Peugeot '82 505 TD, extended highway driving?

From: anarchyx34 (anarchyx@axe.net)
Date: Thu 28 Mar 2002 - 02:19:19 EST

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    Normally I drive my 505 in suburban/city driving conditions, but
    every once and a while it needs to venture onto the highway. Now,
    I'm not a slow driver, so I'm wondering how the motor copes with
    cruising at 70-85mph for extended periods of time. It sounds like
    it's revving kinda high, but since I havent gotten a tachometer to
    work yet I'm not sure. How fast is the engine really turning at
    those speeds? Would it completely kill the motor if I ran it at 75-
    80mph for say... 6 hours?

    In contrast, my mazda, which is usually the vehicle I take on long
    trips, will cruise at 90+mph all day (4,000 rpms) and not even break
    a sweat. But the peugeot's engine has a much lower redline and
    that's what's worrying me.

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