What's thrashed?

[pipworks]

Hi, I've seen on a few postings things like "you need to find one not thrashed" and "it'll be ok if it's not thrashed"

But what actually is thrashed? I run mine most days between 3000 and 4500 revs, it doesn't seem to enjoy less than 3000 for to long?

If a car red lines at 5000 and you run it forever at 4900, is that not thrashed?

Or if once a month you run it to red line, but the rest of the month you drive at 2000?

Just something I've always wondered about?

Pip

[jv]

Yeah, bit of an odd one that. I mean surely they are built to be 'enjoyed'  

I guess you just want a car that has been well looked after. Not always that easy to tell though!

jv

[tinman]

I would say that a thrashed car is one that shows multiple signs of excessive wear.

At some point in a cars life they start smoking, bad habit, obviously cars can't read the warnings. But the smoking may not be thrashed, just used. But when you couple that with a gearbox that doesn't want to engage a gear properly, you tend to start looking at the character behind the wheel.

So in my opinion its an accumulation of things and its a subjective term at the very best.

Regards,
Justin