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[–] [email protected] 53 points 11 months ago (15 children)

Ram trucks drive like fucking assholes so I believe this. Damn near any time you see one of those lifted Dodge trucks on the highway you can assume they’ll behave like a jerk if given the opportunity.

And as far as Teslas go, I really do not think people should have cars that accelerate that fast. People are dumb as shit and Tesla’s slowest model has a 0-60 of under 6 seconds and a lot of their cars are sub 4 seconds. That’s super car territory.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Super car acceleration, normal car braking.

It's not a great combination in a car that's heavy, but I guess you don't sell cars by bragging about braking distances.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Tires moreso than brakes. Ultra low rolling resistance tires help increase range. But they're crap for high acceleration/deceleration. Not sticky enough (by design) to work in those situations.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Plus they are designed to have low amount of aerodynamic drag. So no aerodynamic grip in fast corners.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

On most public roads, if you're driving fast enough for downforce to be an issue, your poor judgment is the primary factor in any resulting crash.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Truer words have never been said

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Which is true but not any different than normal cars. Very very very few cars have enough aero to matter—even on the track.

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