Did you know that leaning in a car helps take corners better?
I did it today in a 05 Malibu and there was a lot less body roll. Your not removed from the world when you are in a car your just in cage. I learned that today.
David
Did you know that leaning in a car helps take corners better?
I did it today in a 05 Malibu and there was a lot less body roll. Your not removed from the world when you are in a car your just in cage. I learned that today.
David
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
I would imagine that leaning in a car makes very little to no difference in the way that the vehicle corners; it's probably a placebo effect.
Chris
Originally Posted by ~Barn~
There's nothing that will ever replace the warm feeling of a perfectly blipped 6th-to-4th downshift, that drops right lane traffic like 1st first semester chem-lab.
That's what I thought too. But with both driver and passenger leaning it keeps the body roll to a minimum. Try it.
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
Maybe in your Smart car.
"That which does not kill you only postpones the inevitable."
LOL!!
I would be to afraid I would hurt that POS... on purpose.
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
I agree, and if it does make a difference I cant imagine it would be much.
Ok, someone HAS to have the pic of the guy "hanging off" the car that's missing the door.
I knew when I saved it years ago it would pay off someday
"That which does not kill you only postpones the inevitable."
YES!!!!!!
And if you make turbo noises you'll gain like 200 horsepower
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I used to AutoX with SCCA back in 2003 with a Celica GT-S that I ran in GS. Even when carrying a passenger, leaning did nothing to minimize body roll in that little 2,500lb car.
Show me irrefutable proof that this works.
Chris
There's nothing that will ever replace the warm feeling of a perfectly blipped 6th-to-4th downshift, that drops right lane traffic like 1st first semester chem-lab.
I don't know if leaning does anything but I know for a fact that if you look through a turn like you do on a motorcycle, it does help you through a turn. Basically the whole look where you want to go concept.
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What kinda proof were you looking for my friend?
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
Yep. Clay Turner beat that concept into my head when he would ride with me; "Look ahead! Look ahead! Look ahead! Eyes up!"
Some scientific proof that the minuscule movements of one's torso has a significant effect on the inertial body roll of a 3,000lb vehicle.
Chris
There's nothing that will ever replace the warm feeling of a perfectly blipped 6th-to-4th downshift, that drops right lane traffic like 1st first semester chem-lab.
I have to share this with the rest of the world. Thanks for the lulz.
Matt - in your avatar, what are you hanging off of? It looks like a vacuum cleaner...(??!?)
dude...its a panda!!!....at the kiddy park. we left him there one day so he could make some friends (people of the mental capacity that they would be willing to look up to him). unfortunately when we came back for him the 3 year olds had made him their B&*^%. oh well, ya gotta try.
and you did it!
the rest of us were just thinking it.
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I can testify that roof handles in the backseat of a car are a fun way to induce donuts in the snow.
To think that leaning a hundred pounds 18" to one side or the other has any discernible effect on the center of gravity (and thereby the amount of body roll) of a 3500 lb car is laughable.
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They do that to some degree. The EGR (exhaust gas recirculate) does that and it has to do with emissions crap. But this idea wouldn't work at all.
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
Your lack of faith is laughable.
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
It's not a matter of faith, David. It's a matter of physics. A Malibu weighs somewhere around 3,500lbs. Leaning your torso a foot and a half one direction or the other is not going to make a difference in that vehicle's inertial body roll. It's not.
Chris
There's nothing that will ever replace the warm feeling of a perfectly blipped 6th-to-4th downshift, that drops right lane traffic like 1st first semester chem-lab.
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