freeflight

By drive hard I mean bounce off the rev limiter. At how many miles approximately, and what is the thought behind it?

Brand new
After break in (600 miles according to the manual)
After certain miles
Never

Hoovey689

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Second day I got it, I went WOT to 120

Phresh2010

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i did it once during my break in period, bounced off the limiter between 3rd to fifth gear, and now i do it once in awhile but i have a is250 so it goes nowhere, kinda pointless to wot lol =P, cant wait to switch to an F!!!

ML11IS250

Right after the break in period at 1K miles.

relaxfoo

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^^^haha, i went wooot in my is250 as my wife's sentra passed me

RocketGuy3

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The moment I bought it... well after warming up the engine appropriately, of course.

I think these engines are pretty much broken in at the factory. Either way, it's whatevs. I take good enough care of her.

josephx66

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during the test drive with the sales rep in the car...

kumquatism

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Never bounced off the rev limiter before. I hella baby my car lol. Although I've dropped the clutch at 4k+ rpm a few times before.

don

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I went about 100+ on my test drive with about 30 miles on the odometer

grondie

On my 07 IS350, I waited until 1000 miles until I really pushed it..

Pnthrzrule

Would someone please be so kind as to explain to me what it means to, "bounce off the rev limiter?"

KillaIS250

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You literally hit a point where the car "kicks back" and prevents you from revving any higher. It basically prevents you from revving to high and causing engine damage. Happens usually when you have the car in sport-shift mode and rev too high in any gear instead of shifting up.

langjaykev

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never my odo is at 6770 haha Dont think I ever even smashed the gas all the way to the floor before! maybe 80-90% down tho and the first time was at like 3000 on the odo.

shadowman

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Like what killa said...

It's a limiter set by the engineers to prevent you from damaging your engine. Once you reach the limiter, the ecu will cut off fuel to the engine to momentarily drop the rev down... that's why you get the bounce effect.

On Topic, I didn't open it up until the first oil change. I'm a bit paranoid

anthrax144

So why did you get a 350 then? Should have picked up a 250 IMO.

I picked up my car used with 30k miles on it so, yeah, day 1 and the first open road.