Why Our Cars Have A Bad Rep For Reliability
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Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Portland, OR
Bad rep comes from abuse, lack of maintenance, word of mouth, and topics like this one, it ALWAYS turns into a "I shift @ X thousand rpms and I don't have any problems discussion; there is a redline, it's engine specific, there are advantages and disadvantages to every scenario. The only time I would say there wasn't a redline, would be when your bank book and your billfold weighed more than your right foot!
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 553
From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by Dramon_Killer' date='Jun 24 2004, 05:37 AM
i was just talking to some new rx-7 owner and he was telling me how he shifts at 9k rpm...
Kid has an 87 t2 stock, i was horrified.
so i started thinking. Just about everyone i've takled to about rotaries has had a conversation taht went soemthing like this.
"oh cool, i used to have an rx7 too. did you know those things dont have a redline? i took mine up to 9-11k all the time. those things were a blast."
which makes me wonder if they really ever had one. besides theres not even power that high!
Kid has an 87 t2 stock, i was horrified.
so i started thinking. Just about everyone i've takled to about rotaries has had a conversation taht went soemthing like this.
"oh cool, i used to have an rx7 too. did you know those things dont have a redline? i took mine up to 9-11k all the time. those things were a blast."
which makes me wonder if they really ever had one. besides theres not even power that high!
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Joined: May 2004
Posts: 84
From: Novato, California
Originally Posted by 89 Rag' date='Jun 24 2004, 04:15 PM
Bad rep comes from abuse, lack of maintenance, word of mouth, and topics like this one, it ALWAYS turns into a "I shift @ X thousand rpms and I don't have any problems discussion; there is a redline, it's engine specific, there are advantages and disadvantages to every scenario. The only time I would say there wasn't a redline, would be when your bank book and your billfold weighed more than your right foot!
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Posts: 22,465
From: California
Originally Posted by mazdaspeed7' date='Jun 24 2004, 04:08 PM
I know so many people with imports that have blown motors from overrevving its not even funny. Reliability what? Miss a shift in your new Celica, and kiss that engine good bye.
