Not sure why you would think that, the car has a rev limiter so how can you damage it?
I red line mine often, that's what its there for.
I red line mine often, that's what its there for.
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Indeed, besides when one redlines a car, in most cases it is on at that limit for a small time then it changes gear.
The only exception is if someone engages manual mode and deliberately decides to drive down the road redlining it in say 1st gear.
I had to take the wife to hospital on boxing day in the early morning hours 2am from memory, it was taking the ambulance at least 1 hour on average due to snow, only 4" on top of ice, but enough in the UK to cause havoc, lots of FWD stranded on the road side, one in a ditch. Our friends fwd Ford couldn't get traction so they ended up in a hotel overnight.
My AWD car on summer tyres got us there with out drama.
Since having a Audi Quattro in 1999 I have only driven AWD turbo cars.
My AWD car on summer tyres got us there with out drama.
Since having a Audi Quattro in 1999 I have only driven AWD turbo cars.
It will also prevent you changing up too early. The ranges for each gear is shown in the manual.
mazdadude
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Yes... in manual mode it will allow you to bring to the redline, but after ~10 seconds at redline(?) it realizes that you forgot to shift, and it will go ahead and up shift for you.
Little known fact, when talking about the MANUAL MODE....When the Mazda5 first came out in 2006, the Manual mode feature was responsible for a few car fires, as there were drivers who forgot to upshift, and who were on the highway pegging the tach at redline for miles... causing the exhaust systems to overheat and catch fire! Within several weeks, Mazda recalled all of the Mazda5's to change the shift logic of the MANUAL mode, and they added shielding to the body from the exhaust heat, and lowered the muffler from the body slightly...
Interesting.... I remember that recall... didn't hear about the detailed cause though.
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My 80 year old father in law was dating this 70 year old lady who had a Subaru Impreza. They drove it roundtrip from Philadelphia to Boston. When they returned my father-in law said he hated the car because it was jerky and sounded like an airplane. He asked me to look at it for her. I quickly realized that they were driving it in manual mode and the car would require a red-line before it would shift out. They drove all the way to Boston (and back!) like that. In fact, she always drove it like that. The car only had ~10K miles over 5-6 years but boy, those are hard miles!
Mazda RX-7 didn't have one :-D
Pretty sure RX-8 didn't either. They have a shift reminder buzzer. Scared the hell out of me the first time because I didn't know what it was. I want to say I went about 1k over the redline (8200 redline maybe?). It was first gear so it got up there QUICK.
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Good point.... sports cars excluded 
paging_drburgos
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So wait a sec. I've read about red-lining in an RX8 being good for the engine because it helps with carbon buildup do to the design of the engine. Rotarys make me want to (dance). Ahem, anyway, how would redlining our CX-5's be good for them? I always assumed that it just caused extra unnecessary strain on the engine.
Also, you haven't lived if you haven't driven a an RX7 or RX8. There's something magical about them.
Also, you haven't lived if you haven't driven a an RX7 or RX8. There's something magical about them.
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Unnecessary strain? No. That's what I'm trying to get across. The car is designed to get close to redline. It's not harmful at all. You can't actually hit the redline. The car will shift before it hits that.
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mazdadude
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We are not talking about redlining the SPEEDOMETER. Just 25mph will REDLINE 1st gear...
He cannot go 25 mph. Maybe he lives in dontown?
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The exception that proves the rule...
The exception that proves the rule...
This is good to know. A few times when I threw it into 4th coming down a long grade I forgot to put it into Drive at the bottom of the hill at the stop sign. The engine screamed as I drove off in 1st. I think it got up to almost 4000 rpm before I realized what I did and threw it back into drive. It's not a pretty sound, at least not with a stock exhaust.
