Can trucks corner better then some cars?
I did a long road trip and I noticed that I could catch some cars in sharp turns, even though they were trying, to go fast. They would then floor it on the flat parts, but I would always catch up to them in the corners.
P.S. I have a 2007 dodge ram 1500 manual
- one car was a Kia Forte
- the other was a Honda Civic
Your Dodge is more powerful, dude, it has nothing to do with cornering. The Civic or Forte can out "corner" and maneuver any model Ram any day, you simply have more horsepower and torque. As far as turning and cornering responsiveness both the Civic and Forte are superior, they are simply not as powerful.
Driving styles. Some people are much more cautious around corners than others.
Smaller cars like the Civic generally corner better than a truck because they are lighter and have a lower centre of gravity. But this relies on the driver being willing to throw the car into the corner a bit harder.
It's possible they didn't feel sure of how fast they can corner. But in the end, it's tires and center of gravity. I don't know what tires they had, but cars generally have a much lower center of gravity which better spreads out the weight on the wheels helping traction during cornering.
Well your truck has 2-4 more cylinders to fire than those cars. Not just in corners man, your truck is faster than their cars flat out. Also what gear you corner in makes you go faster. Automatic trans tend to keep the car in the highest gear it can for best gas milage. You have a lot mode torque when you downshift to a lower gear therefore accelerate way faster
You have a Dodge Ram and going fast on a sharp turn can cause you to flip over, and They will beat you, it's just the drivers who were driving them didn't wanna burn grip on their tires or wasn't a good driver
No. You have a much higher chance of rolling over if you are pushing your truck to the limit.
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