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Was doing a canyon run the other day and came up on a Honda CRV. To my surprise the guy was hauling a$$. I was able to keep up just fine but I wouldn't have gone much faster as we were going pretty damn fast. I was driving an Audi A4. The CRV seemed really stable but what surprised me that it could even go that fast through the corners. Obviously the driver had pretty good skills.
Looking it up, CRV has a 300ft skidpad of .76g and the A4 has a rating of .90g which is significantly higher!
However, how does skidpad lateral g's translate into capabilities on a canyon road assuming dry conditions? Meaning, can we make the argument that on a canyon road .76g is good enough to tackle most canyon roads at a speed most sane people will not exceed so anything more than that is not perceptible unless it's on a racetrack?
Methinks you could have gone faster, as your car can corner harder. That CRV was closer to its limits. But as you surmise, those limits are in excess of what is needed, perhaps in excess of what is prudent.
Not a bad thing, because stuff happens. Sometimes one has to swerve, and the higher the number, the more likely the car will go where it's needed to go.
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Most of the modern cars will have electronic stability control, so if they do go faster than is safe, RPMs are reduced and brakes are applied appropriately to make the curve. Theoretically, someone could go full out around a curve and not roll or slide if it has that feature.
my explorer will pick up a tire easy, just exiting the freeway a little fast
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