Dd track streetlegal racecar?
I guess it comes down if you are actually driving it or just babying it.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you have to ask, you probably are. Or you are a young and inexperienced driver and don't know how to drive properly yet.

Sorry, but you asked for it.

Beating on your car - UK stylee..

if you can smell clutch or burnt rubber - pretty good indicator of beating on it.

driving spiritedly in short bursts on your favorite road is not really beating on it as long as you don't money shift.

basically, taking the car to its limit every so often is not beating on it.

Damn... I smell burnt rubber pretty much every time I drive my car. I will say sorry for beating on her when I get home.

I define "beating on a car" as causing undue wear or damage. "Undue" varies with circumstances (DD, track, weekend-canyon-carver, etc); a beating in a DD might be babying in a track car. YMMV

Drive it like driving a prius is considered "beating a Z"

The hail storm that hit Greer South Carolina yesterday and beat the hell out of my car while trying to drive home from work.

I consider "beating" a car driving it hard and also ignoring the fact that it'll need more rigorous maintenance due to increased wear and tear because of your driving style. Think "beater car". Generally these are driven into the ground with as little and cheapest maintenance as possible.

I don't consider tracking/spirited driving/high revs beating if it's accompanied by proper maintenance and care. I just call that driving the car hard. I drive all my cars hard, but I am a maintenance freak and keep them in as close to tip top shape as I can.

^This!!

and

I consider beating on a car to be distinct from one's attention to car maintenance. However, maintenance can certainly make up for beating on a car. For example, I beat on my aptly named winter beater, but I keep up with maintenance (using the severe maintenance schedule), so it's been problem free for all 120k of its life.

I drive my Zcar hard at times, but in moderation, and keep up with maintenance there as well. I don't consider that beating on it, considering the nature and purpose of a sportscar. This approach worked with my sports sedan too.

Beating on it is when you find a porn channel and you beat on it....oh you were talking about our Z's....sorry...:rofl2:

redlining it in 1st gear before it is warmed up and it's 50 degrees outside, then powersliding out of the neighborhood because the tires are cold and not grippy, then redlining 2nd gear and 3rd gear right afterwards...repeating this every morning

...and then hammer the cold brakes at the next stop sign...


This sounds like every M, quattro or AMG driver... :)

The A7 trans. Up-shift's@7500rpm's/ So as long as your oil temp. is up to normal & you properly have it changed w/quality product's...You're fine.
Pending traction;mine see's 75-7600 on a regular basis through 4th gear (w/3.357 diff) I cannot comment on 5th gear;as that may get me in trouble.

As for down shifting,,,dropping to a gear that put's you in a 5-5500rpm range is completely normal for power acceleration.

Be sure & use quality fluid's in eng/trans/diff & you'll be ok......and keep an eye on eng.oil temp;as this may climb rapidly if you're constantly in the throttle.