I give mine a good right flogging daily, it can handle it.

As for burnouts n ****.
I do alot of those, but here in Aus, 'hoon' laws are getting harsher and harsher.
First offense can be loss of license, second offence can mean your vehicle being crushed under controlled conditions, third offense is usually permament loss of license (cant get license back, ever!). Police are really cracking down hard on burnouts, drifting, street racing, etc.

 

except, of course, when it's 2am, you just want to go to bed, and you can't find a parking spot

 

I sometimes will mash the pedal all the way down just for fun but i rarely let it see over 6,000rpm. Usually if i have it all the way down it gets to about 5500 and thats it. Like most people i just like the way it sounds

 

QFT! That's one of the reasons why I love going up to the Adirondacks every summer. There are some fun/scenic drives up there

 

I floor mine, but I'm gonna start driving like an old man to keep from tearing the thing up. I'll find something else to drive like a maniac lol.

 

From the owners manual on page 4-7: "For rapid passing or hill climbing, fully depress the accelerator to the floor."

Just do as you're told.

 

lol I'm sorry about that night by the way, I was sooooo pissed off and soooo tired.. I felt soooo bad for my poor baby. I totally forgot about that

 

i mean, I wasn't worried about us (the car handled great even with the wonky strut tower) i was just worried about how Mel felt.

 

i definitely floor mine.. i just cant help it.. it seems to like it..

 

yeah, they do seem to like being driven hard. i love how they pull strong all the way to redline without shifting too soon to the next gear. that's a BMW characteristic

 

I've owned mine since Sept. 1989. Only floored no more than 12 times or so. Some might say it's no fun but I say the engine lasts longer.

 

carbon build up

 

these things aren't made of glass.... VG automatic transmission is, but the engines aren't. As pearl stated, running an engine at tiny loads all the time will lead to carbon buildup... flooring it helps to 'blow its nose' so to speak unless you really like disassembling everything to clean it periodically. Greeny as 335k on his VE, floors it as he pleases, and it runs like a champ, still. That's like only having gentle boring 'fun' with a really skinny gf b/c you're afraid you'll break her in half! Cmon let her have it! She can take it! She might even like it. She, the engine, I mean.

 

Hecks yeah i floor my max. I love the fact it can break traction in first and chirp 2nd lawls

its where the love comes from

I stole this off someone from the forum but I love how it sounds.
"5 liter beater"

 

mine chirps 2nd sometimes... (works better if I go higher in 1st even tho i'll be past the powerband it'll shift-in closer to the sweet spot) it's a lil under the weather right now, seems like. I'll be doing an engine swap shortly though to alleviate the bent crank and putting in a good set of injectors (not new... but ohm'd the same). Unless I buy Goon's engine. We'll see.

 

 

Why the hell wouldn't you?

I romp on my 12 year, 206 thousand mile old car every day and it keeps coming back asking for more.

 

I drag race my bish!!! that pedal is glued to the floor. 140K and running 13's/14's in the 1/4 mile!!!

Now i call that a strong engine!

 

I'm at 292,500 as of yesterday and I make sure I "blow" its nose in a healthy manner. I put 6k miles on this car since I've owned it and thats in lil over 1 month! I'll be at 300k in no time and with no carbon buildup

 

yes I floor it when needed or if in the mood. Overall not very often. maybe a few times a year.

 

It's a matter of personal choice. Different people set their priorities and preferences differently. Do what please us and we'll all be happy. There is no right or wrong for many things in our lives. As most of us get older, we tend to be more gentle on our throttles.

 

Indeed it is one's choice to floor it or not, but if you choose to be a little gentler on the throttle than the rest of the traffic, please do everyone a favor and do it in the right lane . I used to live in Richmond and found that Richmonders have a nasty habbit of going 10 under in the left lane, with a car in the lane next to them doing the same thing. I have no problem if you want to go slow in the right lane, but don't create a traffic jam for no reason (rolling roadblock ftl). I didn't notice how bad it was until I moved to DC...people up here will ride your tail until you get out of the way, to the point that you don't see their front grill anymore

 

**** yeah I floor it! I dont understand people that spend money on their cars with rims, intake, exhaust etc and then drive like Ms Daisy...

 

pedal to the floor. that goes for the brake too. jk occasionally, i floor it, but dont drive it like a pissed off teenager

 

PEDAL TO THE METAL...otherwise you should buy a hybrid civic...lmfao

 

At 294,600 now and still *****ing

 

... and moaning and crying...

 

I've got 183k of pimpin' miles

 

wrong! its just a wheel bearing thats reaching the end of its life

 

I floor my car a lot i love how it pulls its addictive. I'm not worried about it breaking down if it does i love working on it. so really wouldnt be that disappointed

 

Good suggestion for safety reason. But not to floor the pedal doesn't always equate driving slowly and blocking other traffic. I know your point, though. I also have a 2004 and 2009 Camry, both 4 cyl engines. With these 2 Toyota, I have to apply more throttle to move the car in decent manner from a red light. The extra torque provided by our Maxima is an advantage. Well, I can't really complain about Toyota, they both give me 4-5 higher MPG than my Maxima on my regular route to work.

 

 

21 yr. old car and still flooring it. No problems!!! Complete suspension refresh!

 

This thread is back-from-the-dead!

While we are on the subject: yes, but only when I have to. I lost some of my gumption after I had to replace the transmission...

 

I floor mine all the time i have been trying to blow the transmission so i have an excuse to 5 speed swap it but it hasnt blown yet even though it has 211k miles and fetal flakes in the transmission fluid but it doesnt even slip once

 

I floor the crap out of it and get up to speed in seconds every day