I had an encounter at a red light where the car to the side of me OBVIOUSLY was going to bolt and lane jump, this is classic at a particular intersection where I travel. Of course, my competitive side kicks and I am always on for a good race, er, ummm, I mean brisk run.
I am a manual transmission. I am good with my shifting skills...and it seems during this encounter that I got a glimpse of a what I thought was a yellow light on my tach. I don't think I redlined at all (the engine was not screaming), but I did go further with my RPM's than I do in normal driving...
I looked in my owner's manual to see if that was a location for a light, but couldn't find any information.
Or was it excess adrenaline and I "thought" I saw something?
Thanks.
Perry
btw, I won...It was an Altima, tags on car said 2.5...Ha!!

 

Never seen such a thing on mine, and it's visited the redline more than once.

At least with an unmodified ECU, you won't be able to seriously over-rev the engine: the official redline is 6800 RPM, and there's a fuel cutoff at about 7000 RPM. Just leave your foot in it in first gear up to and past redline, and you'll see what I mean - the power will just sag until the RPMs drop a bit.

So if you want to abuse your clutch, tranny & driveshafts, this makes it real easy to do the good old "power shift": don't lift off the throttle when shifting, keep it pinned to the floor while you quickly push the clutch pedal and shift.

 

do you have VSA? that lights up yellow near the top left .. i only see it in winter when im trying to get traction in deep snow though or wet slush

 

If you hit a tiny bump while taking off, esp. in 1st, the front wheels might spin a bit. This will cause the VSA light to flash.