Un mechanically sympathetic petrol heads
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A guy at work starts his Civic Type R every lunch break, lets it idle for 30 minutes whilst he enjoys his break, and then turns it off and returns to work. (probably just as it reaches operating temperature)
At the end of the working day, he starts the car revs its alot (loud fart can exhaust) and then pulls out the works car park and guns it up the road (all from cold). Every day!
Usually i wouldnt care what other people do to their car, but really, this drives me nuts.
Gah!
Personally i drive like a saint until the engine is warm which is probably why this annoys me so much.
(and yes, ive been meaning to get this off my chest for a while. And for the record, he is a nice chap to speak to)
Can anyone top that?
Yes, im scraping the barrel for topic ideas.
At the end of the working day, he starts the car revs its alot (loud fart can exhaust) and then pulls out the works car park and guns it up the road (all from cold). Every day!
Usually i wouldnt care what other people do to their car, but really, this drives me nuts.
Gah!
Personally i drive like a saint until the engine is warm which is probably why this annoys me so much.
(and yes, ive been meaning to get this off my chest for a while. And for the record, he is a nice chap to speak to)
Can anyone top that?
Yes, im scraping the barrel for topic ideas.
Used to work in a team where we all had identical company lease cars and fuel cards. One car was consistently worse on MPG despite being identical spec. On discussing it with the driver it transpired she (I promise I am not making this up) never used 5th gear, ever, as she couldn't be bothered.
She sounds like a nightmare, couldn't be bothered? :S They should have given her an auto, lol.
A lad who works for the same firm as me, in another department, has a grey EP3 Civic Type R, he isn't a young lad, early 50's and he is totally merciless towards it, screws it as hard as he can from cold, I've never asked him about it but it makes my eyes water when you see him pelting down the road after a shift bouncing of the limiter in second gear a few hundred yards from work.
He likes his motors too, he had a lovely Mk4 R32 Golf prior to it but I believe someone nicked it, lol.
A lad who works for the same firm as me, in another department, has a grey EP3 Civic Type R, he isn't a young lad, early 50's and he is totally merciless towards it, screws it as hard as he can from cold, I've never asked him about it but it makes my eyes water when you see him pelting down the road after a shift bouncing of the limiter in second gear a few hundred yards from work.
He likes his motors too, he had a lovely Mk4 R32 Golf prior to it but I believe someone nicked it, lol.
the places I've worked over the years have had many people with no mechanical sympathy. The ones that stick on my mind
1. Cavalier driver. Was very proud in telling me how the 1.6 engine was 'shagged' so he sourced and fitted a 1.8 by himself. Was out in the car with him once. Hit the limiter from cold umpteen times.
2. Audi TT driver. Could quote bhp figures and 0-60 times all day long. Everyday told stories about his various races with other cars. The car was his mums that he borrowed for work. Again everyday bouncing off the limiter from cold as he exited the works car park. No doubt sold on as a 'one careful lady owner'
I never leave the car Idling, and I never go above 4000 RPM until it's reached working temp, and I let all cars sit at idle for a minute before turning them off, (especially the one with the turbo.
But once warm, I do like to hit the rev limiter at least once in a while. I'm a firm believer that pootleing is not good for an engine at all.
But once warm, I do like to hit the rev limiter at least once in a while. I'm a firm believer that pootleing is not good for an engine at all.
My mates nan died and she left him about 20k. This was about 2003 and he headed straight to the Honda dealer and bought a brand new Type R Civic. He came round my house after he picked it up, it had 4 miles on the clock and he was red lining it down the road. I said are you not meant to run it in gently? He said no the chap at the dealership said they are race spec engines and you can rev the nuts off them! I remember other occasions where I had a pop at him about running it hard from cold and he said it had Castrol magnetic in it and that meant you could run it hard from cold as the molecules stuck to the engine components!
The civic only lasted 2 years and someone broke into the house and took the keys.
The civic only lasted 2 years and someone broke into the house and took the keys.
I'm with the OP on this one, I drive my car so gently when it's cold and feel pretty bad if I need to use more revs or load than I am happy with to get of a junction quickly or something.
There's a guy on my walk to the station (also a mile coincidentally) who lives at the top of the road but drives down the bottom of the road and parks in a residents bay nearer the station every friggin day.
I see him most days on the way home and by the time he's got in his car, turned around at the mini round about and driven up the road and messed about getting it parked outside his house I am walking past him again.
He doesn't rag it up the road though to be fair.
There's a guy on my walk to the station (also a mile coincidentally) who lives at the top of the road but drives down the bottom of the road and parks in a residents bay nearer the station every friggin day.
I see him most days on the way home and by the time he's got in his car, turned around at the mini round about and driven up the road and messed about getting it parked outside his house I am walking past him again.
He doesn't rag it up the road though to be fair.
Benbay001 said:
Cyder said:
Working at an OEM in R+D it never fails to amaze me how many of my peers who should know better leave the car park at the end of the day and proceed to nail their cars immediately from cold often to the red line.
They obviously have the utmost faith in their work. 
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