Need advice for driving around town

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by thstone

I found this...

Keep her above 4000rpm and she'll thank you for it every day.

I don't disagree with the assertion that it's good to reach and exceed that RPM when driving the Boxster. Heck, once warmed up I'm hitting that 7000 mark on a regular basis It's a big part of the fun of driving a P-car! But, speaking not as an engineer but as an individual who's now driven this car for over 10 years, I certainly don't see a need to stay above 4000 all the time. It would get annoying and tiresome for one thing. (I'd never get my wife in the car!) And experience has shown me that it's just not necessary.

Mix it up. Go for redline every chance you get--it's a blast. Those higher RPMs are all the more fun when you're not up there all the time. And, geez, don't worry or feel guilty that maybe you're abusing your vehicle if you sometimes drive her gently in in the 2500 RPM range. But definitely don't lug it---we've heard persuasive testimony in the past from someone who knows a thing or two about these cars that doing so increases the odds of IMSB failure.