Hello Friend
I drive a 2015 Porsche Macan-S and it has 26,000 miles on it. My question is; I have driven it on a few 750 miles drives on I-95 at the speed of 85-95 mph @2000-2600 rpm's for hours at a time before refueling. (Total trip time is roughly 9.5 hours). Is that pushing it too hard? Will it cause engine damage over time as I may have to make such trips 6 to 8 times a year? Any thoughts?
Thank you for your input.
Francesco
Assuming you drive it as a normal commuter would drive at 75-85mph to and from work, or assuming you are drag racing Camaro's? Both will have different affects on the car and on your wallet.
Freeway driving puts very little wear on a vehicles powertrain compared to city driving. For example, my old car used to stall and fail in the city, but go perfectly fine going hundreds of miles on the highway. Scotty's figure is that non-stop highway driving at 65 70 mph is about 10% of wear of stop and go city driving. Honestly, I'm not an expert but it is a German car you are better off driving it on the highway than in the city. The thing with German car's is, that if you test their limits, they will shock you with their performance, but in the end, fall apart in front of your eyes. REGULAR freeway driving should be fine.
cars were made for driving
I’d like to hear others thoughts. I think you’ll be fine.
It’s a German car. They basically invented the freeway. So it better hold up on the freeway.
Heck, they go faster in Germany, there is no speed limit.
Yeah. A 15 year old Porshce could be falling apart with 50 thousand miles while a 5 year old one with 200 thousand freeway miles could be holding up well. The important thing to note is that: German car's were developed with performance higher up a standard than durability. Test the limits, and it will fall apart. Normal highway driving that will be less than 10 thousand miles a year going 90mph so that is basically equivalent to 1000 city miles in one year. Should be fine unless you drive like a maniac. 2000 rpm is not that much.
For any car, highway driving is better than city driving since you have less wear, no matter German or Japanese or American made.
one thing is that when you go over 65-70 mph, the mph drops.
Yes. I believe VW Group designed the Macan with the Autobahn on their mind loL.
I think you mean mpg