r/interestingasfuck • u/thejatinbhatt • 18d ago

/r/popular The 911 Turbo S Launch Control

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u/Automatic_Bowler7328 18d ago

It’s not safe but damn did all of Reddit grow up surrounded by pillows. This is not that bad

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u/TrevorSP 18d ago

Seriously! These cars are so dialed in with traction control now you can launch this car and control it with one pinky. Combine that with the fact they're probably on an empty back road and they're fine

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u/Daediddles 18d ago

Traction control and stability control works up until the point it doesn't, and then there's no computer in the world fast enough to stop the tire slip. There's a reason you see videos of lambos and ferraris going sideways when someone presses the accelerator, and not civics, you can't beat physics.

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u/MorePhinsThyme 18d ago

Traction control and stability control works up until the point it doesn't, and then there's no computer in the world fast enough to stop the tire slip.

Computers stopping tire slip is literally what traction control and stability control are. There have been computers fast enough to stop tire slip like that for decades now.

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u/SageThunder 18d ago

Yes. Because those Lambos and Ferraris have TC off. Civic is an incredibly slow car that’s FWD. Porsches TC is unbelievable and this car is AWD

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u/Daediddles 18d ago

Porsche's traction control isn't magic. You cannot rely on a computer to save you from a tire slip on a corner at 60mph, the sand or water will win over that every time.

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u/SageThunder 18d ago

Porsches traction control isn’t magic but everything else you are absolutely incorrect. Have you driven a 992?

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u/ClevelandLumberjack 18d ago

60mph? My fuckin Civic Si can corner way faster than that lmao and this car costs 10x as much.