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The New Cars Are Not as Fun to Drive as They Used to Be
With the larger tires, and the lower side wall is a lawso or is, most of the compliance has gone from the previous cars. So the cars are much worse over to bumps now. And as we will talk about later, the wheel covers are actually heavier than they were originally supposed to be. The air can reduce steering lock. That's one way of curing understeer. But the corner isn't getting less tight, so ultimately, at some point you're going to have to turn the wheel to get around. If the car doesn't want to do what you're asking it to, you have to go slower. We don't really care if the drivers are having fun drive
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