont abuse my b series

gotta keep her healthy cause boost is coming soon

 

Normal driving=3000-4200 RPM shifts

Beating the hell out of it=REDLINE every gear.

 

i drive it like i stole it. thats probobly why i go thru a engine every 6 months, let me tell you its getting expensive.

 

I take my new obd 1 to 8600 getting on the freeway on the way to work...it gets me going and lasts the rest of the day!

 

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I sort of feel that way too.

If I can get a good on-ramp, charge through a few gears, then I'm set for the day.

 

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