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      12-16-2010, 04:00 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by bruce.augenstein@comcast. View Post
All the American magazines I know of (save for Consumer Reports) test with one foot of rollout before the clocks start. They do this to zero their times to drag strip clocks, because of reader complaints about apparent acceleration differences between drag times and zero-to-speed times in the past.

Now. Seriously, and without rancor (I hope), just what is a "true" 0-60 time?

Should the clocks start after the car has rolled for a foot? Some other distance?

Should they start when the driver clicks a stop watch? When he or she begins releasing the clutch or brake? When the car begins to move?

Seriously, what is a true 0-60 time? I certainly don't know, and therefore solicit opinions.



Edmunds Insideline does true 0-60 acceleration measurements.
0 to 60 or whatever should be true dead stop accelerating.
The 1' foot roll is only meant for the quarter mile and magazines that use it are being lazy and dishonest when measuring 0-whatever.
I have a Racelogic Performancebox (http://www.vboxusa.com/performancedr...ormancebox.php)
and a 1' rollout makes a big difference in acceleration times(about .2-.3 seconds with my X6M and GTR to 60)
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