XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 03/03/2022 12:59 PM, Jacob Jones wrote:   
   > On Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:49:46 +1100, Bob F  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 3/3/2022 12:03 PM, micky wrote:   
   >>> In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 3 Mar 2022 12:47:28 -0600, Paul in Houston   
   >>> TX  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> micky wrote:   
   >>>>> Is red-lining worse, better, or the same when the engine is driving   
   >>>>> the   
   >>>>> wheels as when the wheels are driving the engine?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I use the engine to slow down when going down hill, and today, for   
   >>>>> example, I put the ATransmission into 2nd and then engine went briefly   
   >>>>> to 5500, the apparent red line.   For several seconds was at 5000 and   
   >>>>> even longer at 4500.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I did that exiting the freeway in my last Toyota.   
   >>>> It sucked a valve into the combustion chamber and broke a piston rod   
   >>>> destroying the engine.  I gave it away to a needy person who installed   
   >>>> a   
   >>>> used engine and ended up with a nice car.   
   >>>  So you're suggesting I shouldn't do it?   
   >>>  Unless your freeway was going very steeply down hill, I would think you   
   >>> came close to the redline even less time than I have!!   
   >>>  This is a 2021 or 2022 Citroen C-3.  A rental with only 9000 miles on   
   >>> it, so it must be new.   I think I bought the insurance, but regardless,   
   >>> I don't want to hurt the car.    mAYBE I shouldnt go lower than 3rd gear   
   >>> and rely on the brakes for anything more.   
   >>   
   >> A motorcycle shop owner heard me downshift to slow as I approached his   
   >> lot, and immediately told me that breaks were a lot cheaper to replace   
   >> than engine and clutch.   
   >   
   > Rather a silly comment if you end up crashing because the brakes overheat   
   > and you can't stop.   
      
   If that's happening you DESERVE to crash.   
      
   Only once -- the very first time I drove down a mountain road -- did my   
   brakes get too hot to stop as quickly as I wanted.  Lesson learned.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
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       or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even   
       possibly incurring losses."                       -- C.M.Cipolla   
      
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