Boxster Redlined

[pixlanish]

alright nice because i drove about 5 more mins after that and the car felt alot different.

[cvhs18472]

Maybe it has to do with the old expression about "blowing the carbon out". JK, Ed

[landrovered]

Placebo effect caused by guilt and adrenaline.

[sd_boxster]

Over-revving during a downshift is a great way to wreck your engine. It sounds like you didn't over-rev, since you say you only hit about 6500 RPM.

"I have it in trip" - does this mean it's an automatic that you were manually shifting? If so, the computer is not going to let you over-rev.

Either way, it doesn't sound like you have anything to worry about. When you say "the car felt a lot different" - what does that mean? Better? Worse?

Now, about the street racing thing...

[mikefocke]

for shift points that it uses as it senses what kind of driving you do. Your downshift told it to go the the most aggressive program as opposed to the gas saver program. And as you drove normally if came out of that program and back to normal.

Don't rev it high until it is all warm.