ROTFLMAO

 

WDHDTM . . . . (What 'Da Hell Does That Mean?)

ITADFTC . . . . (Is There A Dictionary For This Crap?)

 

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Sorry, QPhox4, but mothers are occasionally wrong. However, definitive medical research had found that there are several consequences of excessive VTECing, to whit: hyperventilation, tachycardia, priapism.

 

heres one
http://www.davidgagne.net/main/dictionary.shtml

and another
http://searchwebmanagement.techtarget.com/...i211776,00.html

and another
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/tcs/techsupp/acronyms.html

 

I just want to chime in and say it is a rare occassion when such informative opinions are consistently presented on a topic such as this thread.

Thus far that has been:

1. minimal to no horseplay
2. fully written out explanations and thoughts
3. informative/articulate opinions and facts
4. haven't wandered into another topic off the subject
5. no flamming
6. no short posts

I really enjoyed reading this post. Don't ask why I wrote this, because I love the posts that engage in horseplay, but the board seemed a bit stagnant lately, and this made my day!

 

haha.. very nice comeback, and to the original poster of questioning, that made me ROTFLMAO!

 

Regarding the issue of running in VTEC mode, for nearly all of us this event happens for no more than a very few seconds at a time, a few times per hour. To bring on the high lift cam in 6th gear, you would have to be tooling along at 110 mph+, and you just cannot consider steady cruising at such speeds to be 'normal' behavior on our U.S.A.roads. Call me an old fogey, but I believe that. I suppose you could also do the same by steady cruising at about 90 mph in 5th, but that is just a deliberate waste of good gasoline for no particular reason.
The above being said, a sane driver is running on the high lift cam way under 1 percent of the time [36 seconds of such operation per hour is 1 per cent]. Even if engine wear rates are very high during such periods, the effect on overall engine longevity will not be substantial. I can't help but notice that a fairly large number of our owners are from the Washington, DC and NYC areas, and in such places, you can expect to indulge daily in a 1 1/2 hour commute in which it is virtually impossible to get rolling above 30 mph. Ignoring the risks of speeding tickets, there are virtually no places on the East Coast megalopolis where it is possible to open it up to 110 mph.
I tip my hat to the S2000 owners in the Far West who can frequently open it up to these extreme speeds in the Nevada Desert, etc. However, for most of us, the sound and fury of that high-lift cam kicking in can only be savored for extremely short periods - sort of like enjoying that portion of double chocolate Black Forest cake for dessert.

 

After reading some posts about how often others vtec their cars, I feel like mine is being abused. I'd say I definitely vtec every time I get in my car, and more often than that. This thread then made me realize that HONDA made a car and warrantied the car for up to 100,000 miles. I'm sure they've taken the necessary precautions to ensure a long lasting engine. Hey, there could have just as well been a VTEC limiter that only allows it like five times a day.

I've noticed that if my clutch feels a bit used up after too much stop and go traffic, vtec ing the engine will somewhat fix the clutch's feel. Could be all in my head, but I know the car likes it.

 

Alright, now I'm hungry.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jelliotlevy
[B]Regarding the issue of running in VTEC mode, for nearly all of us this event happens for no more than a very few seconds at a time, a few times per hour.