minispeed
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GetOffYourGas said:Ah, that makes a lot more sense now. I feel that driving like that in New York would be very dangerous. Or maybe I'm just not dedicated enough? Here the speed limit is 65MPH, and people typically drive 75-80. Letting your speed drop to 48MPH would be a bad idea.
I should take a close look at my tires. I keep underestimating the hit I am taking to efficiency by using cheapo tires. I had to replace the stock tires before my lease was up, so I went real cheap. But I since decided to buy out the lease, and could stand to get some good efficient ones.
I agree that the Leaf is too high. I typically like very low cars, since they handle much better and give you a better connection to the road. I have zero experience in this area - I'll have to dig into it a little more.
The only time I'll drop down to 48 mph is IF there is no one behind me and it will cause me to crest a hill without adding power then I add power on the top of the hill. For the big hills (climbing the Niagara escarpment) or when I see people behind me I'll keep speed higher. Most of those are also highway ramps with a turn so the speeds are lower already and the recommended turn speeds are 50 mph.
Here there is a pretty good flow of traffic at 115 (72) and above, usually the left 2 lanes are 110 plus. I use to drive my whole way to work at 140 (88) when I had my 91 GTR. Also my speeds are pretty accurate with my larger tires. If you're on stock 16s you're going about 4-5% slower than your speedo reads. Since almost everyone else will have the over reading speedos (all cars are designed to over read for various reasons) my holding a few under the speed limit will actually have them thinking I am going the speed limit.
Speeds at and just under the speed limit are not dangerous, they frustrate other drivers at times but if someone is going to rear end you cause you're going 48 and they weren't looking for long enough to see you and slow down or move they would probably still rear end you if you were going 58. I try very hard to ensure that I don't lower my speed when there's no passing opportunity for others, there almost always is for my drive so I guess I'm lucky.
garsh said:I keep hoping to discover a less-expensive way to lower the car a bit.minispeed said:Tein H-Tech springs from nengun in japan.garsh said:How did you lower your car?
You can always cut them but the ride is usually terrible.