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 Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sat, 11 September 2004 12:17
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Do you ever feel guilty about giving your car a fang? I've had my car over a year (bought it new) and over 10,000k's later I still feel a touch of pain whenever I mistreat her. Is this normal???
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Sat, 11 September 2004 12:27
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| Conquest wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 22:17 |
Do you ever feel guilty about giving your car a fang? I've had my car over a year (bought it new) and over 10,000k's later I still feel a touch of pain whenever I mistreat her. Is this normal???
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i feel it too... i think its normal
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Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sat, 11 September 2004 15:28
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Definitely normal 
Give her a pat when your finished...thats what i did 
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The Eastwood MASSIVE !
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May 2003
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Sun, 12 September 2004 01:44
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She loves it , otherwise she would tell me. 
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 01:57
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well i thrashed mine once and then the bottom end decided to die, but of course it was only because i thrashed it that once that it died, it wouldnt have anything to do with the fact that the motor was probably fucked beforehand!
/end rant
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sunny coast, qld
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October 2002
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Sun, 12 September 2004 02:36
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| MR 1GGTE wrote on Sun, 12 September 2004 11:57 |
well i thrashed mine once and then the bottom end decided to die, but of course it was only because i thrashed it that once that it died, it wouldnt have anything to do with the fact that the motor was probably fucked beforehand!
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so was that guilty or not?
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Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 02:37
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I never feel quilty, the 4age loves the revs 
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 03:05
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| Chris Davey wrote on Sun, 12 September 2004 12:06 |
| MR 1GGTE wrote on Sun, 12 September 2004 11:57 |
well i thrashed mine once and then the bottom end decided to die, but of course it was only because i thrashed it that once that it died, it wouldnt have anything to do with the fact that the motor was probably fucked beforehand!
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so was that guilty or not?
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funney 
more pissed off that anything else
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toowoomba qld
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March 2004
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Sun, 12 September 2004 03:18
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when its my car I feel guilty. when its a mates I don't, fuck it, flog the fuck out of it!! (only if I'm told its a quick car) any other time I drive someone elses car normally
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Bayside Melbourne.
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May 2003
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Sun, 12 September 2004 04:33
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When I thought the transmission was on its way out I was fanging my car thinking I had nothing to lose... I later found out the kickdown cable just wasn't attached and the transmission was actually fine. I felt really guilty about punishing the poor thing when it was really just confused and didn't know what it was supposed to be doing (it wasn't changing gears at the right time or smoothly without the cable). 
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Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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May 2002
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 09:52
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Yea I feel guilty over the price of fuel and tyres and think I probably shouldn't be doing 120 in 2nd.
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Sydney/Wollongong
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October 2003
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 12:09
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Yeah a little, but I'm good to her in the service department so that helps ease the pain.
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Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 12:16
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| monkeymajik wrote on Sun, 12 September 2004 22:09 |
Yeah a little, but I'm good to her in the service department so that helps ease the pain.
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yeh...as long as you do that and give her a pat or something...she'll serve you for evermore
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Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 12:46
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I dont think its good to be bouncing off the rev limiter....
But I know she loves it
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Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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May 2002
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 03:48
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| Conquest wrote on Sun, 12 September 2004 21:00 |
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...and think I probably shouldn't be doing 120 in 2nd
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Not the smartest move But then again I could argue I wasn't used to the raw power & grip...
'But officer, my daily driver is a Corolla'
'Ok then, on your way sir'
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Yea not really since @ 6000rpm it's gone way past it's peak output. But it's still cool because I can. And when I move the shifter from 2 to D, well, it's hard to describe the forward surge the car gives. 
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Yeah a little, but I'm good to her in the service department so that helps ease the pain.
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Yep, same. I feed it some good oil, genuine filters and gaskets and the best type IV toyota auto fluid. The power steering gets a drink of that too. Plus a yearly coolant drain and fill. I should really look after the outside more though, but meh. It's too dry.
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yeh...as long as you do that and give her a pat or something...she'll serve you for evermore
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Heh, I thought I was the only one to give the top of the dash a pat and say "good car".
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 06:56
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I felt a lot of pain on friday night, took my car out and then somehow got talked into some circle work in a paddock, did it three or four times then standing next to the car chatting it overheats and pisses out a bit of coolant. Popped the bonnet let it cool for about 20 mins topped up coolant and then limped home. I accidentally took it too 6.4krpm (redline 5. . That night whilst sleeping I had the worst stomach aches and felt like I would vomit. All was well the next morning though when it fired up first go and my aches went straight away. I also had a test that morning so prob combination of stress and pain for the car.
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Gold Coast
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June 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 15:04
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I never used to feel guilty until I destroyed a 3s-ge in my first car now I take care and always feel the engines pain after a bit of a hard drive
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Perth
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September 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Tue, 14 September 2004 05:06
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I'd feel hell guilty if I actually broke something, or overrevved it, but as for giving it some stick - it's what they're built for. 'Thrashing' a car, in my opinion, is pushing it beyond its design limits - so flogging a Camry to 7k RPM is most definitely thrashing it, and well worth feeling guilty for, but letting a 4A-G(Z)E rev out to 7k RPM is perfectly OK.
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south Melbourne/KL
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June 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Fri, 15 October 2004 20:20
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if u have a 4age u shouldnt feel guilty for revving it up. why would u think toyota made TVIS and VVTL at high revs?? its built for that and she would feel bored if u didnt bring up the revs!!
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sydney
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March 2004
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sat, 16 October 2004 02:20
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nothing wrong with driving the car hard every now and then. if something breaks coz you took it for a fang then it needs to be fix anyway
just remember to look after it and it should be fine. give it service regualy, warm the oil up before punching it, cooling down if turbo etc...
im actually feeling sori for my ZE, its been a week and it hasnt seen past 4000rpm coz of my clutch, trying to preserve it as much as possible to get me to work
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Re: Do you ever feel guilty?
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Sat, 16 October 2004 04:28
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Nah, I don't feel guilty. She always gets a pat after a fanging, and is well serviced
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