Is this true ? : Zero-to-sixty actually doesn't matter so much ?

FPenvy

actually most people on this forum are older well whats left of the ownership from when the car was worth something.

now it is becoming littered with some teen idiot types who's parents got them a sports car etc...... just look for stanced car threads or just retarded mod ideas. dead giveaway.

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njobe89

wasn't there a thread asking how old everyone was? if there wasn't someone go set up a poll... i think the average would be around 40..... freaking old people ugh

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Silly Rabbit

Interesting thread.

Hard launch? We'd don't need no stinkin hard launch. Why, I'd never. I baby this thing all the way.

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felix0121

I don't think most Z owners are married.

Without back seats, having children just means that it's time to sell out Z unless the owner is pretty rich to afford Z as his second car.

Therefore, I guess many nembers here might be pretty young.



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ZGermans

I'm married with two littles. I traded in an 04 STI that I bought brand new for the Z. The deal was I had to get the wife an suv too.

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Married with 3 kids, hence the bus, Z is for the Wife & I.

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Chuck33079

Not really. You don't have to be rich to have a second car. And more older people buy sports cars new than young people. It's the second owners that are younger.

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SouthArk370Z

What about empty-nesters? My guess: the distribution would look (vaguely) like an "upside down bell curve" - most owners/members at the low and high ends with a big dip in the middle.

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mishuko

yea... the previous owner was married. had a kid or two and another on the way or something like that. something about needing a 'family car'

I sort of agree that 2nd hand owners are generally younger. bit of a assumption though...

kenchan

thought we were talking about 0-60 and 60-0?

N8GTOL

Don't get me wrong, I drive my Z hard and often. I just choose not to launch it at maximum potential from a stop. Mainly I don't drop the clutch from 3 krpm because there is no point on the street and when I track I am not 1/4 mile racing. Also, launching from a dead stop is many times harder on the car's mechanical components than just driving hard and I want to beat on my Z for many more years to come.

jchammond

Amen to that!
Even my stock Z goes through rear tires every 15-20k miles...and I'm almost "50"
The old girl can pedal down the track in the high 4's on a hot summer night & manage to run a 13.1 second quarter @105 mph w/300 lb. man in it (includes clothes & helmet)
And on a longer track; will go 0-156 in less than 35seconds...(that's the governed speed @ almost 7k in 5th gear (1:1)...so, don't know if they scared or just ease around and look pretty....Oh; and I can consistently log 27+ mpg with it/ worst tank 24mpg.
Milage at the track doesn't count.
Now/ with a few mods being installed,,,we'll have to go out & redo some numbers!
Have a nice weekend folks!

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Jsolo

Anyone here ride bikes? 0-60 numbers are useless. They're mostly near 3sec for sport/sport touring type bikes. Quarter mile times tell more of the story. Some of these newer bikes will do 10sec (ktm superduke 1290 comes to mind or s1000rr).

This is insane!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxmXGd9bhV8

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axmea?

Read every post on this thread and love it. 0 to 60 to feed the egos of those who don't know any better.

How come the good threads always pay tribute to JungleZ? Damn that guy.

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ped

Heck no, it's not true. WHat do you do all day when driving - accelerate. Usually from a stop.

Heck the author completely neglects quarter mile times (suggests right up front that all anyone cares about is top speed and 0-60). BS. The same 0-60 ability is largely similar to the acceleration you'll get from a roll (sans traction issues off the line), which is also largely similar to the quarter mile times/traps you'll get. It's rare to find a car that does super-fast in either 0-60 or quarter mile that isn't also good in the other.

Although he does make an interesting point with the 918 being slower from 5-60 than from 0-60. But comments below the article make clear why; the car is stuck in the lower-end of the RPM range in a 5-60 contest.