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by CalRobert 844 days ago
Good summary. Something ChatGPT missed is that SUV's are taller, and that tends to increase speed, because _perceived_ speed is lower the farther you are from the ground
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'swhy Mitatas are so much freakin' fun.

And they present very little risk to pedestrians as a result. You're sitting LOWER than the pedestrians. You can see a bottle-cap on the road. You don't feel superior to anyone at all.

Miatas are great! Also one of the few examples of a model that got _smaller_ in a later model year instead of continuing to bloat. https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/mazda-mx-5-2000-roa...
Interesting point!

It’s funny, I’m often tempted to fact check data or lookup jargon, etc. and comment to save someone else the trouble. I once did this on the seriouseats subreddit with copy paste from a relatively reliable source and met with an insane heated argument over what amounted to semantics and a flurry of downvotes. I wonder if attribution to ChatGPT increases civility towards the commenter or if HN is just generally more civilized.