| According to Click & Clack, The Tappet Bros (both MIT graduates) on their public radio show Car Talk, the number two cause of premature aging of an automobile is excessive acceleration and braking. non-technical way to explain it - forces are balanced, car is in more of a steady state at speed. less wear and tear. cars advertised as "highway miles" are considered to have more life left in them. I've heard the wear and tear on an average JDM Z engine is double the actual mileage because of all the stop and go traffic. cars also run cooler at steady speed, esp with OD water pump pulley, lol!
"Straight-line acceleration is probably the first aspect of automotive performance that any intelligent driver gets bored with." Peter Greg
"We owe a lot to the dragsters. They always break something, figure out a way to beef up the part and the benefit trickles down." Robo
"Not everything that can be counted counts. Not everything that counts can be counted." Einstein
"And now my friend, the first-a rule of Italian driving, [Franco rips off his rear-view mirror and throws it out of the car] what's-a behind me is not important." Raul Julia, playing Franco Bertollini while driving a Ferrari Daytona in the movie Gumball Rally
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