thebraddestbrad t1_jd549e8 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:08 PM

Reply to comment by jnmjnmjnm in U.S. driver charged with stunt driving 'didn't realize' Canadian speed limits aren't posted miles by agaric

He didn't think 177 km/h felt a little fast?

anengineerandacat t1_jd6chp6 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:37 AM

It really depends... in my lil sports-car, 100% but in the SUV it's weird... almost like you are moving slower but somehow going faster.

I could go 120-130 mph in the wife's SUV and it would honestly feel like I was going 100-110 in my car.

Depends on what they were driving and how smooth it handled said speeds along with just how congested the highway was.

Largely empty highway? Don't think I would know if I was going 100-110 unless I was paying attention to the gauges (which when cruising... sorta isn't something I do).

seneeb t1_jd6mwc6 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:28 AM

It's height above the road. 70mph in my semi truck feels slow as molasses in winter

In my Hyundai, not only do feel like I'm wiping my butt on the pavement but 70 feels like I'm flying

jnmjnmjnm t1_jd6k1ck wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:54 AM

Exactly. It is also an unfamiliar car, on a not-very busy highway.

Tje199 t1_jd8prm1 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:11 PM

Did you just say that the QEII, Alberta's primary corridor between its two major cities, is a not very busy highway?

jnmjnmjnm t1_jd8uat6 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:40 PM

This was several years ago… and apparently late at night.

zgr024 t1_jd6g956 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:13 AM

125 mph in an Audi RSQ8 feels like 75 mph in a Ford Explosion. The difference is astonishing. I would not put it past someone to not know how fast they are going based on pure judgment, especially if they were in a German automobile

BrunoBraunbart t1_jd6xrjb wrote on March 22, 2023 at 7:54 AM

I am an engineer at Audi. I've developed the R8, Lamborghini Huracan, Q7, Porsche Cayenne, Lamborghini Usus, Bentley Bentayga and so on.

Yes, those cars feel different but you still realize your speed. You feel at 200km/h as safe as if you are driving 120km/h in a shitty car. But you still understand that you are not going 120km/h.

I once drove a prototype with a setting to MPH. It took me under 5 seconds to realize that. The same was true for a colleague who didn't drive prototypes on a regular basis.

zgr024 t1_jd8mmte wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:52 PM

I beg to differ. I just had a passenger today that had never been in an RSQ8. I was traveling at 98mph on a highway, and he looked over and said he thought we were doing 70. Granted I've always had my dash in mph so I can't testify to the notion that it makes any difference, but if you aren't looking, you would never know.