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Originally Posted by DGthe3
0-60 isn't quoted because its a popular way to race. Just like nobody races anyone to a stop by holding a steady speed and slamming on the brakes to see who stops soonest, or sees how fast they can drive their cars in a tight circle. No, 0-60, 60 (or 70) to 0, and skidpad are all standardized metrics that give you an idea about how well a car performs. In the case of 0-60, it tells you how fast a car can accelerate at street speeds. Would 0-30 and 40-70 be more relevant to drivers? Probably ... but 0-60 was decided decades ago by magazines to be a critical piece of data regarding a cars performance. If you don't like it, take it up with Motor Trend and Car & Driver. They're the ones responsible for its popularity.
Also, one person lining one car up against someone else in their car only tells you if that one specific person is faster (or slower) than one other specific person in their one specific car. Can't use that to generalize about how your car fares against others, not when driver skill and experience play such a big role (not to mention mods made to the other car). |
I agree with some of your points, but that's how you test the true performance of a car, by testing how fast it accelerates and how fast it stops and how fast it corners, etc. but the OP posted 0-60 times ONLY and used that as a benchmark of comparison, which no one uses that data ONLY to determine the performance of a car, like you cited.
It doesn't take into consideration what one person can do under their conditions. For example, I got a 12.2@115 in the humid heat of south Louisiana out of my a8 SS, so does that mean I have some freak of a car bc I got a better time than the magazines or GM did? No, it just means that even in the humid heat, I probably still had better air than they did when they tested.....bc I seriously doubt I'm a better driver lol
That's why I say, yet again, if you want to find out if your 6th gen v6 is close to a 5th gen SS, go line up against one and find out