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If the next movie isn't called this, I'm only going to go to the cinema to see it once instead of at least twice.
Is a 10 second car considered fast by 2021 standards?
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If the next movie isn't called this, I'm only going to go to the cinema to see it once instead of at least twice.
Of course it is. When his username was AlphaMale1, he posted lots of "alpha male" garbage. You expect anything less?
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only 10.8 secs for this early 90's slouch ....
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*I will add an Aventador LP750 does exact same Q Mile as F1, so not bad eh?
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0-60 & 1/4 mile times in the NSX. 5 Year old car now, still feels insane. People get so focused on numbers though, especially Americans. The US forums are obsessed with drag times etc. If the car feels fast then you will enjoy it.
10.8s is a 10 second car.
Tesla Model S Plaid is 1/4 around 9.2 at about 150mph. This breaches the rules in the US - cars need a parachute when reaching the line at 150mph+ so owners are requested to brake before the 1/4 end.
This Plaid owner did a 10 second run finishing at 34mph
This Plaid owner did a 10 second run finishing at 34mph
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Nice 60ft , where did you run that? Kinda struggled in the Evo for 60ft as needed to have zero sympathy
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Nice 60ft , where did you run that? Kinda struggled in the Evo for 60ft as needed to have zero sympathy
Private road officer.
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I guess that's due to the lack of corners in the usa
0-60 & 1/4 mile times in the NSX. 5 Year old car now, still feels insane. People get so focused on numbers though, especially Americans. The US forums are obsessed with drag times etc. If the car feels fast then you will enjoy it.
. I always viewed the fandf films as sci-fi more than anything
. I do feel the cars listed above, even in film world aren't that fast (relatively), although I thought supra and skylines were famed for getting big big power
.I guess that's due to the lack of corners in the usa
We have turns in the US.
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0-60 & 1/4 mile times in the NSX. 5 Year old car now, still feels insane. People get so focused on numbers though, especially Americans. The US forums are obsessed with drag times etc. If the car feels fast then you will enjoy it.
So soooooooo close to being a 10s car Nath, then you could have done Dom proud. Shame
Love your NSX though man, feels like yesterday when you got it!
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/Nerd on...
'Technically' a 10s should be 10.4999999999999s or under to be known as a '10s car'.
it’s not? I always thought it meant faster than 10 seconds?
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You must like corners Si, you had an S2000 iirc
i had a 99MY but it tried to kill me so I swore only 04's onwards after that!
I understand the appeal of drag racing, it is where it all began really and I have done a few in the past mainly of the longer distance sort. But I come from a generation before traction control, paddle shifts, launch control, 4wd across the range, electric power, ABS, power steering etc etc etc. You had a much bigger part to play in the past. I see little to no appeal in modern drag racing where you click launch control and see how quick you can react, but that is it. I never once used launch control in my R8, it will be the same with my current car.
I went out for a drive this evening in my car and I would defy anyone sitting in the passenger seat to tell me it's not an incredibly fast, agile, dynamic (by modern measures) and visceral supercar that is very very special and incredibly fast. It won't do 10 second 1/4 mile but to me that is irrelevant. I watch some YouTubes and the comments are FULL of people debating milliseconds. When I see this thread I just feel the same.
A 10 second car is not fast unless it also does 200mph and can lap a race track on GT3 pace. Fast can be measured in many ways, to me 10 seconds is just one of them.
Special however is a different debate. More subjective, more personal and for me a car that is quick on a drag strip is a "so what" kinda thing.
Each to their own.
I went out for a drive this evening in my car and I would defy anyone sitting in the passenger seat to tell me it's not an incredibly fast, agile, dynamic (by modern measures) and visceral supercar that is very very special and incredibly fast. It won't do 10 second 1/4 mile but to me that is irrelevant. I watch some YouTubes and the comments are FULL of people debating milliseconds. When I see this thread I just feel the same.
A 10 second car is not fast unless it also does 200mph and can lap a race track on GT3 pace. Fast can be measured in many ways, to me 10 seconds is just one of them.
Special however is a different debate. More subjective, more personal and for me a car that is quick on a drag strip is a "so what" kinda thing.
Each to their own.