Aggressive and Daily driving. Options

[The_Argon]

How do you drive daily and how do you drive when you drive aggressive?

eg. what rpm do you get to before shifting, and general style of driving.

also how often would you drive 'aggressively'


Daily Driving: I usually try and keep the car between 2k-3k rpm, usually shifting up at 3k and shifting down when it hits 2k. I am for smooth gear shifts and smooth, easy braking.

Aggressive: usually shift up between 3.5k and 4.5k rpm sometimes getting up to 5k changing gears as quick as I can and breaking late and harder that usual.

I don't drive aggressively too often, usually when I am mad at someone or if someone cut me off etc.

[97sccelica]

well i have an auto and like you i drive calmly under normal circumstances(except i do get high up in speed, lol) and when im mad i floor it and the tranny shifts right at redline in every gear

i usually go out driving(hard driving with two of my friends adding about 400 more lbs) on friday and saturday nights just for the hell of it and that's why i get about 27mpg all in the city

[macavely]

aggressice and daily driving i didn't know there was a diffrence.

[Guest_Matthew_*]

lol


ya beat me to it

[Dez]

I myself drive aggressive yet very cautious at the same time. (if that makes any sense) South Florida has a bad rep for having some of the worst drivers. You always have to watch your ass when driving due to too many old and foreign people who should not hold a valid license.

[96cel_John]

i shift at like 4k ALWAYS.

[Coomer]

For daily driving, I usually shift at 3,000 rpm. My shifting varies depending on just how aggressive I'm driving though.

[ghostdog]

daily driving I shift at 3-3.5k and agressive is 4-4.5k

either way I try to shift as quickly as possible, probably what killed my clutch, but ah well you only live once.

[chosen1]

QUOTE (96cel_John @ Apr 8, 2003 - 10:20 PM)

i shift at like 4k ALWAYS.

Isn't that bad for the engine and trans?

[Seth6Gen]

in the morning like 3 grand, but when im pissed off or somthing i usually shift at 4500... i drive pretty ****ing fast pedddel to the floor more than it should be.... he he he

-Seth


p.s. thats probly why i have so many ****ing speeding tickets

[Cody]

4k just feels natural...like you're getting enough power from each gear.

[boosted_K2]

i usually shift around 3.5... sometimes 4, agressive for me is around 5. word of warning, dont redline or 5.5+ like the @$$ clown who had my car before me, it causes lots of valve problems... im feeling this the hard way.

[macavely]

QUOTE (chosen1 @ Apr 8, 2003 - 10:55 PM)

QUOTE (96cel_John @ Apr 8, 2003 - 10:20 PM) i shift at like 4k ALWAYS. Isn't that bad for the engine and trans?

NO

[No0bOne]

...what? I shift @2-3k rpm. That's just for normal driving. Never tried out agressive before. Interesting...

[Cody]

2k is way too quick...when I was teaching my girlfriend how to drive stick I gave her crap for shifting at 2k. 2k is like no acceleration at all.

[Sh0gunkid8721]

i drive auto now, but with my old 240sx which was manual, i'd shift at around 3,500 or 4,000 rpms. I wouldnt really go past that no matter how mad i was. I took care of it...i miss manual

[macavely]

when i had my audi (I miss that car so much) I would shift around 4.5k rpm's all the time.

[neophile]

For normal daily 'round town' driving I shift at about 4K, however during quick agressive driving, or when a I need to make a point it's usually round the 6200 mark.

[edo17982]

iN NORMAL DRIVIVING I SHIFT BETWEEN 3K AND 4K, DURING AGGRESSIVE I REACH THE 6.1K BUT NOTR TOO OFTEN...I ALREADY HAD TO REBUILD MY VALVE SEALS.....

[Jeremy1210]

I usually shift around 4-5 in 1st all the time, this is to just get the St going. then 3-3.5 every other gear so I can hit the torque area to get soemthing outta that gear.
If I drive har,d I will shift at 6 in every gear till 3rd..haven't tried higher b/c i'm at 85 at 5.5 in 3rd