Interesting article from 2018. But nothing has changed at all. Even the electric cars I see on the road are huge.

  • ivanvector@piefed.ca
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    3 days ago

    This is how nearly all ICE cars have operated since the mid-90s. Most people just haven’t learned to take advantage, and still drive full speed up to red lights and slam on the brakes at the last second.

    My original brake pads in my '17 Nissan Micra 5spd went 100k kms before failing inspection.

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      2 days ago

      I borrowed a friends Chrysler which was newer and it just goes into disconnected from engine coast mode when you let off the gas. It was hard to adjust to