FTA: Lib Dem coalition members

Lib Dem? Seriously?

It's got to be pretty embarrassing when your BMW is cut off by a bicyclist.

/seriously 20mph is really f'ing slow. my car is a piece of shiat and I can't drive 20mph without wanting to beat my head against a wall.

Flint Ironstag: Stupid woman. How does driving in a lower gear put "more of a strain on the car"?

If the engine is doing 2000rpm in 4th at 30mph or 2000rpm in third at 20mph then what is the difference? It's still doing 2000rpm.

In fact, if she's in 4th then she is not in fifth, so she's already putting "puts more of a strain on the car" herself anyway.

Load is different depending on speed. Higher speeds put more load on the engine, regardless of RPM.

Biatch be lyin', yo. Every engine has a peak efficiency range, and until you get into the zone where you're in the engine's sweet spot while doing the highest speed possible you are going to get less fuel economy, but lower speeds load up the engine less and cause less wear.

Some cars (very few) are poorly geared for the street, with a 1st gear that will lug the engine at 20mph, necessitating the slipping of the clutch. Running +2 tires on an already-marginal drivetrain can make this worse. However, no production BMW has this issue. Only a select group of cars built for the race track exhibit any problems putting around at less than 30mph. coont says herself that she's in 4th. Drop it down to 1st or 2nd and there is no problem at all.

Problem is, this is the Daily Fail we're talking about here. Got a big "notsureifserious.jpg" going on.

Lovesandwich: It's a diesel.

Driving short trips no matter how fast you go will be bad for the engine.

That's true of all engines. Quick bursts of stop-and-go is where most of the wear occurs, unless you're at a race track.

As long as it's up to operational temp, it shouldn't be a huge problem.

sycraft: Need to get Morbo out for a "ENGINES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!"

It is true that you'll get less MPG at slower speeds. MPG is a curve, you get less at slower speeds, less at higher speeds. Every car has a peak MPG speed, usually in the 50-60MPH range.

However it places no more strain on your engine to go slower than faster. The strain on the engine, such as it is, is entirely related to RPMs, which of course you can control by choosing a gear. Also engines are perfectly happy running at higher RPMs. You can run them at 4k all the time and they'll purr along no problem.

This woman is either stupid, or just being a whiny biatch because she wants to drive faster.

You're forgetting load.

More load = more wear, regardless of RPM.

Tjaden4815: In comments section Britons are calling her out for driving a "big car." Since when is a BMW 3-Series a Big Car?

Since the Ford Prefect.

/Mr. Bean
//my shift key keeps crapping out...

Move her ugly mug from the pic and let me admire that fine piece of work. Even finer because it has a diesel.

/Would love to have one

Tim Tebow: [img822.imageshack.us image 468x345]

Nice work there.