[QUOTE=RED MX5,Apr 19 2008, 01:27 PM] Common sense overlooks too many hard facts when it comes to judging highly technical and well understood things like engine wear.

 

At the track, I'm always over 6000. On the street, almost always below 6000.

 

this is rather late, but i think honda's "optimum shift points" imply acceleration, not steady state speed on a level plane. cruising at XXmph in X gear shouldnt really matter so long as you have the power. i think that principle is where the whole bogging/lugging/etc discussion came from.

 

Hahaha, I've considered that myself.

 

I would not have paid 30k for a sports car if I wasn't going to use it like a sports car, ill move on to the latest and greatest long before I have to worry about reliability issues. lol Just don

 

If you only have one powerband there is something wrong with your car. Is it an S2000? They all have TWO distinct powerbands, each appropriate for different situations. How could anyone own an S2000 and not realize this?

Not everyone who owns an S2000 buys it for the performance, and they serve quite well even if they never see VTEC. Just because you have a fast car doesn't mean that you have to drive it fast. LOL, I do, and you do, but that doesn't mean that everyone else has to do the same things in order to enjoy the car.

Over 6k on the street is almost never necessary, and if you go there, you are generally doing it for fun. ZDan uses his car the way Honda intended it to be used, and is getting the most out of it's dual personality (aka dual powerband), and I'm actually shocked that this isn't obvious to everyone.

 

That's the biggest fish story I've ever heard here on S2kI.

Does anyone here believe this BS?

 

Even my wife thinks S2K-DJ is lying about using VTEC 80% of the time for 50k miles. That simply cannot be true unless all 50k miles were track miles, and I have no use for people who will make up lies to prove a point.

 

Optimal shift point for acceleration is redline, so I don't see how acceleration could have anything to do with Honda's recommended shift points. I'd have to check to be sure, but if I remember correctly, the owners manual says the recommended shift points are for economy. If anyone has their owners manual handy, how about giving it a look to see what it actually says about the recommended shift points. I could easily be mistaken, and it's easy enough to check. I'd check myself, but the car isn't here right now.

 

I just happen to have my owners manual here lol, I quoted it on the first page when I posted the shift points they recommended but here it is again.

"Drive in the highest gear that lets the engine run and accelerate smoothly. This will give you the best fuel economy and effective emissions control. The following shift points are recommended.

'Normal acceleration'
1-2 15mph
2-3 25mph
3-4 40mph
4-5 47mph
5-6 52mph"