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Alexlind123
03-17-2006, 12:19 AM
Does anyone know the lateral acceleration, in Gs, that my carr is supposed to have?

wingman
03-17-2006, 04:12 AM
Does anyone know the lateral acceleration, in Gs, that my carr is supposed to have?

With or without snow cover?

Rustam
03-17-2006, 05:14 AM
Does anyone know the lateral acceleration, in Gs, that my carr is supposed to have?

why do you need to know this peculiar information?

Alexlind123
03-17-2006, 09:10 AM
I dont need to know it, i am just curious and i want to compare it to other cars.

SRR2
03-17-2006, 09:50 AM
Get yourself a Gtech and measure it for yourself. Anything else is meaningless speculation, since what your car achieves is highly dependent on road surface, suspension, tires, and, to a degree, driver skill.

632 Regal
03-17-2006, 10:02 AM
it will be higher if you accelerate uphill

bahnstormer
03-17-2006, 10:54 AM
its pretty much entirely dependant on tires


http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~szwarc/e34/road%20track%20bmw%20dinan/

i have the original review of the 535i in there
u can see if they tested it

Russell
03-17-2006, 10:59 AM
Really. I would assume a downhill curve just turning uphill would give the best numbers. I sure know this type of curve feels great!


it will be higher if you accelerate uphill

Torque
03-17-2006, 12:54 PM
it should have more than the seats can support ... in other words, you should either end up on the door panel or the e-brake before you finish the turn.

god i hate leather. someone trade me their cloth seats.

632 Regal
03-17-2006, 01:05 PM
did you sell your car yet?
its pretty much entirely dependant on tires


http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~szwarc/e34/road%20track%20bmw%20dinan/

i have the original review of the 535i in there
u can see if they tested it

DueyT
03-17-2006, 01:49 PM
I've seen .86 on my 540/6 when I have the 17" 235/255 summer ContiSport2's on... (that's from my G-Tech) The Sports seats do a good job of holding my scrawny behind down. In any event, it corners far better than I would ever use when I'm driving with a passenger...I reserve Gmax-lat to when I'm driving on my own... :D

Cheers,
Duey

Rustam
03-17-2006, 03:21 PM
Get yourself a Gtech and measure it for yourself. Anything else is meaningless speculation, since what your car achieves is highly dependent on road surface, suspension, tires, and, to a degree, driver skill.

only in measurement of lateral acceleration driver skills are minimized to ability to hold the steering wheel constantly at the end of the turn...

Alexlind123
04-03-2006, 11:19 AM
Sadly, im not enough in touch with my car to feel comfortable testing it on the road. Maybe a skidpad. I guess thats why i should have gotten a chevy cavelier that i could push to its most extreme limits without veing in severe danger of cutting myself in half on a large tree or one of the ever-present logging trucks.