[disappointedbyvolvo5]

i was sitting at a light in my s40. i leaned over to pick up something that fell onto the floor when i stopped short. my gut must have slid the gear shift into the manual mode side.

anyway with the music and a/c on, i didn't hear the engine screaming when i started out of the light. i went (or barely) went about 10 feet before I realized what happened. the rps went over 7.

how much damage did i do?? should I be rushing it to a mech tomorrow or something?

 

[kmg_S60R]

Re: i'm an idiot (disappointedbyvolvo5)

Nah buddy... You should be fine... Modern cars have ECU based rev limiters that cutout when the RPMS go too high... You could litterally just hold the throttle down and watch it bounce off the limiter probably not the smartest thing to do but ya know it is there to protect the engine from over reving. You have nothing to be worried about especially cause you caught it as fast as you did. http://********************/smile/emthup.gif

 

[disappointedbyvolvo5]

oh thank you. my heart was sinking. you should have heard the engine.. holy moly!

 

[chromecarz00]

i know, i remember when i forgot to shift and hit the rev limiter, my heart skipped a beat

 

[nme95k]

Re: (chromecarz00)

this happened to me when i first got the car while getting road-head... now i just tell them to keep their chest up.. lol... you're fine...

 

[sanatarium]

Re: (nme95k)

lol wow at all of you

 

[nme95k]

Re: (sanatarium)

nah but on some serious stuff, when i race ppl at red lights, i throw it in tiptronic, and from 1st to second i switch at 6500rpm, and from 2nd to 3rd i switch at 5500 rpm and from 3rd to forth i do 3500 rpm and floor it in 4th to about 5500 rpm and throw it back to 3rd and at this point im at 100 and it flys to 115 and i go to 5th and drop it to 4th and get up to 130 and i keep going in 5th till i get to 140

muahzzzzzz gotta love it baby.. no clutch... try it..

 

[BtownVolvo]

Re: (nme95k)

Quote, originally posted by nme95k »

nah but on some serious stuff, when i race ppl at red lights, i throw it in tiptronic, and from 1st to second i switch at 6500rpm, and from 2nd to 3rd i switch at 5500 rpm and from 3rd to forth i do 3500 rpm and floor it in 4th to about 5500 rpm and throw it back to 3rd and at this point im at 100 and it flys to 115 and i go to 5th and drop it to 4th and get up to 130 and i keep going in 5th till i get to 140 muahzzzzzz gotta love it baby.. no clutch... try it..

1. You've been here for what 10 days and have 142 posts. Wtf?

2. Given the same car the only difference being the transmission(and permitting a halfway decent driver), the manual will win almost every time. Drivetrain loss + Stall converter = you're boned.

 

[skwirl]

Re: (BtownVolvo)

Quote, originally posted by BtownVolvo »

2. Given the same car the only difference being the transmission(and permitting a halfway decent driver), the manual will win almost every time. Drivetrain loss + Stall converter = you're boned.

And that's where a DSG tranny with paddle shifters comes in handy

Back on topic, if you are going to manually shift the geartronic for drag racing remember to shift a little earlier than your desired shift point. From what I remember, there was always a delay of about 500rpm between the time I told the car to upshift and when it actually upshifted.

 

[selrahc]

Re:

one time i accidentally shifted into 1st instead of 3rd during a turn and i saw the tachometer shoot over 7500 rpm... now that was scary

 

[nme95k]

Re: (BtownVolvo)

Quote, originally posted by BtownVolvo »

1. You've been here for what 10 days and have 142 posts. Wtf?

whats the point? people posting questions i had experience in answering, just like you right now, 143 posts, and alot of good looking stuff i seen on sites, i liked, posted thumbs up... and the long island R forum on the regional section i keep up with the convo...... dick

 

[BtownVolvo]

Re: (nme95k)

Quote, originally posted by nme95k »

whats the point? people posting questions i had experience in answering, just like you right now, 143 posts, and alot of good looking stuff i seen on sites, i liked, posted thumbs up... and the long island R forum on the regional section i keep up with the convo...... dick

Let me put this in a form you might understand:

you really needs to stops posting useless stuffs, like when you like stuff, or want to post thumbs up, it serves no purpose and gets really aggravating...because that means i have to read your mindless run on sentences about how you got road head and did a burn out in a gravel parking lot with your new car...even if keeping with island R forum no reason you should have 143 posts in 9 days......tard

Make sense? Good.

 

[nme95k]

Re: (BtownVolvo)

coming from a drummer, last named walker, driving a s70. lol

 

[BtownVolvo]

Re: (nme95k)

Quote, originally posted by nme95k »

coming from a drummer, last named walker, driving a s70. lol

What the fcuk does that have to do with anything?

 

[nme95k]

Re: (BtownVolvo)

wasting too many comments on you... your retarded go to disney land

 

[BtownVolvo]

Re: (nme95k)

Quote, originally posted by nme95k »

wasting too many comments on you... your retarded go to disney land

Ok. You're just not making any sense. Get an education, then come talk to me.

*High Five*

 

[skwirl]

Re: (nme95k)

Quote, originally posted by nme95k »

coming from a drummer, last named walker, driving a s70. lol

That drummer named Walker owns a S40 T5 too, actually. But, what does that have to do with anything in the first place?

 

[cicatrizdare]

Re: (nme95k)

Quote, originally posted by nme95k »

wasting too many comments on you... your retarded go to disney land

God damn you get stupider every time you post.

 

[chendawg]

Re: (cicatrizdare)

Quote, originally posted by cicatrizdare »

God damn you get stupider every time you post.

Agreed.

 

[1SOUL]

Re: (cicatrizdare)

Quote, originally posted by cicatrizdare »

God damn you get stupider every time you post.

Hahahaha, cica, I love your one liners of wisdom. Your other one of "You are a waste of life" made me lol at work. My coworkers were looking at me as if I was demonically possessed.