Comment on Why sometimes my car slows down going downhill?
Thadrax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How steep of a downhill and how fast are you going? Gravity will pull depending on the angle of the hill, wind resistance increases with the square of your speed. There will always be a speed where the force pulling you down/forwards will be the same as the force slowing you down due to wind resistance. If you go slower, your car will speed up towards that speed, if you are already faster, it will naturally slow down with no input from the engine or your brakes.
Mothra@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Well, it’s a 110km limit zone for the most part, I’m usually sitting somewhat under the limit but typically above 100. I don’t know how steep these slopes are. Maybe I’m under/overestimating them as a consequence of driving, slopes become obvious on foot. They don’t appear to be particularly steeper that others where my car doesn’t do this. They are certainly not very steep though, because there are a few of those and I gain and lose a lot of momentum on them.