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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.
I mean, crappy 4 cylinder cars are still a thing.
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.
I mean most cars are 4 cylinder. (Aren't they?)
Most modern 4 cyl cars are better than old ones. The engines are more powerful and the car lighter
Engines are more powerful but most cars are the opposite of lighter...
They might feel lighter though because tyres are so much better now.
I still do it on our 2011 Subaru when merging onto a highway.
Subaru's are a meme
Many more recent cars will do this automatically at high throttle conditions, such as acceleration to pass.
Far out
That's still a thing for old cars like mine.