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High speed avoidance

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:41 pm
by TObject
I was one third into a lane change at 65 MPH when another car started to move into the same lane unexpectedly. The other motorist did not see me and was moving into the lane fast. Without employing brakes I executed the first half of the standard emergency avoidance maneuver. The car leaned quite a bit, tires squealed. I am happy to report that the Kizashi held the road in most excellent manner. The steering performance was superb. I felt I had control of the car at all times.

I knew Kizashis have excellent lateral stability, but I was impressed nevertheless.

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:26 am
by Northernstar
glad to hear everything's alright

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 7:05 pm
by nytq
I have to say after driving a few years now in a pretty aggresive and poor weather environment (tristate area) this car is excellent for dealing with idiots on the road.

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:35 am
by Eric998765
I had a similar experience driving to Memphis TN two weeks ago, except for instead of a dodging a car, it was a huge big rig tire that had blown and was coming straight towards my windshield. I quickly swerved to the other lane (I knew there wans't a car over there) and felt completely safe the entire time...no tire squeal, no slipage, just absolutely glued to the road, it was pretty impressive.

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:45 pm
by gaww
Not surprising.

A post early on showed a emergency lane change test of 5 0r 6 cars in Europe including this one. It did the best, while an Audi did the worst - professional driver almost lost it.

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:50 am
by Northernstar
gaww wrote:Not surprising.

A post early on showed a emergency lane change test of 5 0r 6 cars in Europe including this one. It did the best, while an Audi did the worst - professional driver almost lost it.
do you have the link for the post?

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:12 pm
by gaww
Northernstar wrote:
gaww wrote:Not surprising.

A post early on showed a emergency lane change test of 5 0r 6 cars in Europe including this one. It did the best, while an Audi did the worst - professional driver almost lost it.
do you have the link for the post?
Sorry - it was about a year ago, and am not sure it it was in this sub-forum or one of the others.

Edit - it might have been in 2009. It was a video of the actual tests and the recap of the results.

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:54 pm
by ~tc~

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:36 am
by Northernstar
lol, thanks??
just realized i have seen video and post already. I thought it was a new one.

Re: High speed avoidance

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:04 pm
by gaww
Northernstar wrote:lol, thanks??
just realized i have seen video and post already. I thought it was a new one.
That was not the one I mentioned. I tried to Google it, but did not find it. It is buried somewhere in the forum (searching keywords but no luck). I now think it was in 2009 - but not sure.

It was narrated and was on flat road in Europe and was much more impressive - especially when the Audi tried fly off the road.

Forum Moderator - you probably remember seeing it - can you post the link for this gentleman please!!