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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
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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.
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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!
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07-16-2014, 11:03 AM
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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.
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07-16-2014, 11:21 AM
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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
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07-16-2014, 11:25 AM
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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
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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.
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I like screaming uphill, so second gear is my favorite.
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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.
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