I drive a 2009 Mini Cooper Clubman and have 65,000 miles as of today. I live in Germany and drive 60+ miles to work, each way, each day in my current job - so I am now driving ~30K miles just to work per year. With the unrestricted speed limit on sections of the autobahn (it IS as fantastic as it …

" nothing to worry about…ride it like the rest of the US wish we could. " Count Me Out ! I might try it, once, but on a daily basis, no way ! Those little cars aren’t set up for a collision at that speed, no NASCAR style cage or safety equipment. A road hazard, spill, animal, mechanical, tire or…

Wow, thanks for all the feedback. I want to address some the questions - the car is US Spec. (I am in the US Army, stationed here). Redline is 6,500 and I checked today, 120 MPH is right at 5,100 in 6th gear. I have experienced some abnormal tireware, but assumed it was because I had winter tires…

OP = original poster (you, in this case). Only worrisome thing to me is using winter tires at high speed in summer - they’re not designed for that.

“OP” means “Original Poster”. At 5,100 RPM you’re shortening the engine’s lifespan, but whether it’s worth it to you is a personal choice. Sincere thanks for your military service. And I mean that.

Good posts all! German designed cars are meant to cruise at those speeds without falling apart. I remember driving 100mph in a small Ford Escort from Frankfurt Airport all the way to the Dutch border where I had to slow down to 80mph. The Dutch goverment considers 85 mph a “reasonable” highway speed…

Full synthetic oil only change every 2k. Change trans oil every motor oil change if u want to get Max life or every year. and you should get a better clutch cruising at high speed wears a manual clutch fast so u want a good one and change your sparkplugs with your trans fluid but honestly unless you…

How about 6 years late and he probably is not in Germany any more . And the engaged clutch does not care how fast the vehicle is going.

Haha dude cruising at high speed for a long time will make the clutch disc heat up and start wearing especially a stock one

Is fast driving bad?

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Barkydog March 2, 2013, 5:23am 28

My buds father’s motto was it does not hurt a good engine to go fast, Don’t know if he changed his mind after he needed an engine rebuild after 2 years of owning the car.

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Is fast driving bad?

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