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Is this true ? : Zero-to-sixty actually doesn't matter so much ?

Originally Posted by felix0121 I don't think most Z owners are married. Without back seats, having children just means that it's time to sell out Z unless the owner is

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Old 04-07-2016, 08:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I don't think most Z owners are married.

Without back seats, having children just means that it's time to sell out Z unless the owner is pretty rich to afford Z as his second car.

Therefore, I guess many nembers here might be pretty young.



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Not really. You don't have to be rich to have a second car. And more older people buy sports cars new than young people. It's the second owners that are younger.
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Old 04-07-2016, 03:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Not really. You don't have to be rich to have a second car. And more older people buy sports cars new than young people. It's the second owners that are younger.
yea... the previous owner was married. had a kid or two and another on the way or something like that. something about needing a 'family car'

I sort of agree that 2nd hand owners are generally younger. bit of a assumption though...
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I don't think most Z owners are married.

Without back seats, having children just means that it's time to sell out Z unless the owner is pretty rich to afford Z as his second car.

Therefore, I guess many nembers here might be pretty young.
What about empty-nesters? My guess: the distribution would look (vaguely) like an "upside down bell curve" - most owners/members at the low and high ends with a big dip in the middle.
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I'm married with two littles. I traded in an 04 STI that I bought brand new for the Z. The deal was I had to get the wife an suv too.
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Married with 3 kids, hence the bus, Z is for the Wife & I.
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thought we were talking about 0-60 and 60-0?
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Anyone here ride bikes? 0-60 numbers are useless. They're mostly near 3sec for sport/sport touring type bikes. Quarter mile times tell more of the story. Some of these newer bikes will do 10sec (ktm superduke 1290 comes to mind or s1000rr).

This is insane!

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Anyone here ride bikes? 0-60 numbers are useless. They're mostly near 3sec for sport/sport touring type bikes. Quarter mile times tell more of the story. Some of these newer bikes will do 10sec (ktm superduke 1290 comes to mind or s1000rr).

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Read every post on this thread and love it. 0 to 60 to feed the egos of those who don't know any better.

How come the good threads always pay tribute to JungleZ? Damn that guy.
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Is this true ? : Zero-to-sixty actually doesn't matter so much ?
Heck no, it's not true. WHat do you do all day when driving - accelerate. Usually from a stop.

Heck the author completely neglects quarter mile times (suggests right up front that all anyone cares about is top speed and 0-60). BS. The same 0-60 ability is largely similar to the acceleration you'll get from a roll (sans traction issues off the line), which is also largely similar to the quarter mile times/traps you'll get. It's rare to find a car that does super-fast in either 0-60 or quarter mile that isn't also good in the other.

Although he does make an interesting point with the 918 being slower from 5-60 than from 0-60. But comments below the article make clear why; the car is stuck in the lower-end of the RPM range in a 5-60 contest.
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i like seeing 60-0 numbers too.. just as important.
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