Title text:
'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
Transcript:
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3167/
Just a few thousand truck flipping cars on the road might be a good start
Can only drive on well-maintained streets tho.
What's the Lancia logo doing on there?
Idk I just hot linked some random image on the internet
I don't know where that's from, but it kinda has Lancia Stratos concept vibes to me.
Lancia Stratos Zero was kinda similar.
Not to speak of the Lancia Stratos, the original cheese wedge:
That one apparently did well in rally, so I have trouble seeing it as a ‘hugging the ground’ supercar. Even though Porsches and Lambos also were in rally.
It's a bit of a misconception. Soft-sprung cars can be hella fast on roads.
But modern supercars are sprung so slow for downforce, to try to turn their bottoms into vacuum cleaners. But (outside of racetracks) its mostly for show and 'sporty feel,' as this downforce doesn't really kick in till like 90mph+. In fact, many racecars are faster around hairpins when sprung looser and higher.
https://youtu.be/0MW0mDZysxc
That has traffic-flipping vibes of the upgraded Agency Supercar from the game Crackdown. I like.
Just passed one of those on my work today. It was LADA 2108 with lowered roof and suspension planted all the way down. Kind of like hybrid of theese two:
It got stuck in a pothole at an intersection...