[omgtehlion]

Bad analogies are like bananas in a swordfight.

As a “petrolhead” this instantly triggered me: most cars won’t redline at 100mph, actually they won’t even break a sweat (at like 2.5krpm, when redline starts at 5-8krpm depending on engine type and model). Redlining is _accelerating_ too fast, not _driving_ (this means you cannot “redline” indefinitely long, only for short bursts, even if you are a racing or overly aggressive driver).

[ajsnigrutin]

American? :)

In the manual-driving world, you can easily redline a car even below 100km, by just not switching to a higher gear in time (to get faster accelleration)

[throw__away7391]

You can also redline a car in neutral without moving at all. Even an automatic. What's your point?

[ajsnigrutin]

Pretty much noone redlines a car in neutral, but reaching the redline with fast acceleration is a thing that even a casual driver might do every now and then (eg. when overtaking)

[attheicearcade]

Redlining is nothing to do with acceleration. The article has the right definition:

Redlining: drive with (a car engine) at or above its rated maximum rpm.

[otachack]

I understand this one anime movie's title, which I saw years ago, now!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline_(2009_film)

[hinkley]

Well I’ll tell you something my lad. When you’re walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don’t come crying to me!

[rzzzt]

You can when the car is in neutral (hopefully some rev limiter is in place to prevent you from destroying the engine in a relatively short amount of time).