who do you believe
0-60- 5.1\http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164667
or road/track 5.4

 

Just really depends on the driver and climate conditions

 

You will see different number of all cars in all magazines , Actually the weather and the driver make the 0.2 or 0.3 difference IMP dont trust magazines numbers

 

the 5.1 one was said to be an estimate, and they did not actually test it to get 5.1. read the entire article

 

WGAF about 0-60? Any number you read in a magazine can be beaten or not achieved on any given day at any given time.

It doesn't really mean anything except as a variable point of reference. Know whatta mean?

If your car goes 0-60 in 5 flat and loses in the quarter to a car that goes 0-60 in 5.5, what then?

Anyone who can feel the difference between 0-60 in 5.1 and 5.3 in day to day driving without instrumentation is a better man than me.

 

+1

conditions change everything

i do follow what some of the numbers mags put on.

they give you an idea of what the car can do.

 

.3 sec isn't even noticeable.Different g's ,drivers days different #'s.

 

What a magazine can get doesn't equal what YOU can get. Takes some skill to pull off the best possible times. Especially with a 6mt.

So quit bench racing.

 

0 to 60 auto 5.5 (as slow as sedan) manual 5.3

 

+123456789 on everything

I have always thought 0-60 is a "rookie's" way of bench racing two vehicles.

Give me 1/4 miles, 20-80, 5-60, 0-120, ... anything but 0-60. It's not a good indication of ANY vehicles overall performance.

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i agree 100% BUTTT it's an ego issue that the 0-60 deals with.
it's when you pull next to a neon srt4 for example and u want to know if you can beat him to the street's speed limit or to the next light or not. that's what it is.
in a track what you said is valid and you have to add handling and all sort of things. but on the street i dont care if my car will whoop the neon at 140 mph, coz we wont even get there!

 

Magazine racers are way way way too obsessed with 0-60 or even 1/4 mile.....

 

I see your point.

But who street races to 60 mph? First, I believe street racing is pretty much lame. It becomes even lamer when two "tough guys" try racing to the street's speed limit.

And when I mentioned performance, I was only reffering to acceleration.

I think people see 0-60 as an easy way out for non-technical people. i doubt most people can trully understand and anaylize many aspects of a cars acceleration. Which leads them to conclude that 0-60 is all that matters.

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5.1 was an estimate and not official. Someone could have said 4.1 was an estimate and wouldn't mean much without official testing.

I think the conscensus is average 5.4 0-60.

 

from all races i have been i'd say 70% were up to speed limit or maybe + 10.
to me it's just not worth getting a ticket so i stop regardless