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Fin · Mar 11th, 2008, 07:08 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by tommo13 (original)

No it's not.

Thanks tommo, you are right my car is not the fastest in the universe. There is an old Skoda on a newly discovered planet named 'Sarcasm' in the Joke galaxy. I was unaware it existed until just recently, but apparently it is faster than my car. Don't I feel foolish!?

Quote: Originally Posted by mini5lover (original)

Ok, around £10,000 to change. You are missing the point though, its not just track times that count here. Swiper is 6.8 secs, the gp is 6.5 and the new works is 6.5. Hellooo! There is not much difference is there? Not enough to spend £10,000 on I dont think. There are a lot of people who agree with me too, but I doubt you will listen to them either.

A track time is more relevant than the 0-60 mph time. Any fool can floor it from a standstill (albeit some better than others). But around a track a car's in-gear acceleration and handling will show its true colours. Case in point, the Corsa VXR vs the Clio 197; there is only 0.1 seconds between them in a sprint to 60 mph, but when tested by 5th Gear the Clio went around the track over a second quicker. Why? Because the chassis could deal with the power better than the Corsa's.

There is not much between a GP, R53 S, R56 S and R56 S JCW to 60 mph I agree. But fling them all around a track with the same driver and they won't all finish in the same time. This was my suggestion to you to test the statement you made that your R53 S is faster than the R56 S JCW, as how fast the car is seems to be the factor you choose in deciding on what car you have.

Mar 11th, 2008, 07:08 PM	#53
Fin Giggity-goo! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cloudbase Local Time: 06:06 PM Posts: 2,520 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by tommo13 (original) No it's not. Thanks tommo, you are right my car is not the fastest in the universe. There is an old Skoda on a newly discovered planet named 'Sarcasm' in the Joke galaxy. I was unaware it existed until just recently, but apparently it is faster than my car. Don't I feel foolish!? Quote: Originally Posted by mini5lover (original) Ok, around £10,000 to change. You are missing the point though, its not just track times that count here. Swiper is 6.8 secs, the gp is 6.5 and the new works is 6.5. Hellooo! There is not much difference is there? Not enough to spend £10,000 on I dont think. There are a lot of people who agree with me too, but I doubt you will listen to them either. A track time is more relevant than the 0-60 mph time. Any fool can floor it from a standstill (albeit some better than others). But around a track a car's in-gear acceleration and handling will show its true colours. Case in point, the Corsa VXR vs the Clio 197; there is only 0.1 seconds between them in a sprint to 60 mph, but when tested by 5th Gear the Clio went around the track over a second quicker. Why? Because the chassis could deal with the power better than the Corsa's. There is not much between a GP, R53 S, R56 S and R56 S JCW to 60 mph I agree. But fling them all around a track with the same driver and they won't all finish in the same time. This was my suggestion to you to test the statement you made that your R53 S is faster than the R56 S JCW, as how fast the car is seems to be the factor you choose in deciding on what car you have.