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Anyone have any actual data that suggests using higher rpms (assume the engine is regularly given enough time to properly warm up first) leads to "early" engine wear out?
I've noticed that in Europe - people "flog" their European sedans - and the engines never seem to wear out. (A typical German driver will use the entire rev range - and think nothing of it - in order to extract maximum performance from their relatively small displacement engines - where RPMs are needed to generate any real acceleration/power).
I guess I shift - with almost every stick shift car I've owned, at relatively low rpms (even my (used) Porsche 911's I used to shift anywhere between 3000 and 4000 rpms).
I know on earlier generation cars, you could "flatten" out engine bearings by "lugging" the engine at low rpms).
On the automatic B5.5 I have (2 weeks now), based upon my use of throttle position, it seems to shift at about 3,000 rpm.
I've noticed that in Europe - people "flog" their European sedans - and the engines never seem to wear out. (A typical German driver will use the entire rev range - and think nothing of it - in order to extract maximum performance from their relatively small displacement engines - where RPMs are needed to generate any real acceleration/power).
I guess I shift - with almost every stick shift car I've owned, at relatively low rpms (even my (used) Porsche 911's I used to shift anywhere between 3000 and 4000 rpms).
I know on earlier generation cars, you could "flatten" out engine bearings by "lugging" the engine at low rpms).
On the automatic B5.5 I have (2 weeks now), based upon my use of throttle position, it seems to shift at about 3,000 rpm.
