When I had my 504 Peugeot, with its excelent suspension and strong front end, and great brakes, I test drove a Honda Acord, with its consumer suspension and weak front end, and shall I say different brakes. As was coming up to an intersection with a dip the light turned yellow. I pushed on the brakes but their wasn't anything near what I was used to so I continued through the yellow light, not thinking much about the dip that my Peugeot wouldn't have noticed. But the Honda took extreme exception to it. The front bottomed out hard and the salesman banged his head against the sunroof. He was pissed and I apologized a lot, my only excuse was that my car would have handled that dip.

My pre-teen son was in the back and said "Cool, dad"

While drivers should always have control, being egged on by a salesman claiming the handling abilities of the car will have an influence. In reality the driver isn't the only person having responsibility. To quote my wife: "It's clear, except for..."