some texas redneck posted:

Mom swears up and down that going above 2500 RPM will ruin the engine. She has a 1MZ-FE with a ~6500 RPM redline.

Somehow, every time I drive her car, the MPG display thingamajob winds up reading much higher than when she drives it (generally by 2-3 mpg for that tank). I quickly get up to the speed of traffic, while she lolligags and takes a couple of minutes to hit 40 while texting, making phone calls, and generally trusting the car to take care of itself.

The upshift light in my car wants me in 5th by 25-30 mph, in a compact car with a (larger) 4 cylinder. I can't even maintain 30 in 4th without the engine sounding like it wants to put itself out of its misery, 5th drops it below idle anywhere below 30, and if I actually pay attention to the shift light's helpful advice, I wind up getting misfire codes, catalyst codes, and rich codes pretty quickly.

I've actually managed to get the upshift light to turn on in reverse.