the 70 percenter

ImportConvert · 05-01-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Davey

I like the 0-100 time myself. It's easy to gear a wheezy little econobox low and get to 60 in a relatively big hurry, but without some horsepower, you're going to run out of steam well before 100.

Plus, AWD cars have a huge advantage on a 0-60 run so long as you don't mind potentially breaking axles and gears.

But anyway, yeah, I like to feel some G's when I corner and put my foot down, but I'm not interested in going 100% unless it's somewhere very safe for the car, me, and anyone else.

Even 0-100 doesn't really get a measure of a sports car.

0-150 takes into account power, gearing, and aerodynamics.

I just don't like the "0" part, because I am not going to "launch" a car all the time on the street, whereas I am likely as not to run it from 30-80 or something quite often. I'm not about clutch jobs.

Mt Tam I am · 05-01-2011, 10:32 AM

Strangely, I like to go 90-100% on the turns but no where near that on the straights. So when you average it out, I may still be a 70%er.

ImportConvert · 05-01-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

Strangely, I like to go 90-100% on the turns but no where near that on the straights. So when you average it out, I may still be a 70%er.

I have found that I don't really push corners at all. My comfort range is about .6-7G's in a corner. At that point, I am already uncomfortable on the street. I always worry about gravel, oil, antifreeze, etc. showing up in the worse spot.

Davey · 05-01-2011, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Even 0-100 doesn't really get a measure of a sports car.

0-150 takes into account power, gearing, and aerodynamics.

Even 0 - 150 doesn't really get a measure of a sports car. 0 - 200 is an even better indicator.

My point wasn't what time-to-speed is a good indicator of whether a car is a "sports car" or not, or how to measure the performance of a "sports car" the point is that the 0 - 60 times is useless in considering the performance of any performance car.

I suppose you could argue that 0 - 100 is useless as well but I'd say that in the price and performance range of most cars under $50K, and in the typical range of operation on a public road, you'd be wrong.

So, I get what you're saying and it's a valid point, it just doesn't have anything to do with what I'm saying.

I mean, a Subaru Forester does 0 - 60 in about 5 seconds... That's about the same as a G37S. I am pretty sure the Infiniti will be at 100 MPH a second or two before the Subaru, though.

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