What defines a fast car in 2020?

On a track I’ve been in extraordinarily fast cars but what I would regard as fast on a track and a road would be different. On the road something doing 0-60 in less than 5s is fast. It is able to hit 100 in less than 10s then it is probably too fast for the road and I would categorise it as a license loser. In some ways a Tesla has redefined that for me. Insane acceleration for the road but runs out fairly soon after the national speed limit.
 
Bear said:
It’s an E63S
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I'll let you off, wasn't sure if you'd be one of these people with a 320d that thinks it's that fast:D. I do find the limiting faction is traction, in the dry obviously it's easy, I'm finding I really have to ease off at certain junctions ATM as the roads can be greasy, and I find with autos, they're kind of a digital clutch, you can't 'feather' it like you can in a manual.
 
Actually thinking about it more, I'll say that 5.5 seconds 0-60 is fast. That's what my car does (on paper - never tried it myself), and it's certainly fast enough to be fun, not to mention get me into trouble when I push it. I wouldn't mind looking at a mod or two to add a touch more power in the top 500rpm, but that's more for enjoyment (because it feels like it drops off a bit at the end) rather than any pressing need to smoke fools at the lights.
 
I did quite a few days a decade or so back at Crail and other places, best i ever managed was 13 dead at 113mph which to be honest it flipping quick even today.
Problem was the first 60ft, if you have ever driven a high power 200sx you will know - they dont get off the line very well :p however once into 2nd and 3rd it was like a teleporter.
 
sideways14a said:
I did quite a few days a decade or so back at Crail and other places, best i ever managed was 13 dead at 113mph which to be honest it flipping quick even today.
Problem was the first 60ft, if you have ever driven a high power 200sx you will know - they dont get off the line very well :p however once into 2nd and 3rd it was like a teleporter.
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That's pretty much the same I got out of my Astra, about 13.2 @ 112mph. Off the line is rubbish but once it gets going it claws it back!
 
Thats a pretty good time and more importantly speed as thats what really tells you how quick it is.
Those results were with a home brew tune and about 280hp/320ft - i blew the engine up a wee while later (i bought RLTC and the spark cut damaged one of the valves and it went walkies in a bad way) so rebuilt it with forged everything 2871r 740cc injectors.

But i got bored of it and sold it on before it was finished as i had "grown out" of driving really fast like that. :mad:
 
sideways14a said:
Anyone here ever done drag racing, proper drag racing where you get slips n everything - not some podgy bird with a couple of bra's swinging about at traffic lights?
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There's a group of us that regularly did OCUK pod trips.

Got a work colleague that's been mid/high 8s @ 160ish in his Mk1 Fiesta, and a friend of his has a Mk2 escort that runs in the 7s

I went as quick as 12.80 111mph on the old MX5
 
Jesus 12.8 on a 5 must have had epic traction and ... well i know the 5s are light but 111Mph on the terminal needs some push behind it. I am lucky if i were to see 90 or 92 MPH on my 180ish bhp mk4.

Quarter miles are always about the launch, 4wd and your fast as **** - but look at the terminals to see the actual power of the car. Doing 12.5 seconds and 110 mph says lots of tractions but modestpower.
A 120Mph final and 12s time says mega power but i have a bit of trouble putting it all down.

I recon my old SX could have hit 120 terminal but it would have wheelspan half the way there lol.
 
Acme said:
Haha you recon my guess was that far off? I have no idea. I did a 14.88 in my Corolla T-Sport and the Volvo felt like warp speed in comparison. 0 - 60 in 5.3~ and 0 - 100 in 11.3~ whereas the Corolla did 0 - 60 in 6.4 and 0 - 100 in 15 (all according to speedo not GPS)
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You sound like my 6 year old sometimes....He talks in superlatives too, daddy my toy kitchen is the biggest best toy kitchen ever isn’t it? :p
 
Jez said:
I’m just jealous of your youth and eagerness, I’ve given up being enthusiastic about anything :p
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I was just asking if my guesstimate was that far off in their opinion. :p

I based it off the fact that the S60R does it in 14~ with +100KG in weight and AWD, with a similar amount of power.

If I lose my enthusiasm about old turdburgers what would be left... :eek:
 
sideways14a said:
Jesus 12.8 on a 5 must have had epic traction and ... well i know the 5s are light but 111Mph on the terminal needs some push behind it. I am lucky if i were to see 90 or 92 MPH on my 180ish bhp mk4.

Quarter miles are always about the launch, 4wd and your fast as **** - but look at the terminals to see the actual power of the car. Doing 12.5 seconds and 110 mph says lots of tractions but modestpower.
A 120Mph final and 12s time says mega power but i have a bit of trouble putting it all down.

I recon my old SX could have hit 120 terminal but it would have wheelspan half the way there lol.
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It was a fairly slow 2.15 60ft, I think a good headwind accounted the trap speed it was usually a touch under 110
 
Ninco! said:
Comical thread. I love supercars only would I ever buy one - nope.

Firstly who the hell drag races? How many times nowadays, you witness someone in a powerful BMW/Audi blast past and then slam on the anchors as they have overcooked for instance, to exit a dual carriageway?
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I'm not sure how super cars come in to this. A RS3 with a few bolt ons can run 2.9s to 60 and 0 to 100 in 6.xxs. The Rs3 is a regular hatch and hardly a super car
 
Doesn't take much except bucks to get any decent AWD car to under 3s 0-60 these days

I think it's over 100mph when you can really measure what's quicker I.e. 100-200mph times.
 
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