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The real question is how are other cars measured, because if everyone cheats, no one cheats.
by unknownOrigin 5y ago
The real question is how are other cars measured, because if everyone cheats, no one cheats.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoEveryone does a 1 foot rollout.
- GhostVII 5y agoMagazines do, manufacturers generally don't.
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- throwaway292893 5y agoSource? Everything I've seen says 1 foot rollout is industry standard.
- nabla9 5y agoNorth American auto magazines.
- nabla9 5y agoEuropeans don't. Porsche for example. Dodge don't do it. Tesla don't do it either for their non performance models.
- leetcrew 5y agonot really. if everyone cheats a different way, you just can't compare the numbers. I wish people didn't care so much about this specific performance number anyway. 0-60 time doesn't tell you how fast a car will go around a track (if you're into that), and more importantly imo, it doesn't tell you much about how enjoyable a car will be to drive on public roads. it's particularly frustrating to see how the few remaining manual transmissions are all designed to hit redline in second gear at 62 mph. talk about optimizing for the benchmark...
- raisedbyninjas 5y agoFor car enthusiasts, I agree. For most of the population, 0-60 is a useful metric. Everybody accelerates from traffic lights and uses a highway on ramp nearly every day. Pulling 1g on a curve is for a work commute or road trip is rare.
- Someone 5y agoEverybody accelerates from traffic lights, but few want to do 0-60 in two seconds there. FTA: “firmly press your noggin against the headrest (trust us), release the brake, and hang on.” The difference between 0-60 in 4 seconds (drives the same distance as a constant speed of 30 for 4 seconds) and 0-60 in two seconds plus two seconds at 60 (gives you the same distance as a constant speed of 30 for 2 seconds plus one of 60 for 2 seconds) is the distance driven in two seconds at 30, so you’d be a whopping (not) one second behind if you drove that slower accelerating car. (Also, this car takes 8 to 15 minutes to prepare for that sprint. That’s not the practical)
- raisedbyninjas 5y agoI wasn't describing how the plaid is practical. I gave reasoning why the concept of the 0-60 metric is useful and relatable for the general public.
- leetcrew 5y agothere's very rarely a good reason to use full throttle from a dead stop on public roads. if I want to get in front of someone at a traffic light, about half-open throttle is all I need to do it. if the other driver resists, it's wiser to find a slot behind them instead. I actually find the 30-50 and 50-70 tests that car and driver runs to be pretty interesting for a daily driver. in a manual it shows what kind of performance you can expect merging / changing lanes if you're too lazy to downshift, and in an automatic it captures how well the transmission responds to a sudden application of the throttle while cruising. these figures strike me as a lot more realistic than flooring it from a dead stop. many cars are traction limited in the lower gears anyway. I do understand some people simply enjoy accelerating hard in a straight line, and I don't begrudge them that. I'm just disappointed by the tradeoffs that are made to hit that headline figure.