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

mishuko

I've had the luxury of driving the 335xi, is350, s4, and a c300. uhh yea... they may be fairly quick to accelerate but they feel like a tipping boat on a corner.

accelerating and stopping power are one thing. driver engagement is what matters to me in a sports car.

hardest launch I do is at 2.5k rpm which is probably why I get crushed by gti's and civics all day playing stop-light racer. then again they back off when I take spirited corners on the on-ramps hmm....

edk370

The 370 when it first came out in 09 was clocked at 4.6 secs to 60. Am I correct? because that's pretty darn fast. It was a Car & Driver issue where they used a blue sport model 6-speed. Then, as the years went by, the magazines clocked it in the low 5 sec range. Was it the drivers who sucked, or was the Z regressing, or both?

Firebase99

It was a 7 speed auto with Sport and it was 4.7 and 13.2 in the qtr at 107. No other mag saw those times...ever again. It was being compared to a DB9 IIRC.

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UNKNOWN_370

Uuugggghhh No it was 4.6.... And R&T saw 4.8

And any Mag that accelerated with a foot of roll-out got under 5 seconds on the automatic. No other magazine got under 5 on the manual. And on that Mag the manual got 4.8 not 4.7

The auto on prime conditions average 4.8 to 60. The auto barely gets reviewed.

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FPenvy

man I feel bad for the the people in here saying they wont launch, wont drive hard, wont ever use the car's full potential.......poor Z's out there need loved and used properly aka redline and run that car like it was intended to be ran.

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mishuko

seriously once the oil guage moves I just go hard. very hard. 5k 1st gear pulls whenever I can. even up to 6k to be spirited. at the very least 80% throttle. lol...

tuner said my engine is very healthy. techs don't notice any issues during fluid changes.

hell the car just WANTS to rev up. it's not like I'm sitting for more than 5 seconds to hear the music. okay I lied sometimes i'll sit in 2nd for a longer time to vroomvroom pewpew.

FPenvy

if i have the room and minimal traffic i'll crank 1-2-3 to the redline the lay off depending on the area/road.

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Jayhovah

Ever since I got boost I am pretty much balls to the wall from when oil comes to temp until a few miles from my destination .... which then turns into my turbo cool down lap.... Unless my girlfriend is in the car. Then I drive like I'm terrified of everything in the slow lane. She scares easy.

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UNKNOWN_370

Sports cars are fashion statements to most.

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DeliriousClam

I'd love to do this more than I do but being a young guy in this car makes me a target to the cops around here.

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FPenvy

its not you it's the car itself lol

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DeliriousClam

True. At least in the town where I live I have a free pass. I helped a police captain of my town fix up his personal car at no charge while at work and I got a PBA card from him and he told me to have the officer call him if I get pulled over

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jchammond

I'm almost 50, old enough to know better/ but sometimes get that itch & don't care...yes these cars draw attention/ you may see 1 for every 12-15 Camaros or Mustangs.

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LA370z

This is a really good thread on this car.

5-O will roll up behind me a lot and out of nowhere. Almost like they are either expecting or just daring me to do something stupid while in it.

vtec to vvel

this would be me

my car has never seen past 75 mph and i drive like a grandpa, and sometimes will have fun, but generally, am really conservative, and DAMNIT im proud of it lol