Comment Re:Coincidentally... (Score 1) 128
They also have new tires, which improve the rolling resistance coefficient by about 20%.
Do they mention that the minimum stopping distance has now increased by 20%?
Every year, tires get better. They can probably get the same level of traction with today's LRR tire as what they had before. We bought this year's best All-Terrain (Cooper AT3) which has finally solved their wet traction and tire wear problems, but it still has awful tire noise in turns, makes you think a wheel bearing's going. In a couple more years I expect them to have solved that particular problem. LRR tires have come a long way too, and there's a whole new generation of them now to fit into the space they used to occupy, for the cars least expected to handle well.