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> higher max speeds are not useful on public roads. Not legal=/=not useful, unless you mean higher than what most nice cars can currently do.
by ryanlol 7y ago
> higher max speeds are not useful on public roads.
Not legal=/=not useful, unless you mean higher than what most nice cars can currently do.
- filoleg 7y agooh no, I agree with you. I was just responding to the parent, cause they seemed to imply that the max speed hype is of very limited use on the roads, with which I agree, as opposed to acceleration.
- toast0 7y agoMost of my vehicles have been able to do more than 100 mph on the highway, but I don't know how useful that actually is. There's just very few times it is reasonable and prudent to drive that fast in California.
- ryanlol 7y agoAt least in Europe we’ve got a plenty of highways where you can reasonably go past 120mph as long as you use the GPS to preemptively slow down for merging traffic. Of course, this will certainly not be viable during the typical commute hours.
- lm28469 7y agoDrag is starting to kill fuel consumption past 60mph (aka more pollution and we don't really need that now)