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Old 29-08-2006, 04:23 PM   #1
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Default Do you thrash? or Dont you thrash?

Just trying to understand how other people drive the little fez..

Do you thrash the little beast? or do you drive carefully?

please explain just how your thrash it or dont thrash it

i.e Yes i thrash mine and 80% of the time i hit 6000rpm through every gear..(rarely get to 6000 in 5th thought ) i go through about 4 tanks of fuel per week and ive had no thrashing related problems so far (touch wood) 21,000kms on clock. WP Fez.



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Old 29-08-2006, 04:36 PM   #2
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I'm nowhere near that bad, I usually take it to 3 or 4 thousand revs driving as normal. I definitely don't thrash it.
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Old 29-08-2006, 04:42 PM   #3
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Ah you need to trash it some of the time, I love driving the barina and having a spirited drive. I dont care how slow it is, more fun that a slush box!
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Old 29-08-2006, 04:53 PM   #4
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Every now and then I'll hit 5500 when I'm feeling like it, generally I'll change at about 3500
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Old 29-08-2006, 05:11 PM   #5
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Depends what mood I'm in if I'm gonna put anyone else in any danger.

I thrashed it out of the CBD on the way home today, couldn't have cared less if I knocked over some old fart with a comb-over & a crap briefcase...
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Old 29-08-2006, 06:05 PM   #6
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haha thrashing a car doesnt have to mean doing 210kmph, i can thrash my car to 80kmph and still be in second gear...

Remember please dont just put "yes i thrash my car" without anything else to the post.. because everyone has a different interpretation to thrashing.. explain how you beat your fez up

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Old 29-08-2006, 06:25 PM   #7
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well cause im female we can all assume i drive like grandma!
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Old 29-08-2006, 08:44 PM   #8
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I usually only thrash the car when its time to go home from work. This includes reving to redline in 1st, 2nd: Holding 2nd gear around roundabouts then punch the shift down trigger to get the front spinning. And that about it. On occasions i tend to shift down when coming to a set of lights to get a nice grumble from the exhaust so at point in in the Fully Sick mode.

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Old 29-08-2006, 08:46 PM   #9
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Occasionally yes, but I dont have that much control over how much I can rev.
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Old 29-08-2006, 08:48 PM   #10
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Because I have the WQ Zetec and hence the lower gearing I find it damn near impossible not to thrash it,.....takes absolutely nothing to zip it up to around 4000rpm between gears with just what I would call "normal driving", I usually find myself changing between 4000-4500rpm, occasionally give a bit extra and take it round to 5000-5500rpm....dont think I would do a "JD" though and take it up to redline "80% of the time".....that's gotta stuff it in the long term.
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Old 29-08-2006, 08:52 PM   #11
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I drive it normally... I've only reached 6000rpm twice ever since i've got the car in late May '06. Other than that I just give it 2500-3000rpm... launching to the speed limit.

EDIT :- But JD2004, 4 tanks a week... how many kms do u drive a week, man?


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Depends what mood I'm in if I'm gonna put anyone else in any danger.

I thrashed it out of the CBD on the way home today, couldn't have cared less if I knocked over some old fart with a comb-over & a crap briefcase...
I saw a really bad acco in front of me this afternoon. If you're sitting on the passanger side of the car that was hit, you'd be dead right then n there.. it was that bad. Hopefully no one sat on the passanger seat.

-BAAAAK!!!!!!....tyre screeeeeeeetch--

I think one dude was trying to beat the lights (he must've been doing at least 80-90kph) and the other wanted to turn right to the street i was sitting on. ****ing idiots i'd say. I hope both parties learned some lessons this afternoon.
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Old 29-08-2006, 08:59 PM   #12
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I've been thrashing it for 2 years now, 1st past 6000 into 2nd then drive, then back down as well...LOL, I don't do that at alot these days.
And no problem at all for the 2.0L auto....LOL
I don't do it as much anymore, only to overtake cars or at the lights.
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Old 29-08-2006, 09:00 PM   #13
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^^^ First i thought "2.0l auto Fez" ?!?!?! then I realized that you drive a Focus
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Old 29-08-2006, 09:00 PM   #14
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Ok, Since Sept 2004 till March 2006, I thrashed my Fiesta Zetec WP.

I redlined it daily, and took the engine to 5,000rpm quite regularly. It loved to rev, and did it sooooo cleanly. I sometimes miss the sound the engine made.

Although I did cane it all the time, I also changed the oil/filter every 7,500rpm with the top of the range synthetic oils. So, although I thrashed it, I also cared for it (Vacuum and wash weekly).

