Show Us Your Motors!

[dacads]

About time I timed my 1.4 Fiesta.. is it worth it though? Probably not..

 

[Will Gill]

If I timed my 0-60 it would be about 20 seconds, 5 for my car to do it and 15 for me to fat finger my phone/watch/whatever to record the time... the youth of today












<---- (oohh 53,000 posts, wonder what that says about me; Elliot?)

 

[wingman]

My 330Ci does it in about 3.5s, I've timed it on multiple occasions.

BMW didn't want it dropping the sales of the M3, so that's why they said 6.5.

You were cool at 52,999 Will but now... I dunno, what a loser.

 

[Akagi]

I don't make a habit of doing it, it was purely out of curiosity.

 

[Armageus]

If I timed my 0-60 it would be about 20 seconds, 5 for my car to do it and 15 for me to fat finger my phone/watch/whatever to record the time... the youth of today

I think the cool kids time it via ODB2 using Torque

<---- (oohh 53,000 posts, wonder what that says about me)

 

[wingman]

I don't make a habit of doing it, it was purely out of curiosity.

I affixed a camera behind my steering wheel and filmed it, then figured out the time (down the the frame!) in Premier Pro.

No half measures.

Nice!

Can you show us on Google maps where this steep hill is?

 

[Will Gill]

Torque, OBD, affixing cameras...

Witchcraft

 

[Akagi]

I think the cool kids time it via ODB2 using Torque

I wasn't quite that scientific, but I did affix a camera behind the steering wheel, filmed a 0 - 60 at 60fps, and then checked the time (down to the frame!) in Premier Pro.

 

[Frozennova]

I think the cool kids time it via ODB2 using Torque

I did mine through an ECU datalog, the sorcery

 

[Rybo89]

the actual time is somewhere between 6.5 and 7

Sorry, but no.

You are saying your Corolla is on par with mk2 Focus ST's, Types R's, RS Clio/Megane etc.

Just no.

 

[Akagi]

Not 'on par' exactly, rather, able to attain a similar 0 - 60 time if the driver is on the ball and perfects the 1st to 2nd gearchange. The others will be more fun as they have more torque (particularly the Focus ST) which means that they are more rewarding to drive when you aren't absolutely caining it. They also have better handling dynamics.

It has 190HP, is lighter than a Clio RS197, and has short gearing.

But clearly people who have never driven one know more than I do!

Time for a subject change I think.

 

[Will Gill]

I think we should try and keep this thread on topic, I'm guilty too, just sayin'

 

[Akagi]

I think we should try and keep this thread on topic, I'm guilty too, just sayin'

Agreed. Hope my above comment wasn't too sarcastic.

 

[Rybo89]

Time for a new stopwatch i think.

 

[Akagi]

Time for a new stopwatch i think.

Uhuh...

Time to do some reading up and some video browsing I think.

So, anyone got a motor to show?

 

[[TW]Fox]

I wasn't quite that scientific, but I did affix a camera behind the steering wheel, filmed a 0 - 60 at 60fps, and then checked the time (down to the frame!) in Premier Pro.

You do realise your speedo isn't a calibrated instrument, right?

brb, off to the shops in my 0-60 in 4 second car, after all, 2 second margin of error on 0-60 innit

 

[Akagi]

Now you're just clutching at straws.

 

[SDK^]

It could be possible; 190bhp and a 0-60 of 8.4 in a small hatch does appear

 

[Akagi]

Thank god, someone with common sense.

 

[SDK^]

BUT, if your indicated 60mph is actually 55mph (realistic as most cars I driven are) and you need a gear change at that speed then it will affect the real 0-60mph time. E.g. gear change and another 5mph acceleration.

On my Golf R, the analogue speedo reads 80mph, the digital display shows 77mph and the GPS readout on my satnav 72mph.