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slick · 13th April 2008, 22:10

perhaps you need to read the second half of my previous quote.

i'm not accusing anyone of being a poor driver, and maybe you let your own cars warm up first. but i personally let any engine warm up first, i too have been on test drives but have the courtesy to treat someone elses property with respect.

i had the sales man from mini scream like a girl when he told me to test its limit, and i power slide it sideways round a roundabout and then hammered it up the slip road. but the engine had been warmed first. after that any amount of hammering is fine.

i had a courtesy car for 3 months and treated it like a whore, but only after the engine was ready.

when i bought my last sports car, i had the salesman getting me to drop the shift at 70 into 3rd to show how well it accelerated and red lined becasue that was where the power band was.

and red lining every car doesn't get the best performance out of it. i'm sure your aware v-tec and vvt-i engines with movable cams are great for that as to get the most of the power you need to take them up to 8-9000 rpm to unleash them. but other engines power bands and gear changes are better lower down.

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slick Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 14th December 2007 Location: Ipswich, UK Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	perhaps you need to read the second half of my previous quote. i'm not accusing anyone of being a poor driver, and maybe you let your own cars warm up first. but i personally let any engine warm up first, i too have been on test drives but have the courtesy to treat someone elses property with respect. i had the sales man from mini scream like a girl when he told me to test its limit, and i power slide it sideways round a roundabout and then hammered it up the slip road. but the engine had been warmed first. after that any amount of hammering is fine. i had a courtesy car for 3 months and treated it like a whore, but only after the engine was ready. when i bought my last sports car, i had the salesman getting me to drop the shift at 70 into 3rd to show how well it accelerated and red lined becasue that was where the power band was. and red lining every car doesn't get the best performance out of it. i'm sure your aware v-tec and vvt-i engines with movable cams are great for that as to get the most of the power you need to take them up to 8-9000 rpm to unleash them. but other engines power bands and gear changes are better lower down.