Just a word of warning - Don't thrash the Fiesta through twisties, and then suddenly turn off the engine on the side of the road for 5 minutes to check out the view - the Water Pump is probably going to explode :P

29,000kms of ownership, the only thing to go wrong was the Water Pump. The engine sounded as good as ever...
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Old 29-08-2006, 09:30 PM   #15
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I give mine stick, but not every day. My drive to work is pretty sedate, but then I am heading towards the CBD so there isn't exactly room to thrash it. I do enjoy the sound of the Fez under full throttle either exiting a corner or going up a hill though.
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Old 29-08-2006, 09:33 PM   #16
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I agree with Robjh80, the WQ takes nothing to get up to 5000 revs, so it is pretty hard not to 'thrash it'. Although I dont think that driving it in this manner is thrashing it. If you are hitting rev limiter every gear change then maybe, but up to 5000 I think is ok. Basically, it loves to rev; as teki says, it is sooo smooth so why not?
I dont know, maybe I am naiive but thats how I feel. Furthermore, it is incredibly fun to drive it hard! I say enjoy it!
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Old 29-08-2006, 10:57 PM   #17
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I only go for a spirited drive on the Old Road , usally pusshing it bout 95% leave a small room for error , i find theres no point going over 5500rpm as theres no power, theres a nice little power ban betwwen 4-5500rpm , in stock form its good , can hold its own aganst higherpowerd cars on the road ,
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Old 29-08-2006, 11:06 PM   #18
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matre i thrash mine something severe hehe i love it!! it keeps coming back for more and more!!

also i find the fiestas good build wuality holds up, eg tyres to brakes and all over!!

im taking it to the snow this weekend! cant wait .. did it last year was an awesome drive!!
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Old 30-08-2006, 08:44 AM   #19
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i dont thrash myne to much probably about 35-48% of the time....mind you when i get out to my local streets....1-redline,2-redline,3-redline 4-skip,5cruze....doing about 130then lol.... but mainly when im at the start of a pack of traffic lights and want to get ahead.... or yesterday as FlaminFiesta saw i was driving in the city... lol maximum gear i reached was 3rd lol..... constantly dropping and raising gears darting in and out of traffic.....twas cool. i mainly love the accelration and the sound that it makes when i maxxx it out and change gears.....especially the *POP* from the exhaust..
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Old 30-08-2006, 10:37 AM   #20
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Never, ever when it's cold ;) Rarely go past 5K. A good 90% of the time, I'm pretty gentle on her.

Generally, I use a lot of engine braking. Short street, get up to 5k or so, and let the engine slow it down before the intersection or whatever.

Most of the time tho, I'd prefer to throw it thru a few corners/roundabouts, wag the tail a bit, than flog the engine. Also, still trying to beat 550kays for a tank, peddling hard tends to make her thirsty
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i dont thrash myne to much probably about 35-48% of the time....mind you when i get out to my local streets....1-redline,2-redline,3-redline 4-skip,5cruze....doing about 130then lol.... but mainly when im at the start of a pack of traffic lights and want to get ahead.... or yesterday as FlaminFiesta saw i was driving in the city... lol maximum gear i reached was 3rd lol..... constantly dropping and raising gears darting in and out of traffic.....twas cool. i mainly love the accelration and the sound that it makes when i maxxx it out and change gears.....especially the *POP* from the exhaust..
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Most of the time tho, I'd prefer to throw it thru a few corners/roundabouts, wag the tail a bit, than flog the engine.
:hihi: The best way to do it! _2:
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Most of the time tho, I'd prefer to throw it thru a few corners/roundabouts, wag the tail a bit, than flog the engine.
I also do the same thing. But when there is a little drizzle of rain, u cant just not give it the lil fez a thrashing
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lol fair enough, though i mainly drive quite normally. usually shift at 3k but as i said sumtimes when i get on my local streets....... or there is a good song on.. but usualy shifting at 3k due to fact father in the car going u dont have to drive like a race car driver...... and im like Ynot????
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....... or there is a good song on..
I agree, the music has a lot to do with it.
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^^^ Yes, what you got on your stereo can influence the way you drive. Try driving a Ford GT while listening to Metallica - Fuel.
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^^^ Yes, what you got on your stereo can influence the way you drive. Try driving a Ford GT while listening to Metallica - Fuel.
Doesn't matter what you're driving, that'll make ANYTHING go faster
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^^^ Yes, what you got on your stereo can influence the way you drive. Try driving a Ford GT while listening to Metallica - Fuel.
That would make me slow down, stop and get out. I hate Metal its just shhiit.

Lol My fez is always washed out with sounds of chilled house, electro, and 80's hahahhaa
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lol fair enough, though i mainly drive quite normally. usually shift at 3k but as i said sumtimes when i get on my local streets....... or there is a good song on.. but usualy shifting at 3k due to fact father in the car going u dont have to drive like a race car driver...... and im like Ynot????
Jeez!!! 3000rpm? I thought I was nursing my Focus at the moment because the cat is stuffed and I am waiting for new parts................and I am changing at 3000rpm in order to use it really gently.

I think I normally change at about 5500 - 6000. Am I just a total boofhead???
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Jeez!!! 3000rpm? I thought I was nursing my Focus at the moment because the cat is stuffed and I am waiting for new parts................and I am changing at 3000rpm in order to use it really gently.

I think I normally change at about 5500 - 6000. Am I just a total boofhead???
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