Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202...
by slaw on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:47AM
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> That's tight cornering, well-balanced front and back, feeling of total control and precision of big chunk of metal and similar.
That is nor really the interesting part of car fun, neither is acceleration.
Going to barely accessible trailhead high in the mountains, fording streams, going on a narrow mountain road, that what makes car driving interesting. I always look in a car 1) what is the biggest tire I can fit, should be at least 33 inches 2) ground clearance 3) suspension travel.
Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202...
by brianwawok on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:57AM
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Thats not the interesting part of car fun. The part that is fun to me is to drive a couple hundred miles with the car doing the lane centering and passing for me, so I arrive fresh.
Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202...
by slaw on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:02AM
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On a highway I don't care for lane centering and passing, I want car to drive itself while I am taking a nap.
Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202...
by brianwawok on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:11AM
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That would be a fine next step. Can’t buy today though.
Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202...
by forgotpwd16 on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:31PM
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Can but it's a coin flip whether you reach your destination or end up in a ditch.
But this requires from manufacturer much more than just slapping a heavy battery and putting the power of it straight to the wheels... whole platform needs to be fine-tuned in many aspects to achieve this. In normal price category BMW delivers this better than most peers in their classical models like 3 series. I had one for 10 years, only 200 HP V6 diesel but it was an excellent car for the driver, I properly enjoyed every drive that wasn't about cities and traffic jams. I certainly never felt I needed more power.
There are problems with this though, most buyers willing to pay premium are in traffic jams and cities, so you are not getting most of the value brands like BMW deliver. Then you are only left with acceleration part (well not that much in those traffic jams). Also it requires driving skills that take years to build with just driving the car (certainly for me, I wasn't using full potential of the car for maybe first 5 years of ownership), unlike just slamming gas pedal and holding steering wheel for your life.