I think the biggest reason for the Uplander longer hood design was to get better crash ratings.
Ok, since it's a rental outfit and it's been driven hard, it's ok.quote:
By the way, it's a rental vehicle, and as such probably had been driven hard ever since it was delivered to the rental dealershp, so tell me how going to 6000 rpm for maybe 3 seconds is going to ruin an engine?
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I thoroughly agree that mistreating a rental car is disrespectful. I rent cars frequently and treat them with respect. However, ripping on this guy for reving a car to 6000rpm for 3 seconds is rediculous. First of all, he did not think it would hurt the car. Therefore, he was not being disrespectfull. Secondly, you can argue 'till the cows come home about how bad it is to rev an engine that is not under load. His 3 second experiment would not produce any significant wear or damage, even if you used SWRI's radioactive oil wear measurement techniques. Get off the soap box.
Whether it was intentional or not, I find that insulting to my intelligence. Rather than resort to verbal bashing and name-calling, maybe I'll just ask a moderator to delete the thread in its entirety. This is just getting out of hand.quote:
If you every find yourself reving the engine to red line in neutral, you must immediately pull the shift lever into drive to stop this situation. Then, to protect the engine don't let off the gas all at once. Count to ten, then gradually let up.