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Originally Posted by Jaxonalden
Notice the section for "Ignitions (Range 1)." This vehicle shows "13958/917h" which means the vehicle has used the rev-limiter for 13,958 ignitions, the last time being at 917 hours. So this indicates the engine was red-lined often and the last time occurred recently since the engine only has 917 hours.
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Hitting the rev limiter ≠ taking the engine to the redline. Instead, it indicates an inattentive and bad driver who doesn't know when to shift... or one who feels that it's faster to not shift for that split second before a braking.
The redline on the tach simply represents the safe cutoff on the high end of the engine operating range, and it is a perfectly good idea to use the entire range when necessary (or when it's not
) The rev limiter is for those times when you go over the redline, and it prevents you from revving the engine beyond spec.
