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One more thing… Is it safe to be driving for 3 or more hours on the highway going an average of 85 mph? My dad was scaring me and telling me that the vehicle isn't designed to go that fast, and that I cant go past 75 mph, which is obviously bogus.
i am going to college soon, and I am going to have to drive 400 miles to see my girlfriend at fsu, is my '05 Hundai accent made to go that far, that fast?? 85 mph? what's the safe speed?
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Father is usually right (as you'll recognize more and more as you get older
He would never steer you wrong, just trying to keep you safe and responsible. They tell you things like this so you will be prepared when you don't listen and the engine blows because you failed to notice the temperature gauge or oil pressure gauge.
It is never safe to disregard the posted speed limits. They are there for your safety as well as the safety of others.
Just remember that it is a easy 4-cylinder. And while the speedometer goes to 130, it isn't recommended - it's not a sports car, it's a compact. The risk of rollover is greatly increased if you lose control at highway speeds. While they don't 'design' automobiles around speed limits, it's never a good idea to test the limits.
400 miles translates to roughly 6 hours at 65 mph. At 85 you'll only gain approx 1 hour. Read your owner's manual. If you don't have one, get one. Much needed info in there, your dad might even splurge for it.
Enough speech, you really want the technical stuff. Your vehicle is probably equipped with 13 inch tires. Not only will you feel everything in the road at 85, your gas mileage will be extremely poor. You may not be thinking of it from this standpoint, but gas isn't getting cheaper and cars don't fix themselves. High speed travel consumes 1.5 times more fuel than normal driving. Your automobile will survive as long as you take care of it.
For higher speed motoring, adjust the tire inflation to the highest recommendation on the tire itself. Low tire pressure will result in overheating and possible failure of the tires. Check your engine oil while the car is cold and your coolant level. Add as needed. Check belts for tension and wear and make sure all your lights work.
Remember also that with the miles, comes the maintenance. You will probably go through tires every 25,000, oil changes each 2 months, depending how often you drive to see her. It'll be approx 800 miles round trip. You will need to change the oil after 2 round trips. Rotate the tires every other oil change or each 6000 miles.
Be safe!
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It will not injured the car driving 85 MPH.. just maybe the pocket book if you get caught. You’ll not average 85 MPH however as that would mean you would need to be running over 100 MPH a lot to make that average. In days past they would say cruising speeds for cars and I had one car that would cruse at 94 MPH, top speed for the car was only about 105 MPH so it will not hurt you automobile. I also have a Hyundai car that I’ll not hesitate to drive 80 to 90 MPH (and do)and has not hurt it. Just don't drive so fast that you danger yourself or others.
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My wife owns a Hyundai Matrix, performance wise, I could never trust a Hyundai and I would rather go with your dads opinion. The old saying goes, with age comes experience. Book Mark it-> del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Facebook | Technorati | Google | StumbleUpon | Window Live | Tailrank | Furl | Netscape | Yahoo | BlinkList