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Hey guys,

 

soo this might seem like a dumb question but what does it actually mean to “thrash” your cars engine? I’m about to buy a legacy 2.0gt wagon, but don’t want to screw the turbo or engine for that matter by hammering it too hard, but I don’t know what everyone means by “don’t thrash your engine”

 

eg i I live in Auckland and will be in traffic a lot, would thrashing it be completely flooring it (it’s an auto) from 0 to 50 then letting off, and doing that quite often? And when on the motorway I love to do “pulls” do slowing to 80kmh then flooring it to around 120kmh.. would this fark  my engine? I actually do that already in my 1.5ltr Nissan wingroad xD what could I be damaging ?? Why is it bad to do that?

 

the more details the better!!!

thanks guys!

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Revving it out when it's cold.

Revving it out to the redline in every gear

Launching it

Flat-shifting

 

Doing "pulls" on the motorway comes under dumb driving, not thrashing the car. A Legacy GT will pull from 80-120 pretty rapidly without stressing out, unless you try do it in second gear or something.

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Cheers guys, two perfect replies, yeah so it’s an auto and I doubt it will be tiptronjx so it’ll just choose the gear haha

 

i won’t be redlining it or launching it, not sure what you mean by flat shifting but i guess that doesn’t apply to an auto..?

 

so long as it’s serviced and warmed up well before use, driving like I stole it is the best way to describe it xD

cheers guys 

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10 minutes ago, OGTribal said:

Cheers guys, two perfect replies, yeah so it’s an auto and I doubt it will be tiptronjx so it’ll just choose the gear haha

 

i won’t be redlining it or launching it, not sure what you mean by flat shifting but i guess that doesn’t apply to an auto..?

 

so long as it’s serviced and warmed up well before use, driving like I stole it is the best way to describe it xD

cheers guys 

 

Flat shifting does not apply to autos. 

 

"Flat-foot Shifting. FLAT-FOOT SHIFTING allows you to keep your foot flat on the accelerator while changing gear, so as to minimise gearchange time and keep engine speed and torque up in preparation for the next gear. It is also possible to adjust the torque to maximise power when engaging the next gear."

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