How do you drive your tuned car?

[wingnut]

I notice on this forum that some people are turning away from this car because of reliability issues and I understand that. I personally have had great luck with my car and it is Trifecta tuned. The thing is I drive it like a granny 90+% of the time.
I was just wondering if you have your car tuned, do you beat on it pretty hard, or are you more judicious with that power? Just throwing this out there for discussion.

 

[sonic_braaappp]

Mines efi live tuned, and I also drive like a granny most the time. The only exception to that is if traffic is heavy and I'm trying to merge on the interstate, then I'll accelerate a bit harder to make merging easier and that's it. I've had zero mechanical issues with my car

 

[Leam1002]

My car is BNR tuned and I love the additional power it provided, as far as driving it hard that's what I tuned it for still averages 32mpg and zero problems yet.

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[Chrish051873]

trifecta tuned, new select a tune !

i drive it like i stole it, lol

honestly i guess i do find myself pushing it hard than driving it around like ole gramps.

going strong, no issues here(knock on wood)

chris

 

[MidnightClub3]

I enjoy the low end torque when I can. Gears 1-4 I pull through pretty hard... once I'm up to speed it's full on granny mode.

 

[Swordsmith]

I spend about 2% of the time pushing it harder than a stock Sonic would go. The vast majority of the time, I'm driving at speed, or in traffic, or on a curvy road, lots of places where there's no call at all for Moar Power.

I will push as hard as I can up the occasional onramp, where there's nothing in my way and getting up to freeway speeds fast as opposed to ploddingly is a viable plan. Sometimes, it's even a good idea; there are some onramps out in western PA, and in some other places I've been, where your merge lane is about 3 carlengths long, and getting up to 70+mph in a hurry might save your life. But usually, just for fun.

I also sometimes pass going uphill on a steep grade, where there's no way my un-modded, un-tuned Sonic would have been able to do so (and almost all the cars around me are slowly losing speed, which just makes me chuckle).

But again, those events, even though I take advantage of them whenever I can, just don't come up all that often.

 

[4g63gst20]

Cant tell if its the tune or not, my car has spent, more time at dealership than in my driveway. Im considering asking them to help me make my monthly payment

 

[ChrisRS]

Have the ZZP tune and intake. Finally have the tune right ~3 weeks ago. More aggressive with it now, but starting to mellow. Thinking about removing the muffler. Wanted to get the ZZP cat back, but wife not going for it.

 

[sonicR]

Traded my pos in. Yaahh.

 

[sonicR]

Cant tell if its the tune or not, my car has spent, more time at dealership than in my driveway. Im considering m to help me make my monthly payment

Amen brother. . Chevy have crappy customer service! !!!!!!! The car is ok and bareable, but when you tAKe it in for a repair and it comes back worse than it came then the service dept have an attitude. There's a serious problem. The repairs they made could have killed someone! NOT HAPPY I have parts for sale

 

[TheGreenDragon]

Amen brother. . Chevy have crappy customer service! !!!!!!!

Quality of the car aside, poor customer service at dealerships isn't something exclusive to Chevy. Just do a search on poor customer service for Jeeps, and you'll see what I mean.

You can't blame Chevy for a dealership that is running a rather scummy business; you can, however, report them to the corporate office.

Then again, if your dealings have primarily been with the corporate office, and they have been just as horrid, I will retract my statement.

 

[bluejay]

agreed , all dealerships suck equally !

 

[rodslinger]

I was just wondering if you have your car tuned, do you beat on it pretty hard, or are you more judicious with that power? Just throwing this out there for discussion.

Drive it like a normal person 99% of the time. The other 1% is just passing, a merge or getting out of the way. It's nice being able to do both without having to press any buttons.... /end shameless BNR plug

 

[Stew]

I tuned at around 32k miles. I put on 20k+ miles a year, most of the time I do drive pretty hard but most of my driving is middle of the day when traffic is light, which is nice.

I haven't had any major problems with my car, just a couple minor problems like a leaky coolant hose from rubbing a bracket, leaking oil pan gasket which was a warranty fix and a corroded spark plug spring which was causing a misfire.