Let’s define dangerously slow

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What’s your definition of dangerously slow

>6
0
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>7
0
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>8
0
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>9
4
17%
>10
8
35%
>11
1
4%
>12
4
17%
>15
5
22%
>30
1
4%
 
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In 0-60.
:plac: coined the term but we should narrow it down :popcorn:
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My :wankel: :truk: was borderline unless I was prepared and over 5000rpm 120hp ish and 2700lbs.
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max225 wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:32 am In 0-60.
:plac: coined the term but we should narrow it down :popcorn:
Real 0-60 or magazine brake torque with rollout on prepped surface with a pro driver 0-60?

I’d say 10 seconds 5-60 is unacceptable.
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Johnny_P wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:02 am
max225 wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:32 am In 0-60.
:plac: coined the term but we should narrow it down :popcorn:
Real 0-60 or magazine brake torque with rollout on prepped surface with a pro driver 0-60?

I’d say 10 seconds 5-60 is unacceptable.
Oh boy ... Ok use the slower of the 2.
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Johnny_P wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:02 am
max225 wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:32 am In 0-60.
:plac: coined the term but we should narrow it down :popcorn:
Real 0-60 or magazine brake torque with rollout on prepped surface with a pro driver 0-60?

I’d say 10 seconds 5-60 is unacceptable.
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max225 wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:05 am
Johnny_P wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:02 am

Real 0-60 or magazine brake torque with rollout on prepped surface with a pro driver 0-60?

I’d say 10 seconds 5-60 is unacceptable.
Oh boy ... Ok use the slower of the 2.
I think my ideal is 8 sec or less 0-60 in normal mode just mash it from a stop light with a pretzel in one hand.
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Anything 9 or over.

Honestly, everything should be able to be in the 6's these days.... maybe the 7's.... but I wouldn't buy them, I merge too much.
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Johnny_P wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:10 am
max225 wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:05 am

Oh boy ... Ok use the slower of the 2.
I think my ideal is 8 sec or less 0-60 in normal mode just mash it from a stop light with a pretzel in one hand.
Right but the question is around dangerously slow :doe:
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11 seconds. But that's not American's pussy foot acceleration, that's lets floor this bitchhhhhhh
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max225 wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:12 am
Johnny_P wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:10 am

I think my ideal is 8 sec or less 0-60 in normal mode just mash it from a stop light with a pretzel in one hand.
Right but the question is around dangerously slow :doe:
10 sec in that scenario.
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I voted greater than 10 seconds these days. It's all relative though, isn't it? 36 years ago when the M1 :turboyaris: came out in Murica the car mags were all :fuckyeah: about a sub-10 second 0-60. (C&D clocked it at 9.7). But when supercars were doing it in the 7's, sub-10 was respectable.

Nowadays, as :waxer: said above, most things should be around sub-7 to be at least somewhat interesting,
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If it’s not sub 3 seconds, why even bother? Full time :plaid:
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wap wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:56 am I voted greater than 10 seconds these days. It's all relative though, isn't it? 36 years ago when the M1 :turboyaris: came out in Murica the car mags were all :fuckyeah: about a sub-10 second 0-60. (C&D clocked it at 9.7). But when supercars were doing it in the 7's, sub-10 was respectable.

Nowadays, as :waxer: said above, most things should be around sub-7 to be at least somewhat interesting,
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I voted 11+ because in the real world you never need the zero part.

Even shitty on ramps, pull half a g ffs and rev it out and you will merge at highway speed
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Also, my car might be doing a 8 second 0-60 right now. Maybe more. No real boost happening. You know what? It's still not dangerously slow.
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I went > 12 seconds. I DDed a Bang Bus for 90K miles that was over 20 and it was definitely scary/sucky at times but I never failed to merge and never wrecked. Granted, something like that vehicle requires a lot more focus and planning ahead than your average :derp: , but I'd be surprised if most :tits: have ever accelerated to 60 in under 12 seconds in their lives, regardless of vehicle. Most merge issues are caused by fucking Instagramming dumbass :millennial: or :wap: slowing down instead of getting on the throttle while merging. Moar powah won't solve that.
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Not surprised that >10 is so popular.
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ok, so at first I was at 15 second is :nope: :gtfo:

Then I look back at the first "new" car I deemed to slow to be safe.

The Ford Fiesta in 2014. 5 speed :manuel:

I pulled out safely in front of traffic. Tons of room on a 60 mph highway... It was a dog... Also had 3 people in it which added to the experience Id say.

So the published 0-60 from MT is 9.5 seconds. i'll say it was easily over 10 seconds in that scenario. I am changing my answer.

For a bench mark. The 1983/84 GTI was 8.3 seconds on 1983 tires...
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Dang. I can't change mah vote!

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D Griff wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:22 pm I went > 12 seconds. I DDed a Bang Bus for 90K miles that was over 20 and it was definitely scary/sucky at times but I never failed to merge and never wrecked. Granted, something like that vehicle requires a lot more focus and planning ahead than your average :derp: , but I'd be surprised if most :tits: have ever accelerated to 60 in under 12 seconds in their lives, regardless of vehicle. Most merge issues are caused by fucking Instagramming dumbass :millennial: or :wap: slowing down instead of getting on the throttle while merging. Moar powah won't solve that.
:wub: same as me. :tits: don't rage merge... i'd say most "normal" merges take 20-30 seconds... so I don't see the danger... the "danger" comes maybe... from being at 10k feet elevation + 4 people + luggage + trying to pass at an incline... :unicorn: scenario...

