The P5: What Would You Change?

[Ekh]

possible but I doubt it .... as noted, the sudden change for having a sanctioned trailer towing option indicates to me they are being proactive

In that case yes. I'm not sure you can extend it to their general behavior. Maybe they do have a lawyer vetting everything they do or say, but I'm guessing probably not ... they can't afford it! I suspect if something's brought to their attention, THEN they vet it. On their own? Probably not so much.

 

[Ekh]

I have two tennis balls, but they don't hang from the garage ceiling!

 

[AriLea]

I have two tennis balls, but they don't hang from the garage ceiling!

Ahhhm, K, I'm NOT going to ask,, too much information! lol.

 

[floydv]

If it's not too much of an aerodynamic penalty, I'd like to see consideration of cooling louvers in the wheel fairings to cool down the brakes. Since most of the vehicle's weight is biased toward the front, wouldn't it be prudent to make sure the front (and rear) brakes receive as much cooling air as possible? I would be driving this car down the Grapevine in SoCal and in the Tahoe region, and I want to make sure brake fade is not an issue.

 

[Husker1]

I just don't see brake fade being an issue with this 1200 pound vehicle. I've had it happen on one motorcycle but that was in extreme heat and before I knew better about different brake fluids. But my opinion only.

 

[slinches]

If you get the manual, you can use your gears on the downhills and save the brakes.

 

[W. WIllie]

Engine braking does wonders, even in an AT.

Willie

 

[Coss]

If it's not too much of an aerodynamic penalty, I'd like to see consideration of cooling louvers in the wheel fairings to cool down the brakes. Since most of the vehicle's weight is biased toward the front, wouldn't it be prudent to make sure the front (and rear) brakes receive as much cooling air as possible? I would be driving this car down the Grapevine in SoCal and in the Tahoe region, and I want to make sure brake fade is not an issue.

Who uses brakes? Just go for it.

 

[floydv]

Maybe someone will come up with a NACA duct mod.

 

[AriLea]

..wouldn't it be prudent to make sure the front (and rear) brakes receive as much cooling air as possible?....

Sure for the after market, why not? There are a number of people who want racing, I'm sure they want some of that. In fact I wanted to see a new shape for the covers, and illustrated that feature in it my self. An illustration is far from an engineered design, but it's a start.

As for being aerodynamic, that's a trade-off but I'm sure it could be worked out in the wind tunnel. The old ones are inexpensive, with a little more expense and other changes it's a likely accommodation, IMHO.