Well Inertia means something wants to stay in place, and in reality that coin wants to stay in one place, If you placed it on an index card on a cup, and SLOWLY pulled it, it wouldn't be fast enough to overcome that force, if you pulled it quickly that coin would stay in place and drop into the cup.
No, the car travels 1 metre in 5s at the start which is 0.2m/s, while the second meter it travels one metre in 8 seconds which is 0.125 m/s, the speed changes therefore it is not constant during the two metres the car travels