Does anyone else think that there should be a rev-omiter and an odomiter?

[rider]

Seriously. A car might have 30,000 miles but be driven that at 6,000rpm all the time.

I think there should be a rev-omiter to tell how many revs it's done, as well as the miles.

Thoughts?

[kozzington]

Not really. Seems pointless. If you mean average revs, well I could just leave my car on idle for the night and the average RMP would die down.

[cronic5]

It would certainly be helpful when buying a car and knowing the condition, but generally it isn't needed seeing as how you can generally tell the condition of the car by test driving it and checking it out.

Maybe for the layperson. It is a good concept but I doubt it'll ever turn into something.

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Considering hardly any car is redlined for more than a second at a time, and sporadically at that, it wouldnt really raise the "revometer" by that much. Hell, my car redlines at 6500, and doing 85 on the freeway I'm turning at 4000~. Given a lot of highway commute, and my car could have a 3500~ rev average, which looks terrible. Damn 4 speed autos.

[Vargus]

Considering hardly any car is redlined for more than a second at a time, and sporadically at that, it wouldnt really raise the "revometer" by that much. Hell, my car redlines at 6500, and doing 85 on the freeway I'm turning at 4000~. Given a lot of highway commute, and my car could have a 3500~ rev average, which looks terrible. Damn 4 speed autos.

My VUE turns that fast in 5'th. :)

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My VUE turns that fast in 5'th. :)

Aren't gutless cars so much fun?

[blankooie]

Meh...

My car redlines at 6000, but when finding the max speed it goes quite a bit beyond that. :)

[phmeworp]

It is an interesting concept, but hardly novel. Piston powered aircraft have exactly such a thing (don't know about jets as I have never owned one of them).

The tachometer has an odometer-like readout that keeps track of engine time, normalized to 'maximum' RPM; essentially the top of the green arc which is sometimes also the redline, but not always. Many airplanes also have what is known as a "Hobbs" meter that keeps track of the actual time the engine is running regardless of RPM or power. Having both is a good feature, although neither one alone, or in combination, tell the true story about wear and tear on the machine.

[ratfrink]

Aren't gutless cars so much fun?

My Corolla is the same. 70 is 3,000rpm, 85 would be about 4,000 yeah. I don't go that fast though.

It's got a wheel bearing going ker-grm-grm-grm-grm-grm too. Thankfully it's a rear so it's pretty easy to replace, once it stops raining.

[Dr rocker]

Depends on the car and the engine. The K series powered Rovers I have had, never had any problems going up to and a little past 7k revs once they were warm. The gearboxes on the otherhand... Although one can tell from the general condition of the car how it has been driven. My Hilux has no rev counter, but its diesel and I have hearing.

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My Hilux has no rev counter, but its diesel and I have hearing.

Is it even possible to thrash a stock diesel hilux?


On topic now, really it'd be better to store the info on the cars computer.
Whenever you want to buy a used car you just hook up your little reader thing and have it show how long the engines spent at however many revs.

[rider]

Whenever you want to buy a used car you just hook up your little reader thing and have it show how long the engines spent at however many revs.

Elaborate?

[Roooooooooooooooooooooot!]

Elaborate?
Basically have the cpu log how long the engine has spent between every thousand revs.


So if the readout on the used car you want to buy shows a big number next to what the engine redlines at, maybe you not buy.

To me it sounds alot simpler and effective then adding another gauge to the dash that'd just give a useless average anyway.

[1983]

^Could work... I just don't want to deal with more computers in my vehicles though... Tired of having to replace small parts that cost a big dollar and the more things added the more your wallet will take a hit.

Al

[ComradeAsh]

Didn't some old lincoln have a readout of how many revs the car had done?

Maybe it was a cadillac.

But I distinctly remember something having that feature.

[rider]

Didn't some old lincoln have a readout of how many revs the car had done?

Maybe it was a cadillac.

But I distinctly remember something having that feature.

It was old 'Vettes. I think it's a great concept, but I don't know why it didn't catch on.