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Old 08-18-2015, 10:04 AM   #32 (permalink)
JARblue
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Originally Posted by kbc749 View Post
... -Do you hit the gas while going up hill or do you just take your time at a leisurely pace? Depends again on my mood, girlfriend in the car? She gets a little annoyed when I peg the rev limiter coming up this one hill nearby her house. By myself with an empty road? Peg the rev limiter it is! The important thing is to know that there is a time to go fast and theres a time to cruise. Find out how to moderate these two and you'll always have a good day.

-Windows up or down? I prefer windows down unless there is inclement weather. Even when its horridly hot here, I am just used to having the windows down and just using the breeze. Now if I have a passenger its always their choice. One of my pet peeves is that rain falls off of the roof and straight inside onto the door panel because the roof is skinny than the door. And I love driving with the windows down when it is just nicely showering, but the water falling in makes me worry.

My MPG (while driving as above described) ends up being around 21 in the city which I'm rather happy about... My driving style consists of pure cruising, or sorta rushing to get to 6th just to sit there and let the engine work as little as possible (IE best MPG), or just driving hard and making all the beautiful noises she makes on the way through the rev range.

KBC
Great points

Our Z has been a DD for over 4 years now and has nearly 70K miles. Spirited street driving for me is determined primarily by the conditions of the road (i.e. traffic). Windows down unless it is raining. I'm getting closer to 18 mpg these days in the city but who cares.

I like downshifting to 2nd and 3rd gears closer to 3000-3500 RPMs. Probably because my new-to-me FI exhaust sounds so sexy
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