GsF - it's a quick car

[Big Rat]

Two up those are pretty impressive figures for a standard car.

 

Big Rat

[mrfunex]

I’ll have to get practicing my 180’s. Far cooler than a 3-pointer! 😎

[Guest]

I must admit to the odd dab to reduce turning circle. Get it right at least 10 percent of the time. :D

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[C.B]

Ahh filming the speedo, the way all professional timing is done 😕

[Ben01]

10 minutes ago, C.B said:

Ahh filming the speedo, the way all professional timing is done 😕

It is boring, but if somebody freakin about 0-60 is better than nothing and could be informative but IMHO ONLY if the stop-watch is real next to speedo, not picture-in-picture...

[jawz786]

I thought all speedo's were a few mph lower than the  actual GPS speed, e.g. if you are doing 70 on the car speedo, the actualy speed is about 67 - 68 mph?

 

 

[C.B]

That plus you need to start the stopwatch exactly as the car starts moving or a few 10ths could have been gained that way. It could be filmed down a hill etc

VBox or similar is the only accurate way.

I've been on many a forum over the years where the consensus has been that the manufacturer downplayed the 0-60 time and the car is actually quicker than published. I see no reason why manufacturers of performance cars would do this personally.

 

[Mark G]

17 minutes ago, C.B said:

That plus you need to start the stopwatch exactly as the car starts moving or a few 10ths could have been gained that way. It could be filmed down a hill etc

VBox or similar is the only accurate way.

I've been on many a forum over the years where the consensus has been that the manufacturer downplayed the 0-60 time and the car is actually quicker than published. I see no reason why manufacturers of performance cars would do this personally.

 

This, trying it with a stopwatch in the car is nonsense, you have introduced another variable, reaction time.......................

[ColinBarber]

Lexus quote a 0-62 mph time, not 0-60. That plus the speedo reads over by 2 to 3 mph at 60 on UK vehicles (different in other countries) means you cannot get an accurate time the way shown in the video.

[Flytvr]

On 7/27/2018 at 11:49 AM, Mark G said:

This, trying it with a stopwatch in the car is nonsense, you have introduced another variable, reaction time.......................

@Mark G,I tried using a grandfather clock once in a Honda Civic. Was a tight squeeze getting it in the car I can tell you!

I don't think it was very accurate!

Here's the timing equipment - 

 

I employed a local 'racing driver' just for the test - 

 

[Ala Larj]

Interesting choice of footwear!

[Mark G]

7 hours ago, Ala Larj said:

Interesting choice of footwear!

Its whats known as a heavy right foot...……………………...