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My oldest son (31) is in for the holidays and had been on me to let him drive my TR6. I kept telling him that the weather wasn't good and just didn't want to have to detail it again for the winter. Dang if the sun didn't come out and I ran out of excuses. I had to crank her up and get her warm and told him to take it easy. About an hour later he comes back and the engine is smoking. With my setup (far from stock), anytime you redline it more than once, I get oil blowing out somewhere and the resultant drip on my custom dual exhaust gives off a mighty smoky engine compartment. It is my little tattle-tale that I may have pushed it too hard. I can drive nonstop for eight hours and this will never happen, even pushing it hard.
The same thing happened a few months ago when a mechanic/friend that owns many LBCs offered to drive my car to diagnose a little sound. He redlined it for about 2 miles in second and almost gave me and the car a coronary.
I may sound like a wimp when it comes to driving my car but I know what it is capable of and how hard I can push it. Push it I do, but not abuse it. Therein lies the difference between me driving my car and someone else driving it. Tain't gonna happen again.
The same thing happened a few months ago when a mechanic/friend that owns many LBCs offered to drive my car to diagnose a little sound. He redlined it for about 2 miles in second and almost gave me and the car a coronary.
I may sound like a wimp when it comes to driving my car but I know what it is capable of and how hard I can push it. Push it I do, but not abuse it. Therein lies the difference between me driving my car and someone else driving it. Tain't gonna happen again.