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View Poll Results: How often do you hit the rev limiter
Everyday 5+ occurances 1 1.27%
Everyday 9 11.39%
Sometimes 16 20.25%
Rarely 29 36.71%
Never, its a Porsche why would I hurt it like that 24 30.38%
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Old 09-26-2014, 04:53 AM   #28
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well, the redline on my car is 7200 rpm and the rev limiter is at 7200 rpm, and arguing semantics on the internet never ends well so i'll leave it there. regarding the word 'ignorance' which seems to be getting thrown around a bit here, 'ignorance' is defined as 'lacking knowledge or information'. you state that he is ignorant to assume that hitting the limiter has no affect on the car. let's ask Porsche - do type 1 overrevs (hitting the rev limiter) affect warranty? no. that is information which you seem to have been lacking.
So you are saying warranty equals no harm to a car? Just because it's still covered under warranty doesn't mean it's okay. You take a boxster and bounce the limiter on every shift vs driving it the way it was intended to drive and will see which one has a longer life.
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