Nismotic

iTrader: (25)

So my gf is driving home by herself and calls me up and asks me why she's going 55 on the highway but the tach is at 6,000. when i realized she was driving in 2nd the whole way, i was flippping. Its not all her fault tho; my shift **** swap wasnt perfect, so the little orange needle stands between D and 2nd. Anyways, will my tranny blow up now? What is the effects of this?

Nismo

iTrader: (18)

holy moly! change tranny fluid asap I suppose, maybe oil too.

Bmr4life

you should be fine. my mom had rented a ford taurus when were in CA and she left OD off. I didn't really notice cause i wasn't driving and the car was quiet, but when I looked over at the cluster. She was doing 80mphs with the tach around 5500rpm. Had been driving like that for about 2 hours, lol.

Jr'sMaxima

You let her drive your car??

SpeedCrazie

iTrader: (81)

She had to of been going faster then that, 6000 @ 55mph? Redline is 6500 @ 80mph. And there should be no side effects.

JP

-=PK=-Maxima

lol.....i did that once. nothing happened. pretty scary tho

MaxiSpeed97

iTrader: (2)

but there's a big difference between drivin down the highway in 2nd gear or in 3rd gear..
damn, i'm sure the ride was rocky as hell; your car won't blow up, but i'd be more than mad if my car went through that kind of punishment

meccanoble

iTrader: (22)

cant drive stick...cant even drive auto

WillMax95

if they made transmissions to break that easy, car companies would be a lot richer than they are now

Nealoc187

iTrader: (23)

Your transmission will be perfectly fine. Driving at high RPM has nothing to do with transmission stress.

I would however suggest never letting her drive drive your car again. Even though nothing likely happened, the ignorance it takes to get into such a situation would be reason enough for me never to let the person in the driver's seat again.

With certain exceptions (my girfriend included) female drivers are a disaster waiting to happen :shudder:

Nismo

iTrader: (18)

well Id be more worried about the fluids heating rather than mechanical stress

DoGGy

you should punish her tonight like no other night !

Cashj2002

You guys are fools!

Nismotic

iTrader: (25)

I'll punish her my own way ooooh yeah.


Back to the point: So i should be good? suggeted that oils should be changed? im surprised my tranny didnt get up and walk off away from the car after this...

lilgrebbie

No $hit!!!
in the past week I was almost hit by 2 of them!!!!

1.Icy road coming home from school and some lady driving a focus hit the sholder a little then over steered and turned it sideways. after she forced my friend (2001 ford ranger) in the ditch, she was coming sidways in my lane!!!
the funny thing was that the first thing that came to my mind was all the probs. Ive been having with my car and how if I totaled it I would come out at least
2-3k ahead in insurence. (I know bad) But I swerved around her into the other lane and stopped to get my friend out. she pay for the tow truck to get him out of the ditch though

2. going out (1 day later) just before night time, driving in a 4 land road, some
b!tch tries to merge into my lane!!! so I slamed on the breaks felt the ABS kick in (still icy from the day before) and layed on my horn. she just swerved back and kept goin like it nothing happeded.

SOME PEOPE JUST SHOULDN'T DRIVE

lilgrebbie

p.s. I had a fried blow up his beretta like that.
but I think there was some beverages involved.
I would think if it still runs now it should be OK

Nismotic

iTrader: (25)

you should make a thread on it.

SXN

god teaching you a lesson for having that shift ****

i dont think it should cause any problems honestly

DAVE Sz

iTrader: (2)

That's not the same thing as driving in 2nd all the time. With OD off she still used 1st, 2nd, and 3rd WHILE HIS gf ONLY USED 2ND.

Taken2DaMax

iTrader: (5)

why did you let her drive by herself? That's an accident waiting to happen. I had my girlfriend drive by herself once and almost rapped the max around a pole. That was one of the worst day of my baby's life. And my girlfriend was scared too.

Nismo

iTrader: (18)

well you still have 1st gear when your in manual 2nd but thats still bad

boyzindahood978

My GF asked me to teach her how to drive a stick-shift. My answer was....well there was no answer.

She backed up into my driver's side wheel well a couple of weeks ago and left a good size dent. Blah blah... "my foot slipped off the brakes." That scared me enough.

cscm094

Another reason I hate auto trannys

DoGGy

make sure u punish her some of my way too, its tha best y0.

look at my name to get a hint if ur clueless

Bluebird

iTrader: (4)

Since I've gotten my V1 (detector, not SC), I drive in high rpm ranges for extended periods of time with no problems. You'll be fine.

Nismotic

iTrader: (25)

Doggy-LOL will do man!

Takentothemax-She had a '95 Maxima about 4 years ago and she's not a bad driver at all. She's not the typical "omg my foot slipped off the brake and it wasnt my fault" prissy princess. She's actually a hell of a driver and seen her drive as fast AND careful as they come. Unfortunately, she didnt realize the whole gear thing, which was partially my fault.

I just hope my ride is ok

maxima98vspec

yea.....you let a girl drive a maxima...?!?!?

SXN

they DO have *****

Nismotic

iTrader: (25)

? i dont get it...

SXN

just ignore him your car will be fine

maxima98vspec

yea ture that but that still shouldn't matter tho, females don't drive maximas........ it just don't go together, i learned it the hard way....they are only made for the riding shot gun in a maxima or joining u in the back seat of a maxima

Nismotic

iTrader: (25)

LoL, you should tell Ange that...and Jane...

Nismotic

iTrader: (25)

Thanx man.

SXN

no problem

no one period gets to drive my maxima...im pretty weird about it, not a gender based thing

superblack98se

I second that

DoGGy

yea why not. i let a girl drive my max and after 5 min she said that her moms 2003 ES300 was crap compared to my max. specially the sound system.

eckohb

iTrader: (4)

i feel that. i aint ever letting anyone drive my car again, especially a female. When i had a chevy blazer before my max, girl backed it up right into a mailbox

DoGGy

im 90% there with you

SXN

only time was when i needed to go to the hospital. i cant even remember if i SAID she could drive

Bmr4life

I don't see it being any different. Both cars were reving above 5500 rpm for a long period of time meaning the transmissions were spinning quite fast for that same amount of time.