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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.

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I mean, crappy 4 cylinder cars are still a thing.

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- RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.
  
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someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I mean most cars are 4 cylinder. (Aren’t they?)

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- psud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Most modern 4 cyl cars are better than old ones. The engines are more powerful and the car lighter
  
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  - Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Engines are more powerful but most cars are the opposite of lighter…
    
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cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I still do it on our 2011 Subaru when merging onto a highway.

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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Subaru’s are a meme
  
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brianorca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Many more recent cars will do this automatically at high throttle conditions, such as acceleration to pass.

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- RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Far out
  
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s still a thing for old cars like mine.

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