Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - Nissan 370Z goes from 0 to 60 in 4.7 same as BMW M3

spearfish25 · 06-15-2009, 08:12 PM

FWIW, the car magazines list in very small print at the bottom of their test results that a significant difference in 0-60 times is 0.3s. Check it out some time...it's pretty interesting. They list all the significant differences including skid pad g's, top speed, 1/4 mi....

Sometimes we nit pick 1/10th of a second differences when this alone can be explained by a gust of wind or the driver farting during a gear shift.

Thus 4.8 and 5s isn't significant unless you averaged these times over many many runs. Even then, a car that runs a 4.5s 0-60 may get demolished on a curvey short track by a more agile car that runs a 0-60 in 6s. One thing I've come to appreciate lately is that straight line acceleration is a very small drop in the bucket.

06-15-2009, 08:12 PM	#26 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1856	FWIW, the car magazines list in very small print at the bottom of their test results that a significant difference in 0-60 times is 0.3s. Check it out some time...it's pretty interesting. They list all the significant differences including skid pad g's, top speed, 1/4 mi.... Sometimes we nit pick 1/10th of a second differences when this alone can be explained by a gust of wind or the driver farting during a gear shift. Thus 4.8 and 5s isn't significant unless you averaged these times over many many runs. Even then, a car that runs a 4.5s 0-60 may get demolished on a curvey short track by a more agile car that runs a 0-60 in 6s. One thing I've come to appreciate lately is that straight line acceleration is a very small drop in the bucket. Last edited by spearfish25; 06-15-2009 at 08:14 PM.