New P5 Owner with a Question

[drivenlegend]

I live in Tulsa and I just picked up an 02 Canadian model Midnight Blue. Has 76xxx kilometers on it and not TOO much rust!!! I've been wanting a P5 since back in '02 when I was a senior in high school without enough credit to get a new one from our local dealership. I sold my '07 Mazda 3 hatch a couple weeks ago and grabbed this P5 from a dealer in Texas!

So far, I have cleaned, cleaned, de-rusted, painted, cleaned and de-rusted some more. I love the car though, its a ton of fun. I'm sure that in the future I'll have a ton of questions for everyone here (as I had for the forums for my 98 240SX, Acura Legend, Suzuki SV650, and my 3). But for right now I've only got one. My car is a manual and I haven't had it up on the highway too much until today. I was wondering if it was normal to have the car be hovering at around 3,500 - 3,600 rpms? Seemed a little high to me, but that may just be me coming from my 3 that was an auto.

Let me know if you have any input!

Nate

Oh, and I'll post some pics shortly.

 

[bgibb68]

yeah...and enjoy good gas milage up to around 4k.....i usually cruise around 75-80(limit is 70-80....) and the rpms are right around 3.5-4k


and i get low to mid 30s

 

[drivenlegend]

Killer, thats all I really needed to know. I live in Oklahoma and half of the damn state is turnpike, so limit is 75 but most people run between 80-85 a good majority of the time. Its my DD so I don't actually have to be on highway too much, just happened to be yesterday and thought I'd ask.

Thanks
Nate

 

[daragez]

oh where's the pics..? post it now...lol

 

[bgibb68]

oh where's the pics..? post it now...lol

(stupid)

(pics) or (getout)

 

[drivenlegend]

Delivered... you're welcome.

Kidding... She's dirty as hell, but that's just part and parcel to the fact that I haven't stopped driving since I bought the car! I cleaned up the rims, cleaned up the calipers and got a coat of paint on them, and soon will begin replacing undercarriage components that are too rusty to salvage.

That being said, anyone have an oil pan (is this a running gag that I don't yet get, cause I see people looking for these all the time), or front and rear stabilizer bars? Mine are not long for this world.

Nate

 

[bgibb68]

i know nothing about the oil pan frenzy.....looks good, i guess you can stay

 

[bgibb68]

i think it's funny your speedo is in km/h......you're eyes are gonna be pissy watching that inner circle



edit: at least you can brag about cruising at 100 or 120

 

[drivenlegend]

I gots glasses Makes it easier.

But really it only took like a day to adjust to. The fact that its a Canadian car happened by accident, the dealer I bought it from didn't even know.

 

[bgibb68]

I gots glasses Makes it easier.

But really it only took like a day to adjust to. The fact that its a Canadian car happened by accident, the dealer I bought it from didn't even know.

what a dumbass....

 

[ScratchNSniff]

 

[bgibb68]

damn it.....it was a nice couple days without the fairy

 

[Rockin03mp5]

 

[bgibb68]

are you 2 tag teaming the new people now? ya'll are gonna scare 'em off

 

[ScratchNSniff]

^^^Lol...Wecome Fairy FTW!!!

 

[drivenlegend]

I've seen the fairy... moderately creepy... but I lurked and read for long enough to get used to it.

Oh yeah! Update! I had to replace my first headlight bulb! I'm well on my way now. From what I read these are a bit hard on headlights, its ok though, I came from a 98 240SX and that thing burned them about every 3 months or 3000 miles I got to the point that I just planned to change the oil and the bulbs at the same time.

Nate

 

[bgibb68]

I've seen the fairy... moderately creepy... but I lurked and read for long enough to get used to it.

Oh yeah! Update! I had to replace my first headlight bulb! I'm well on my way now. From what I read these are a bit hard on headlights, its ok though, I came from a 98 240SX and that thing burned them about every 3 months or 3000 miles I got to the point that I just planned to change the oil and the bulbs at the same time.

Nate

that's a lil worse than the p5.....i was changing the headlight bulbs about once a year....all the other bulbs are orig though....even the fogs which i always run with the headlights.....