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Old 09-10-2015, 11:55 AM
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If you have a TIP and don't have your foot into it, it shifts very early, around 2500 rpm.
Even at freeway speeds, 3k or under cruising.

It is a good idea to open her up from time to time. Nothing like a nice twisty back road to get the blood flowing, both you and the car. Doesn't hurt to hit the rev limiter every now and then
Old 09-10-2015, 12:25 PM
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I drove the AMG toy the way it should be driven last night. It returned home bleeding, quick inspection says I blew a transmission cooling line or something along those lines. Limp mode in 3rd gear engaged three blocks from the house. Another proof in my book that cars do have souls, it could have died 50 miles from home in the middle of nowhere...but it started going 3 blocks from home, and was bleeding for three blocks until it entered the garage like a total trooper. This car is a keeper.

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Old 09-11-2015, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mharrison
If you don't wind her up every once in a while you wasted your money.

(Applies equally to cars and women.)
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Old 09-12-2015, 02:32 AM
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I was thinking this today: if your average MPG is anything more than 20, then you're not driving it as it was intended to be driven.



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