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0-60 and 1/4 mile numbers are irrevelent in the "real world". If the cars does or doesn't launch well it will have a huge impact on this stat. Evo's have

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Old 05-31-2010, 06:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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0-60 and 1/4 mile numbers are irrevelent in the "real world". If the cars does or doesn't launch well it will have a huge impact on this stat. Evo's have good 0-60 and 1/4 mile times, but are horrible above 80mph. If a car has under a 5sec 0-60 and less than 14sec 1/4 mile time it is considered "fast". Most of my driving is done on the hwy. A more important number to me would be a 40-100 mph time. When will magazines get away from drag strip statistics?
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Because most of the people dont do most of their driving on the interstates. And we want to know the times that are a standard out there and most can relate to that stat and not the moving stat. Besides I want to know who I can beat off the line.
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Prob never. I could honestly care less about a 40-100 time but I see your reasoning. Irrelevant the times may be for the "real road" its what car enthusiasts care about and are benchmark performance statistics. nothing will change that.
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0-60 and 1/4 mile numbers are irrevelent in the "real world". If the cars does or doesn't launch well it will have a huge impact on this stat. Evo's have good 0-60 and 1/4 mile times, but are horrible above 80mph. If a car has under a 5sec 0-60 and less than 14sec 1/4 mile time it is considered "fast". Most of my driving is done on the hwy. A more important number to me would be a 40-100 mph time. When will magazines get away from drag strip statistics?
They are the standards set down years ago as the determinents, our cars perform better from 40-100 though. My old 83 Z-28 would catch any evo on the highway and push on by because of the evos poor areodynamics.
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Because you don't go from a 40 roll when doing a drag race on an actual drag strip. They also provide you with slalom, track times, skidpad, and other things for your handling and track style statistics.
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I agree with all of you, but should a car be down graded because the tires don't hook-up well or the surface was slick? I figure a stat dedicated to the meat of the powerband would be more beneficial.
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Trap speeds are what's most important when judging how fast a car is. Magazines generally post these when a 1/4 mile run is done.
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im only livin' when im on the drag!!!! jk idk i like knowing what my car can do off the line like some of the above said you can time your car from 40-100 and let us know how it does
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real world: most people never floor there cars. which is sad, and also why most people don't realize how slow their cars are. I think they kind of imagine that they could totally go a lot faster, and they just choose not to.
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I live my life a 1/4 mile at a time so these 40-100 times I don't need
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All it is ego stats to me. My Z won't see a track just city/highway and a little spirited backroad driving. So 1/4 mile etc. is just good reading material in car comparos.
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I much prefer the magazine articles that list the cars' times from 0 all the way up to 150mph in 10mph increments.
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All I really care about is that off a red light everyone is a city block behind me by the time I get to the speed limit. Simple as that.
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I much prefer the magazine articles that list the cars' times from 0 all the way up to 150mph in 10mph increments.
yes, right on, Road and Track kicks *** because of this
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I agree with all of you, but should a car be down graded because the tires don't hook-up well or the surface was slick? I figure a stat dedicated to the meat of the powerband would be more beneficial.
This also reflects on the quality of the tire tha manufacturer uses, keeping them honest in a way. Put on crap tires.....die in the stats war.
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