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Originally Posted by JoeD4
0-60 MPH is actually the most useless accessleration statistic reported. How often does anyone do a full blown standing-start launch in their car, then stop accelerating at 60? 0-60 is purely a function of 1st gear traction. 1st gear also happens to be the one you least often drive in, so how is that indicative of anything real-world? It has been a long standing benchmark of "performance," but then again...so has the old wive's tale of needing to change your oil every 3,000 miles. It's even more meaningless when you get into high-end cars.
More telling real-world acceleration statistics are like 5-60 MPH, 40-70 MPH,60-130 MPH, 1/4-mile trap speed, 1/8-mile trap speed and 1/4-mile trap speed delta, 1-mile speed, etc. These figures paint a better picture of how the car actually accelerates and powerband characteristics...not just launch.
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I do a lot of full blown starts in my car but not all the way to 60 more like 40-50 mph then I cruise. I think 0-50, 5-60, 40-70 would actually be a better benchmark than 0-60, 1/4 mile times and trap speed are significant as well but 0-60 times are easily available for just about every car out there which is why they are used so often when comparing cars