My 10 second 0-60 TDI was certainly not too slow, I drove that thing 75k miles.
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Id say anything 8 or less is dangerously slow. But I mean, all kinds of people in LA rolling in Suburu Outbacks that do 0-60 in like 10 sec real world with the continuously vadge trans and they all live.. People in LA love those Outbacks. It tells people around them "I'M ACTIVE! I am TOTES going to take this AF to Brochella and camp at 'J-Tree' on the way".

Your egg car didn't feel slow because it had torque. So while 0-60 was slow, you always had torque on demand so on the highway it prob felt fine. 0-60 is misleading Max, and this will not stand.
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dubshow wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:09 pm ok, so at first I was at 15 second is :nope: :gtfo:

Then I look back at the first "new" car I deemed to slow to be safe.

The Ford Fiesta in 2014. 5 speed :manuel:

I pulled out safely in front of traffic. Tons of room on a 60 mph highway... It was a dog... Also had 3 people in it which added to the experience Id say.

So the published 0-60 from MT is 9.5 seconds. i'll say it was easily over 10 seconds in that scenario. I am changing my answer.

For a bench mark. The 1983/84 GTI was 8.3 seconds on 1983 tires...
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As I stated above, C&D had it at 9.7. I couldn't find their road test archived but I just finally threw away the magazine a few months ago so I read it recently.

Here's R&T's test from 1983. And FYI, they were always slower than C&D back in the day:. Also, to my point above about perspective, check out their reaction to the acceleration, and how it compares to sport sedans of the day.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/f ... abbit-gti/
And what performance would we be buying? How about 10.6 seconds for 0-60 mph? Or a quarter-mile time of 17.7 seconds at 76.0 mph? For a 2200-lb car with a
1.8-liter engine, this is performance that gives grown men and women toothy smiles and enormous grins. The last Rabbit we tested ("Four Front-Wheel- Drive
Sedans," February 1981) was the quickest car in that comparison test with a 0-60 mph time of 12.6 seconds and a quarter-mile run of 18.7 seconds at 71.0
mph (the other three cars were a Ford Escort, Honda Accord, and Mazda GLC). At 10.6 seconds for 0-60, the Rabbit GTI will put a lot of more expensive cars
to shame—such as the Audi Coupe (11.2) or the BMW 320i (11.1), as well as running a very close second to a Saab 900 Turbo (10.0).
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Actually dangerous? Maybe 20+ seconds.

Too slow for me to buy? More like 8+ seconds, ideally I'd get something in the 5.x bracket.
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wap wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:41 pm
dubshow wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:09 pm ok, so at first I was at 15 second is :nope: :gtfo:

Then I look back at the first "new" car I deemed to slow to be safe.

The Ford Fiesta in 2014. 5 speed :manuel:

I pulled out safely in front of traffic. Tons of room on a 60 mph highway... It was a dog... Also had 3 people in it which added to the experience Id say.

So the published 0-60 from MT is 9.5 seconds. i'll say it was easily over 10 seconds in that scenario. I am changing my answer.

For a bench mark. The 1983/84 GTI was 8.3 seconds on 1983 tires...
:wrong:
As I stated above, C&D had it at 9.7. I couldn't find their road test archived but I just finally threw away the magazine a few months ago so I read it recently.

Here's R&T's test from 1983. And FYI, they were always slower than C&D back in the day:. Also, to my point above about perspective, check out their reaction to the acceleration, and how it compares to sport sedans of the day.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/f ... abbit-gti/
And what performance would we be buying? How about 10.6 seconds for 0-60 mph? Or a quarter-mile time of 17.7 seconds at 76.0 mph? For a 2200-lb car with a
1.8-liter engine, this is performance that gives grown men and women toothy smiles and enormous grins. The last Rabbit we tested ("Four Front-Wheel- Drive
Sedans," February 1981) was the quickest car in that comparison test with a 0-60 mph time of 12.6 seconds and a quarter-mile run of 18.7 seconds at 71.0
mph (the other three cars were a Ford Escort, Honda Accord, and Mazda GLC). At 10.6 seconds for 0-60, the Rabbit GTI will put a lot of more expensive cars
to shame—such as the Audi Coupe (11.2) or the BMW 320i (11.1), as well as running a very close second to a Saab 900 Turbo (10.0).
How did people live back then. :hubba: How did they survive...
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I don’t really want anything over 8 seconds to 60, but that doesn’t make those cars dangerously slow... just less fun. I am also a privileged wealthy white male and can afford to waste money on non slow cars, they’re very much a luxury item.
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max225 wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:11 pm
wap wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:41 pm

:wrong:
As I stated above, C&D had it at 9.7. I couldn't find their road test archived but I just finally threw away the magazine a few months ago so I read it recently.

Here's R&T's test from 1983. And FYI, they were always slower than C&D back in the day:. Also, to my point above about perspective, check out their reaction to the acceleration, and how it compares to sport sedans of the day.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/f ... abbit-gti/

How did people live back then. :hubba: How did they survive...
They didn't. It was daily mass carnage on the nation's highways. Rivers of blood and everything.
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