W.O.T in neutral

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

It all kind of depends upon how far down the road you look. If you trade cars every 4 years, it's probably no big deal. But when your other cars are all 22 and 42 years old, with 250k+ and 350k+ miles on them, you tend to think a little further down the road. My Sprint had 77,432 miles on it when I bought it in 1992... and that seems like only yesterday. 350k today.

-Steve

Reliable cars stay reliable for a long time. Though, winters in Canada don't help keeping those car in shape for that long unless they are stored for winter. In such case, these cars don't get alot of mileage.

Anyways... it always depends on the car. A Smart CDI, you'd keep it between 2000-2500rpm with a redline at 3200rpm!
A rotary engine is to be kept above 6000rpm...
A honda should be kept above 3000rpm...

American muscle don't rev very high, so you don't drive it the way you drive a japanese car. When was the last time you saw a japanese car that stay at 1500rpm @60mph ?

As you are talking about your chevy sprint... I had the original suzuki swift. That thing ran at 3500rpm @60mph!!!