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I was just wondering, is there a "guide" to how manufacturers test the car's 0-60 times? like letting the revs go no more than 3/4 of the max revs when testing, or something like that? I say this because i've managed to get over 4 seconds off the quoted 0-60 of my car?

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The guide is: whatever it takes. It usually involves big revs (the max that won't cause wheelspin/traction control), sidestepping the clutch and clutchless gear changes etc. I'll start the line of people who find your claim hard to believe I'm afraid.


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Hahaha 4sec? I'm calling *******s on that one :D

the only manufacture I know who time their cars oddly is Peugeot. They time them with 2 adults, luggage and half a tank of petrol. The rest, to my knowledge, screw the balls off them to get the fastest time possible :)
 
Unless your car usually has a 15 or 20 second 0-60 time, and you've timed it downhill by mistake, then that's not going to be possible. Or timed it by counting instead...

Manufacturers will take the car to it's maximum for a 0-60 time, sidestepping the clutch, redlining the gears and clutchless gearchanges etc.
 
Plus to get a proper 0-60mph time you're suppost to go back and forth across the same stretch of tarmac and take the average ;)
 
Cyanide said:
Mine's a bit faster than Hyundai say... but then again it's not hard to get <20 secs :D
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If you used a stopwatch. I'm guessing its human delay from pressing the start and stop. And were you going by GPS speed or speedo speed!?
 
Would be possible if looking at speedo speed. Assuming the speedo overreads slightly (so 60 on the speedo = 56mph or so) and you can just hit 60 (speedo) on the redline in 2nd. To get to a real actual 60, you need the change to 3rd and then add a couple more seconds to carry on accelerating (to what would be 63/64 on the speedo).

That might account for a few seconds difference.
 
its quoted 14.5 seconds 0-60, but it got 10-11 everytime. I did it up and down an airfield flat as could be (and deserted :D ). Used a stopwatch cos was just interested, but the human delay can't amount to 4 seconds? Even incorrect speedo and human delay can't amount to 4 seconds when averaged over 5 times.
 
Meridian said:
The guide is: whatever it takes. It usually involves big revs (the max that won't cause wheelspin/traction control), sidestepping the clutch and clutchless gear changes etc. I'll start the line of people who find your claim hard to believe I'm afraid.


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How thew hell do you do a cluctchless gear change?
Ive tryed before but it just wont go in gear :confused:
 
Rednut05 said:
If you used a stopwatch. I'm guessing its human delay from pressing the start and stop. And were you going by GPS speed or speedo speed!?
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GPS speed :)

I know the 0-60 speed is a possible lie as they also say the top speed is 93mph... which it ain't :D
 
Zip said:
How thew hell do you do a cluctchless gear change?
Ive tryed before but it just wont go in gear :confused:
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I know if i change from 2nd @ 4000rpm then 3rd would be doing 3000rpm for the same speed. So all you need to do whilst you change is make sure at the moment you try to get it into the next gear the engine is already revving correctly for your speed.
 
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