You have Got to Be Kidding (Braking and Acceleration)
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There may be a way to circumvent the issue (theoretical worm holes and such), but otherwise, yes, it is impossible to travel faster than light speed in our universe. It has nothing to with arrogance; the limit is part of the fundamental way our universe works. Einstein theorized and subsequent experiments backed him up.
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Also braking in ice/snow isn't really affected by anything other than the tires. AWD doesn't help, all four wheels have brakes even if you have only two drive wheels. AWD basically will help you keep traction in some situations and makes you far less prone to getting "stuck".
This is my first AWD car, and I think I'll be looking for AWD options from here on out so long as I live in a snow belt anyway.
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For the first time I can remember since owning the car, I have NO braking when the ground's wet. Going @ very low speeds, I hit the brake...and NOTHING. I slid right into traffic last week. Went to turn into our driveway on the same day, and slid right past it. There was less than an inch of snow on the ground. I guess it's the tires. Treads look pretty low. They have abt 28k miles on them. Which is the reason I'm stoping by the forum today. Which new tires? I have Michelin Energy on now. I'm told to go with Pilot Sport A/S Plus. Recommendations, please.
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I have Bridgestone Serinity on mine and I really don't recomend them. My next tires will be Goodyear Tripletread. The Bridgestones are **** in the snow. They take off only ok but they do not stop worth a **** in the snow. The Tripletread I have on the Solara are very good all around. I wish someone could tell me how trippletread are for noise on the GS. Anybody have Tripletread on thier GS. Friend just got an 2010 LS 460 and it has Bridgestone Turanza's on it, not sure if they are with Serinity though. I think the concensous is Michelin MVX4 primacy. I might look at those next time.
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