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0 to 60mph in 6.8 seconds. The 0-60mph time for a 2025 Ford F-150 pickup truck is 5.8 seconds. Today's "performance" cars are in the 2 to 3 second range. It w

by Animats 11mo ago

0 to 60mph in 6.8 seconds. The 0-60mph time for a 2025 Ford F-150 pickup truck is 5.8 seconds. Today's "performance" cars are in the 2 to 3 second range. It was a more leisurely time.

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M95D 11mo ago
> 5.8 seconds And your insurer will know when, where, and how often you do it.
rootusrootus 11mo ago
And that’s the slowest F-150. The Lightning will do it in under 4 seconds (as will the Raptor R). Arguably too fast for a 6500 pound chunk of steel, but it’s certainly entertaining. I timed my first vehicle - a 1977 Chevrolet pickup - back in the day and it took around 18 seconds to get to 60. Topped out at maybe 85. Still perfectly usable for daily driving.
- Animats 11mo ago
  Here's "Hot Rod Girl", from 1956.[1] The beginning title is a few minutes of footage of the real San Fernando Drag Strip in Southern California. Watch the sluggish acceleration. Yes, they're actually supposed to be racing, not that it looks like it. [1] https://archive.org/details/hot_rod_girl_1956 https://archive.org/details/hot_rod_girl_1956
HeyLaughingBoy 11mo ago
I remember in the late 80's/early 90s reading a Car & Driver special publication on "affordable used sports cars" (I ended up with a 1975 280Z for $2,000 in great condition). They made a point that "the sports cars of the 60's are easily beaten, at least in a straight line, by today's average family sedans." I remember this every time something like a Cadillac Escalade leaves my 21-year-old 350Z in its dust...
MrSkelter 11mo ago
True but remember the American obsession with acceleration is very different from actual speed. Driving involves moving the car round corners and bends. Many less accelerative cars will beat their betters point to point on handling. Then there’s stoping. The less time you spend slowing down the faster you go and lighter better handling vehicles win there too. That F-150 will get its ass handed to it by an older sports car through a city. Drag racing is a tiny niche, it’s not the true measure of automotive performance any more than horsepower is.

by Animats 11mo ago

0 to 60mph in 6.8 seconds. The 0-60mph time for a 2025 Ford F-150 pickup truck is 5.8 seconds. Today's "performance" cars are in the 2 to 3 second range. It was a more leisurely time.

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M95D 11mo ago

> 5.8 seconds And your insurer will know when, where, and how often you do it.

rootusrootus 11mo ago

And that’s the slowest F-150. The Lightning will do it in under 4 seconds (as will the Raptor R). Arguably too fast for a 6500 pound chunk of steel, but it’s certainly entertaining. I timed my first vehicle - a 1977 Chevrolet pickup - back in the day and it took around 18 seconds to get to 60. Topped out at maybe 85. Still perfectly usable for daily driving.

Animats 11mo ago
Here's "Hot Rod Girl", from 1956.[1] The beginning title is a few minutes of footage of the real San Fernando Drag Strip in Southern California. Watch the sluggish acceleration. Yes, they're actually supposed to be racing, not that it looks like it. [1] https://archive.org/details/hot_rod_girl_1956 https://archive.org/details/hot_rod_girl_1956

HeyLaughingBoy 11mo ago

I remember in the late 80's/early 90s reading a Car & Driver special publication on "affordable used sports cars" (I ended up with a 1975 280Z for $2,000 in great condition). They made a point that "the sports cars of the 60's are easily beaten, at least in a straight line, by today's average family sedans." I remember this every time something like a Cadillac Escalade leaves my 21-year-old 350Z in its dust...

MrSkelter 11mo ago

True but remember the American obsession with acceleration is very different from actual speed. Driving involves moving the car round corners and bends. Many less accelerative cars will beat their betters point to point on handling. Then there’s stoping. The less time you spend slowing down the faster you go and lighter better handling vehicles win there too. That F-150 will get its ass handed to it by an older sports car through a city. Drag racing is a tiny niche, it’s not the true measure of automotive performance any more than horsepower is.