[rad_gruchalski]

> but why is accelerating quickly or reaching 200mph important?

We can talk about top speed but the acceleration is good for safety. Better to overtake a truck in 3 rather than 10 seconds.

[spiderice]

I feel like it's hard to get how important fast acceleration is until you have it. Kind of like people who insist that their 60Hz screen "looks just as good", or how their 10 year old laptop is "still super fast and why would I upgrade it?".

Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not necessarily talking about Plaid levels of acceleration. But just going from a Suburu Crosstrek (One of my cars) to a Tesla in "chill" mode (which I usually keep my Tesla in for tire longevity and not making my wife car sick) feels so much safer.

[rad_gruchalski]

When in doubt, flat out.

[thatfrenchguy]

Acceleration makes you a much worse driver, because you don't anticipate anything anymore. I've noticed this after buying an EV, and the Tesla drivers on 280 are even worse than me :-).

[catchnear4321]

acceleration makes you a much worse driver - in the perception of others.

acceleration makes you a badass race car driver. those slowpokes are just in the way, but that doesn’t have to slow you down.

vroom vroom.

[rad_gruchalski]

Hah: “it’s the car, not the driver”. No, acceleration does not make you a good race car driver.

[joecool1029]

Around me the plaids drive way under the speed limit everywhere and it's unsafe to pass them because of their ridiculous acceleration capability.

[rad_gruchalski]

> because of their ridiculous acceleration capability

Because of idiot owners.

[w0m]

This is unappreciated until you have it. In Pittsburgh - there are multiple highway onramps that end with Stop Signs. Onramps. When there's any legitimate traffic; a legacy civic or similar car can be seriously dangerous to merge with.

[seattle_spring]

LOL. Yeah Plaid having 1000 HP is a "safety feature."

[rad_gruchalski]

That’s not what I said.