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God, I should even post this. I try and shift around 3K, and don't like going past 4K, unless I'm racing... Least I get good gas mileage. 
STD's are like Pokemon... Gotta catch em' all!
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Yes Deanne, we are alike. I am at redline as much as possible. I have an ATX, but I shift manually a lot to just kinda d.ick around with the car. I think I get about 225 miles in 100% city driving if I run it down to about 0.5 gallons remaining (about 16mpg). But if I drive like a sane person (hey, I'm 16 -- what do you expect  ) I can get 21 or more. Sometimes if I'm on the highway, I can manage 32!!!
Dan Parmelee 1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe "I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms" "Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"
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When cold, I shift at 2500
Warm, and It's 3500.
When driving crazy, (3X a week at least) I shift at 5500.
For some reason, I'm waiting until I hit 10,000 miles to hit 6500.
'00 Blk SVT
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Mine's still pretty new (about 5,000 miles on her) , so I'm still pretty easy on her . Cold - 3,000 rpms or less Warm - 4-4,500 rpms under normal driving feelin' racy - about 6,000 & a huge grin  ! During my break-in period I was going NUTS ! For the first 3,000 miles it rarely went over 3,000 rpms & never over 4,000 rpms . I was bouncing off the walls till I was over 3,000 miles !! Now I'm lettin' her stretch her legs ... finally . With my '95 SE I was a hard-drivin' SOB . I drove it like I stole it ! Usually hard ... very hard ! Redlines all over the place  ... street ... drags ... auto cross . Wherever I felt it needed a good whoopin' ! It took it like a champ , what a great car  . I hope my SVT turns out as good . Only time will tell . If not , C'mon new Mini Cooper "S" !!
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I drive me Zetec hard as hell, at, or over the redline most of the time, i think im maybe too brutal to the poor thing... Im often surprised at how far over the redline it will go since i dont have a chip or anything..... and i have several times hit the top speed limiter, once during a race, luckily the guy was stuck behind me, or my 110 top speed would have left me way behind him.... blah
97 Zetec MTX Sport Esslinger UDP; Nology HotWires and BERU Silverstones; Sylvania Silverstars (high beam in low beam) Dual Fiamm air horns Mk1 Mondeo Clear corners(and yes I made them fit....) Boston FS80's in the front
Micah's PRE98 SVT front bumper, W/ Mirko splitter(yet to be painted)
Rally drivers do it sideways......
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When its cold I don't go over 3000k rpm
When driving around town, I now shift no higher than 2k rpm
Usually don't take it to the redline unless I really have to. Now with the 3L torque is everwhere so thats really easy to accomplish. Just last night I was racing against another ceg'er in a SVT & to make things fun I was shifting at 3-4k rpm and still kept up...
Man I love this car...
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I have beat on this car since day one. I broke it in the way it was meant to be driven, frequent 6000 rpm shifts. I would say every day since I've had it it sees redline at least once a day! It's now stronger than ever, thanks to the Vortech  Haven't had a problem yet, at least with the drivetrain...knock on wood  I usually get around 20 mpg city and 28-30 mpg hwy. I try and keep it under 3000 when its cold as well.
Speed kills, but it beats going slow! Simon Langley Black 98 SVT EO (#2119 of 6535) 269.3 FWHP, 195.4 TQ 14.123 @ 97.36 All go, and no show! Vortech, Quaife, Driveshaft Shop Stage II axles, Magnecore Wires, Custom True Dual Exhaust. CDW-27 1/4 Mile Registry
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My 95 GL Tour has over 120,000 km and I still love taking the car up to 5000-redline. Everytime that V6 opens a little smile creeps up on my face. Gotta love that sound!! It just doesnt feel right to shift @ 3000. Alex 95 GL V6 MTX...was bone stock
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If it did't see redline, I didn't drive that day!  Seriously though, I try not to go over 3k when it's cold. And I normally let it warm up (whether I drive it or just let it sit) for 10 - 15 minutes before I take it hard.
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Damn, all you hard drivin guys shoulda been on the run in Oklahoma this weekend! Constant running at 5 to 6 grand range, hard shifting, lotsa twisties, all for over an hour and not to mention the 1 drive out to the back roads where we ran a contast 90 to 100 MPH with a few of us sprinting to 135-140. Awesome time at the OK CEG meet!!! PS- I drive hard almost all the time 4-5K shifts around town, a few redlines ever day.
Rick
The first Blown 3 Liter! "Drive it till the wheels fall off" -my personal motto!!!! 98.5 T-Red SVT #6180 Many Mods Buckshot77@aol.com Owner of 00 #1611 Silver Totalled on 10/7/01 SVT Parts for Sale
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