carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
9/25/11 4:38 p.m.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/25/road-and-track-welcomes-a-select-few-to-the-two-second-club/

Great content, but absolutely lackluster presentation skills. I swear the guy is a zombie.

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand Dork
9/25/11 4:52 p.m.

They mean three second club, right?

Didn't watch the videos, but 2.8, 2.9 seconds is three seconds. Not two.

MG_Bryan
MG_Bryan New Reader
9/25/11 5:28 p.m.
Knurled wrote: They mean three second club, right? Didn't watch the videos, but 2.8, 2.9 seconds is three seconds. Not two.

It's sort of like drag cars that run an x.99 are in the "x's" I think 0-60 is kind of a dumb metric, regardless.

motomoron
motomoron HalfDork
9/25/11 5:32 p.m.

Yeah. They say "in the 2s" when you go 2.9999999999999999999.

Like guys at the track who call a 1'29" lap time "in the 20s".

stuart in mn
stuart in mn SuperDork
9/25/11 6:05 p.m.

A ten year old Suzuki GSXR-1000 will do 0-60 in under 3 seconds, and you can pick one of them up for around $2500.

T.J.
T.J. SuperDork
9/25/11 6:17 p.m.
carguy123 wrote: Great content, but absolutely lackluster presentation skills. I swear the guy is a Canadian zombie.

FTFY....if not a zombie then he is comatose.

z31maniac
z31maniac SuperDork
9/25/11 6:31 p.m.

And I was expecting this to be in off topic.

EricM
EricM SuperDork
9/25/11 10:05 p.m.

"you owe me a 9 second car"

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
9/25/11 10:50 p.m.
Knurled wrote: They mean three second club, right? Didn't watch the videos, but 2.8, 2.9 seconds is three seconds. Not two.

Don't know how you can say that. Even with my 3rd grade education I know that 2 point anything is less than 3.

Watch the video.

Boy the Veyron sure is anticlimactic off the line. It makes you wonder what it's really capable of if the nanny didn't kick in so much.

Osterkraut
Osterkraut SuperDork
9/25/11 10:52 p.m.
carguy123 wrote:
Knurled wrote: They mean three second club, right? Didn't watch the videos, but 2.8, 2.9 seconds is three seconds. Not two.
Don't know how you can say that. Even with my 3rd grade education I know that 2 point anything is less than 3. Watch the video. Boy the Veyron sure is anticlimactic off the line. It makes you wonder what it's really capable of if the nanny didn't kick in so much.

I think in this case the nanny is probably producing the best result.

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
9/25/11 11:23 p.m.

Well I know it's producing a better result than I could do, but there's so little wheelspin and even a little bogging off the line.

MitchellC
MitchellC Dork
9/26/11 1:32 a.m.
carguy123 wrote: Boy the Veyron sure is anticlimactic off the line. It makes you wonder what it's really capable of if the nanny didn't kick in so much.

It is probably capable of four-wheel donuts and breaking things in very dramatic fashion.

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed Dork
9/26/11 6:05 a.m.

At those performance levels shouldn't the tester be wearing a helmut? Just asking.

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