Do you drive higher mileage cars more gently?

[g3org3y]

Frances The Mute said:

I've always been of the opinion that you drive a car hard, but you look after it harder.

As others have touched on, mechanical sympathy engine wear are the biggest areas for me, too. I've seen people ragging cars from cold. Not for me, thanks.
Once everything is warm, I'll happily push the car hard. I don't bounce off the rev limiter, but I do take it to peak power when under acceleration. There's not much point in taking the car beyond that when pushing on IMO.

I'll make every effort to avoid any craters in the road and do my best to smooth out gearchanges and make sure any braking and steering input is as smooth as possible to retain balance in the car. This all helps to ensure the car gets used, but not not abused.

^What this guy says.


Earlier in the year in Scotland (now 174k)


Getting plenty of abuse on roads like this, up to the red line etc etc. Proper motorway runs (Italian tune up) also helps to clean things out. Car really feels decent after the last spirited drive back in which it was sitting at 90/3.2k revs for prolonged periods. Perhaps a placebo, but imo all the pootling along doesn't do engines any favours.

Regular oil changes (with decent oil/filter), gentle until properly warmed up. Not had any issues. Speaking of which, back to Scotland this weekend to do it all again (hope the snow clears up).

[Powerrr]

160k mile Jeep grand cherry, 98 reg.

Winter snotter. Kerbs are non existant when driving as are speed bumps. Grassy hills are taken at full throttle and it gets driven so it produces an MPG figure of below 15 everywhere it goes.

So, no.