I consider myself a conservative driver. My take offs are seldom over 3500 RPM. The most RPM's I have ever pushed my Max is about 5000. I am intrested on how my fellow Max enthusiasts drive.

 

i always accelerate hard and normally take it up to 4-4.5k rpms. when i race, i take it up to about 6.2k rpms. im real tough on my clutch during normal driving conditions. i dont think my clutch will last more than another year if im lucky. im sorry to say, but i abuse my max.

 

I drive pretty hard. There is rarely a trip across town where I dont push WOT at some point. I like to feel the surge of VQ torque so even when driving slow, I like to lean on it a little. I still manage about 20 mpg around town, so that's fine with me.

 

pretty much took the words out of my mouth.

j

 

I shift at 3,000 in first, 2,750 on second, 2,500 on third, and fourth. I'm always the first off the line at a stop light, but get blown away when I shift to second. When I'm pissed off, in the mood to race, or when I have to, I go all out on the car. On average I get about 28 MPG and I put on 440 miles by the time I fill up. I also try to minimize stopping by timing the lights and leaving space between the car in front in freeway traffic.

 

I drive like a bastard, I'll admit it. I take my car to redline daily, and also hit my speed limiter at least once a day! I guess I'm a testament to how much abuse the VQ can take! Almost 70k miles, and still purrs like day one!

 

I never drive hard until the temp guage is in the middle of the range. Then I take off light from lights and drive pretty conservatively. However, I am a big fan of flooring the car when getting onto highways, and tend to make my passes on the highway at WOT, especially when I am near any trucks. I've only gotten it to redline twice, when I showed my friend how badly spaced the autos gear ratios were. He was as amazed as I was that you could actually hit 80 in second gear. Car runs amazingly smooth though, except the 1-2 shift when the tranny is cold. I'm at 84500 miles now, and hope that I can take it to over 100000, unless I get my S4 or GS430 before that.

 

My GXE only has 205/65/15 tires so I can't give it gas too hard in 1st or second or the tires just spin. Kind of annoying... That said I rarely wind out 1st or 2nd and sometimes do 3rd when entering the highway. At 100k and original clutch (replaced at 8,000 miles under warranty) , brakes. etc... I figure I'mmore on the conservative side but with so much power, revving to 3000 rpm in town is flying....

 

The majority of the time I: anticipate stops and coast as much as possible, try to time lights to get the greens when there are a bunch in a row, take off slow and smooth, once at highway speeds then my driving style changes a little to: usually at least 10 MPH above speed limit, keep safe distances from those in front; mostly a left lane driver (my wife hates that)leading the pack, will change lanes on 3 plus lane roads to get around slower traffic, will ocassionally punch it for a short distance to get around others then let off and coast back to my normal speed in the left lane. I drive very aware of surroundings and don't use a radar detector. I'm thinking I should get one but the technology just keeps changing.

I love it when once of the above highway manuvers motivates another driver to go even faster around me giving me (probably) a false sense of security that he'll get caught speeding before I do. I never race these people I just follow them when speeds are reasonable - 80 to 100

 

On the way from work I always find some one to race with me on the belt way it sick I cant stop Im adicted to hearing my engine and seeing that rpm needle at 6.5 what a rushhhhhhhh any way normaly I shift low around 2.5 from first to second around 23mph from 2 to 3rd around 33mph from 3 to 4th and around 42 from 4th to 5th but when I have to show some hondas or mustangs or BMW what a maxima is capable of I dont hassitate too often or maybe not at all
whel there is my 2cents : happyface

 

I have an automatic and my shifts are between 2500 to 3000 most of the time. I guess I don't have the ***** to push it hard because I'm afraid something my go wrong later on. I've floored the car only once while going up a hill. It went all the way to redline and I was surprised how smooth it was the whole time.

With this marvelous engine, it is tempting to push the car hard but I love my Max and I am going to baby it until the day we part.

