tommallett

This is very interesting when viewed with my piece on Grip

Fun video, I absolutely agree that on the street fun is what matters. But I also think that is better achieved through a "communicative" car rather than one that slides around a lot. On the street, fo...
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Fun video, I absolutely agree that on the street fun is what matters. But I also think that is better achieved through a "communicative" car rather than one that slides around a lot. On the street, for the average enthusiast driver, grip is a safety necessity, people don't normally have the experience of car control to be sliding all around and catching oversteer, speciallt higher speed ones.

True, and very sensible revver. I think ridiculously high levels of grip can also be dangerous though. The laws of physics dictate that cars can only stop so fast, without aerodynamic assistance. So c...
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True, and very sensible revver. I think ridiculously high levels of grip can also be dangerous though. The laws of physics dictate that cars can only stop so fast, without aerodynamic assistance. So cars that are very east to corner in with excessive speed can also be dangerous as they tempt us to go far too quickly without realising the consequences. This video may take the philosophy a bit 'far' though!