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Well that really depends how you drive / how the cars accelerate. I've experienced being on the autobahn and not being able to overtake because I can't acceler

Well that really depends how you drive / how the cars accelerate. I've experienced being on the autobahn and not being able to overtake because I can't accelerate fast enough (turbocharger on my car had broken, pedal to the floor and was only managing 120-130). I wouldn't however class it as dangerous. I find acceleration perhaps more important as the car has to be able to speed up enough to merge onto the autobahn safely before the merge lane comes to an end. When you just have to say 'My car can only do 120-130 so I will only drive 120-130'. 130km/h is also the 'recommended top speed' for the autobahn so these cars should really have no problem. I won't disagree that in the reasonably priced EVs you're not going to be speeding down the left lane overtaking everyone. For that you need a Model S / Model X / i8 at the moment.

Bluestrike2 9y ago
Even if you aren't the sort to accelerate heavily most of the time, it's useful to have the ability. I've been in a handful of situations where quick acceleration has saved me from a potentially fatal outcome. Both instances involved things falling from flatbed trailers that would gone through my windshield like a hot knife through butter. One was a large poly storage tank whose strap broke, bouncing off the trailer and into traffic before going off the side of a bridge (it was surprisingly bouncy); the other involved square steel tubes that weren't secured in a niche under the trailer. They slid out the side as I was overtaking the truck at the end of a gradual turn on the interstate just as I was coming beside them. In both instances, because of how things played out, slowing--the normal impulse--would have likely put me right smack in their way. Stupid truck operators who don't know how to secure things aside, even in normal traffic it's useful. Just look at most on-ramps in the US compared to on the autobahn. Even most of the longer ones can require quick acceleration to safely merge. Especially in traffic. I still remember my first trip to LA and the shit rental car I had the "pleasure" of driving. Had I gotten out and pushed, I'd probably have gotten up to the speed of traffic faster. That said, the Model 3 at a 5.6 second 0-60 time is above average. It might not be a match for the higher-end Model S variants, but most people won't have any issues with it.

Bluestrike2 9y ago

Even if you aren't the sort to accelerate heavily most of the time, it's useful to have the ability. I've been in a handful of situations where quick acceleration has saved me from a potentially fatal outcome. Both instances involved things falling from flatbed trailers that would gone through my windshield like a hot knife through butter. One was a large poly storage tank whose strap broke, bouncing off the trailer and into traffic before going off the side of a bridge (it was surprisingly bouncy); the other involved square steel tubes that weren't secured in a niche under the trailer. They slid out the side as I was overtaking the truck at the end of a gradual turn on the interstate just as I was coming beside them. In both instances, because of how things played out, slowing--the normal impulse--would have likely put me right smack in their way. Stupid truck operators who don't know how to secure things aside, even in normal traffic it's useful. Just look at most on-ramps in the US compared to on the autobahn. Even most of the longer ones can require quick acceleration to safely merge. Especially in traffic. I still remember my first trip to LA and the shit rental car I had the "pleasure" of driving. Had I gotten out and pushed, I'd probably have gotten up to the speed of traffic faster. That said, the Model 3 at a 5.6 second 0-60 time is above average. It might not be a match for the higher-end Model S variants, but most people won't have any issues with it.