 

Around town I take off fast from lights. Love to feel the power of the smoothest V-6 in the world.

On the highway I like I tend to flow w/traffic. I like quick push you back in your seat take off better than top speed.

I fear my automatic tranny is going to quit soon. How can I tell? When it shifts from 2nd to 3rd the RPMS normally go up and then drop down. Does this mean the tranny is slipping?

As far as gas mileage I get around 22MPG.

 

With exception of my auto tranny...I'm the same way when driving on a daily basis. To me, gas is just too expensive to be romping on the gas pedal from light to light in the city. On the highway, I just cruisea at 75 to 80...anything faster is a waste...and puts you at greater risk of getting a ticket. I wasn't like this when I was in college driving my '89 Mustang GT...I guess with age, comes wisdom and patience.

 

Yes.

 

I used to drive pretty fast and would pass people; now I only pass when neccasary & just stay in the fast lane on the interstate. I noticed weaving and all that gets you no where.

Everyday I come home from work there's a weaver, and everyday I see them either pulling away from a toll booth half way home because they don't have ipass, or at the same stoplight as me off the interstate.

I always use my blinker too, I originally didn't that much, until I noticed that when people don't its pretty annoying.

-Nate

 

I try to do a 6K neutral drop as often as possible. I then do burn-outs at every light.... Seriously, I drive rather normal(I guess an auto will do that to you). I do on occasion drop the hammer on Hondas and Toyotas... They are fun to taunt. Other than than average around 26 MPG.
JCR

 

If I'm driving anyone who is a generation older than me, then I drive like an old lady.

If I'm driving with my friends or GF, I drive a little more aggressively. (They all think that I'm a maniac)

When I'm alone, I dive hard almost all the time. I never let anyone beat me at a light or drive faster than me on the highway. Like someone else said, it's a weird sickness. I didn't always drive like this though. When I had my old honda's, I tried, but I couldn't. hehe. But, I always signal, and I never cut people off. It pisses me off too much when I see someone else do it for me to ever be the culprit of someone elses aggrivation. Most people on the road need a glass belly-button to see what they're doing while their heads are up their A$$e$

 

naturally aggressive, cant help it, very careful ,curteous on the highway and im not a road rager. no tickets or faults on accidents. but i will always be the first off on a light and just like to cruise at a nice speed

 

When I just got it, I only had my license for about 2 months, but I was driving from way before that.. The car was seeing 4-5k rpm's daily, out of stupidity I did a few neutral drops, also floored it or redlined it a bunch of times.. a transfer from a 140 hp 87' Mercury Sable to a 190 hp Max seemd to me as if I was wrong if I wouldn't push it.... This went on for about 2 months, Then my allready dying tranny finally passed (RIP tranny) After the rebuilt, being 1,300$ poorer I was driving like they teach you in driving school for over a month, then loosened up again, I just redlined it today, but this is maybe the 4th or 5th time in last 6 months.. I get a temptation to push it when its great sunny weather outside or sometimes at night... But my auto usually shifts at 2,000-3,500 rpms..

If I didn't live in NYC I'd think of picking up a 5spd next, but people say its a major PIA, 5spd's are more durable and less expensive to fix then a auto tranny rebuilt... plus its faster

 

i drive about 2500rpm cuz my car takes too much gas...pissing me off damn camel but i guess it's ok cuz that's how much v6's normally take..i get about a little over 200-220 miles per tank...i put in 92 chevron...

 

hey im not too familiar with detecting the tranny slipping.
Its from 2nd to 3rd gear and what do teh rpms do??? i mean isnt it suppose to go up and then down when it shifts out??? confused!*//

 

i drive like im in a gt300 class race. like im falling behind the skylines,nsxs,rx-7's,etc. i drive like im losing and that always makes u drive harder and faster. never ever do i drive the speed limit except when mr. popo is around. thats just how i drive my max in hawaii. brian