Things that worry me slightly about my new car

Kinja'd!!! by "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
Published 04/30/2017 at 18:03

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Not my video, but I’ve had to do some emergency avoidance swerves in the Audi that I’m simply not sure the Lexus could perform.


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Kinja'd!!! "awmaster10" (awmaster10)
04/30/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 4

You could do that in the Landcruiser, just limit steering input. The biggest cause of rollover is just exaggerated inputs in a situation like that and the second correction just flips you right over.

Kinja'd!!! "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
04/30/2017 at 18:25, STARS: 1

I think you are worrying about not getting a burrito cause you know someone who got sick eating a burrito once. I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Like awmaster10 said, it just takes a relearning of driving styles. You would be surprised how stable it is once you get used to it.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
04/30/2017 at 18:25, STARS: 1

Hopefully I’m able to do so.

Kinja'd!!! "Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
04/30/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 1

From that video, I would not have been in that lane at that time. I could see the truck merging that the other car was swerving from so I would have gotten over into the the left lane temporarily to make it easier for that on-ramp to merge safely.

Kinja'd!!! "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/30/2017 at 18:31, STARS: 1

I think it’s a healthy practice, to alternate between vehicles with different abilities on a regular basis. Really helps build your awareness of what they can and can’t handle. You learn to be a more adaptive driver instead of getting too comfortable with one particular car’s dynamics.

Kinja'd!!! "HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
04/30/2017 at 18:54, STARS: 0

You’re in s big SUV, get a big gnarly front bumper. Then just let them hit you, you’ll win

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
04/30/2017 at 18:55, STARS: 0

Fair enough. I will say, with the adaptive shocks, the “sport” setting cuts body roll substantially over “comfort”.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
04/30/2017 at 19:58, STARS: 0

Yeah had it been me I would’ve moved left, if possible.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
04/30/2017 at 20:00, STARS: 1

Well so far I’ve driven a huge german sedan, a tiny poorly made Italian roadster, and now a colossal tank of a 4x4. I also spend some time driving a dinky hybrid. So you could say I run the gamut.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
04/30/2017 at 20:01, STARS: 1

That’s one approach.

Kinja'd!!! "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/30/2017 at 20:14, STARS: 1

Not a bad variety. The more, the better!

BTW, I didn’t mean to suggest regularly driving “on the edge”. You can still start to casually get a feel for things without going to extremes. The differences between sway bars, for example, can help give you a sense of what a vehicle is tuned for overall. If it feels like it leans too readily, then you can tell right away that it’s not well-suited for hard cornering. (Eh, that’s an oversimplification, but you get the idea...)