Originally Posted by
OrganicFoxes
Around 70 to 80mph with 2 bikes, one on the top of the car and one on the back, 2 big boxes on top with one being my tv inside. Not to mention the amount of things in the car as well. 3400mile trip which I did 3 times in the span of 2 months. 10k miles of being absolutely abused yet seems to still hold up 50k miles after that.
I have done a few long road trips with the car being loaded like that since then, but knowing what I know now I do not drive like that anymore. My driving style now is to hold it at 3k and go whatever speed that will get me to, which most the time is barley the speed limit on most interstates. CVT still gets into hot zone but never above 210F even on the hottest of days with the aircon on.
OF - This thread is chocked full of good and interesting info. Your car looks ... impressive, loaded down with all that stuff. That's not to say that to make your car look impressive you have to load it down with crap. It's just that, for such a little vehicle, these turds can work like a pack-mule. And yours looks like "the little engine that could," loaded down with all that stuff. Impressive.
And, I questioned the 4,000 rpm thing a bit myself, too. Because at 4,000 rpm in a 5-speed, it's rolling about 80 mph. CVTs generally turn less rpm on the interstate than the 5-speed. So for you to be running 4,000 rpm, you'd be going faster than 80 mph. However, with all that load and drag, I guess a CVT would rev higher than normal in order to increase the hp to overcome the drag. So, now it makes sense after seeing that picture.
We really need to get together an Atlanta area get together. Too bad Dirk is moving (or has moved).
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