• @[email protected]
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    472 years ago

    Haha I didn’t think people still retained that ancient knowledge of motoring success. The good ole days of weak 4-cylinder cars and trucks, when you’d disengage the AC to get more power to go up a hill or something. I’ve met several people who didn’t know it was even a thing.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        Yes of course they are, but modern 4-cylinder engines have advanced a lot since the old days of last century’s engines.

        Today it’s not hard to find a 4-cylinder that can put out 100 horsepower per liter, or even more. They can pull that little car up the hill with the AC on full blast.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 years ago

        Most modern 4 cyl cars are better than old ones. The engines are more powerful and the car lighter

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          2 years ago

          Engines are more powerful but most cars are the opposite of lighter…

          They might feel lighter though because tyres are so much better now.

    • brianorca
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      42 years ago

      Many more recent cars will do this automatically at high throttle conditions, such as acceleration to pass.