I would get in....believe me.
Some of us actually have things to do. waiting on a driver to take his/her sweet time passing is not one of them. I guarantee i am a better driver than you are regardless of how you think i am driving. If you are not in a hurry, get the heck out of the way. believe me, you don't want to be "brake checked" by me. Everyone of my cars have race brakes and tires on them. I can stop at least twice a fast as you.
I don't know if you're fishing or not, but seriously?
Brake checking is one of the single most dangerous things you can do. I'd say it's more dangerous than blocking the left lane OR passing on the right. Very few things piss me off more than brake checking...especially from someone who just cut in front of me.
FWIW - being able to get your car into a space doesn't make you a "better driver." Anybody can drive like an ###hole. I can "get in," if I want to drive like an ### because most drivers drive to avoid accidents, so they'd slow before you hit them or vice versa.
Also, I don't get bragging about the fact that you can intentionally stop your "race cars" so fast that if you brake checked someone, they'd probably hit you. Good for you. Oh, and just for the record, most race brakes aren't designed to make the car stop all that much FASTER. Tires are typically the limiting factor in stopping distance. That's why they have anti-lock breaking systems...the brakes stop the wheel/tire dead, and the tire can't grip...Race brakes are bigger and vented to better dissipate heat and reduce brake fade...so unless you're brake checking people every couple seconds for a long time, it probably won't make a marginal difference. And "race tires" are only as good as their conditions. "Race" tires are usually designed to run warm on a track. Most road driving doesn't have enough turning to heat the tires up to optimal grip (This is why NASCAR guys swerve left and right during cautions...to keep the tire temp up). So most likely, your "race tires" aren't that great on the highway either...unless you're just talking about the normal high-performance tires that most anyone with a decent sports car has.
No, i don't typically brake check people. I was illustrating a hypothetical situation above. You are right, if were to brake check that idiot, he would probably kill himself and other around him.
As usual you read something somewhere and have decided that you are an expert. You are partially correct, stopping faster is a function of brake setup and tires. You are completely wrong about stopping "faster". My brakes are race grade on all of my cars because i want the ability to stop quickly meaning that there are larger calipers and rotors. This is to displace heat better as you mention above, but also to stop faster. You are completely wrong about the pads. There are many different compounds that are used in a brake pad. I of course use the most agressive which wear out the pad and rotor much faster I am ok with this. You are wrong about tires. I don't know any idiot that runs an R type on the road. It is a waste of money and flat out scary if it rains. So i run a high quality Z rated tire for street applications. No need to warm them up outside of normal driving. You are a truely annoying no-it-all
I'll be short and to the point here...I didn't read anything. I've raced my share of cars too. My current car is a modified Porsche Cayman S that's been tracked several times. Before that I had a modified G35..but in case
you want to read something, read
THIS from Car and Driver. It basically reiterates everything I said above about stopping. Some highlights:
"But every car has brakes strong enough for the anti-lock system to hold its tires on the verge of lockup for at least one stop." - This is my point that for 1 stop, your brakes are of minmial importance because the MOST a brake can do is lock up a spinning wheel.
"when a vehicle’s brakes are cold, the stopping distance is more dependent on the traction of the tires than the power of the brakes." To my comment on tires being more important...
"just about every vehicle has one good stop in it, only the best vehicles can maintain their braking performance during hot laps on a racetrack" - To my comment on brake fade...
So I'll stand by my statement that "race brakes" are of minimal difference in the on-highway situation described above. Sure, your car may stop faster than most, but it's likely a factor of the weight of the car and overall grip than the "race brakes." Also, most "race brakes," like "race tires" perform better when warm. That's why they make street pads. I had Hawk race brake pads on my G35...I hated them for the street. They weren't nearly as grippy in every-day driving because they ran too cold.
As for the tires, thanks for the clarification...You said: " Everyone of my cars have race brakes and tires on them."
How in the #### would anyone deduce from that that you run "high quality Z rated tires for street applications" and not R rated stickers on the road? RACE tires is what you said. Most would infer "race" tires to be stickers...which woudl be insane to use on the highway, but then again, so are people who brake check, so there's that. Z-rated tires are road tires. High performance tires, but they're DOT legal. NOT RACE tires. I run "high quality Z rated tires" on my Cayman. They're good tires. They'd help me stop faster than the mini van behind me...but I don't think that they're unique to me.
Lastly, it's "annoying
KNOW-it-all." We've been asked nicely not to use the word "annoying" here, so you can just call me a know-it-all. I'm not trying to be a know-it-all, but you're also spouting information that isn't correct, which IMO is much worse.
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