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I agree there are effects of increased linear acceleration, however I disagree with you because of: On many roads you accelerate and brake less often than you
by m101 1y ago
I agree there are effects of increased linear acceleration, however I disagree with you because of:
On many roads you accelerate and brake less often than you go around corners.
These two things are equivalent on tire wear given the forces involved:
1 corner at 50kmh with 50m radius.
Accelerating linearly at 0.39g (7 second 0-100kmh) to 77kmh from 0.
- gambiting 1y agoI don't think that's neccessarily a disagreement? Both things can be true - if you mostly drive on roads with fast corners, the heavier car will wear out its tyres faster. If you drive on roads with lots of start/stop traffic but not many "at speed" corners then the one that consistently accelerates harder will wear out its tyres quicker.
- m101 1y agoYes, it depends on how you drive and where, however I would note the above: 50kmh is typical of city driving and 50m isn't exactly a tight radius. 77kmh is actually quite fast, and 0.39g is actually quite high acceleration (this is flooring it in chill mode in a Tesla model y). I am trying to say that the driving circumstances where the linear forces are more important than the horizontal forces are fewer in number.
- BobaFloutist 1y agoI mean, I brake and then accelerate every time I go around corners.