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Originally Posted by footie
Now I understand why there is such a difference, as someone from Europe I don't get to read or am familiar with some of the US magazine test procedures. I can't understand how they can call this 0-60mph when the car isn't at a complete stop...  |
They do the one foot "rollout" (as it's called) to zero their timing to dragstrip clocks, which don't start until your front tire has rolled out of the "staging beam". Drag strips are very popular in the States.
Rollout for an average street tire is about a foot, hence the test procedure to mimic that.
Bruce