Over the mountain
 

Here is a dumb question for everyone, recently I was in a discussion with some peers here at work. I drive over a mountain road every day, the peers that found out asked me how my Z was doing since going over the mountain gives a lot of wear and tear. I have not seen any issues and I have done this for about 2yrs.

Is there any issues with me doing over the mountain which does have an up and down hill. I know that my old old old 85 Suburban did not like the climb but it did not show any issues just kicked in to a gear to maintain speed.

What's your input.

My input is that I would be pretty sad if a car I owned could not regularly travel public roadways, hills or not. If you, the vehicle owner who would know best, are not seeing signs of wear outside the norm, I hypothesize that your co-workers may be a bit jealous and are just stirring the pot!

I drive the same everyday. I needed an oil cooler to deal with oil temp right off the bat. Tires are a yearly buy; brakes, and other consumables sure, but have no issue otherwise.

my input is that your peers are oxygen deprived..

That is what I thought as well, I maintain it on a schedule and yes use tires like crazy but other than that no differences. I am good now and can be at ease. LOL

I suppose all you have to worry about is keeping the car in the effective gear throughout the uphill. Can't be too high of a gear to bog it down, nor too low of a gear to be screaming up the hill. Gotta find that median. Otherwise everytime you start up the car and driving, your engine is wearing down slowly. Start ups is what hurts the engine the most especially cold starts :ugh:

now turning into a 'did you know' thread...

OP, are you talking about Trans Mountain? My 350z never had any issues driving over. I used to live on the northern side of it.

Yes transmountain

hey yo bro, what mods you got huh???

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Any DD vids?

I like screaming uphill, so second gear is my favorite.

What do your co-workers drive? Chances are you can tell a lot about how much someone knows about cars by what he/she chooses to drive.:icon18:

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No DD vids LOL

F150's and a Camaro old Camaro Z28 like a 98.

Is this one of them?

http://nicedeb.files.wordpress.com/2...neck.jpg?w=780

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Going up and down hills doesn't do any damage as long as you don't lug the engine. When I see "mountain road" I think rough road. They may be talking about the beating your suspension takes driving on a rough road.

I can't imagine that your commute puts more stress on your car than tracking it every other weekend...and those cars do just fine.

Trans mountain? Lol

I guess we are all assuming you don't drive like this....

:46! Is that some asshat running across the road!? OMG!

The only wear and tear I can think of is your tire and brake.

Are you talking about a road like a logging road, gravel/dirt and full of pot holes?

If so then yes your car paint and suspension will take a beating.

Holy SH*$ ! that takes a lot of cahones!!! or alcohol

Its actually a pretty good road, its has gotten much better over the years.

I can understand going off the side of a mountain would cause a lot of wear and tear ;). Stay on the asphalt and you just gotta change your consumables a little more often.

Thanks for putting my mind at ease.

Nothing compares the driving experience of a true sports car combined with mountainous paved twisty roads!

Thats heaven for me! I envy you everyday!
FL is like a flat chested chick!:tup:

Given the chance I want to move to the mountains of NC or Tennessee!

That is one of them LOL

I enjoy it every day especially in the mornings no traffic at 530 in the morning.

Nice :driving:

Too bad that had to pave it to the top.