0-400m - Time For It To Go......

[aniken]

Does it influence your decsion to buy one car over another soley? Not as part of the decision but as the ONLY reason?

I'd look at 0-100km/h time before 0-400 metres time. The 0-100 time would be a reasonably significant factor in my buying choice, if I was tossing up between two vehicles and wasn't sure which way to go.

Put another way: I wouldn't go out and look just at cars with sub 6.5 second 0-100km/h times. But, if I found two cars I liked a lot, I'd probably pick the one that accelerated faster, just because it does.

[harvyk]

So who would've bought a T if they ran 19 sec over the 400??

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If the T took 19 sec over the 400 I doubt it would have been sold as a preformance car (not in this day and age)... At the very best it would have been sold as one of those "I'll pretend it's powerful" type cars...

The 0-400m times still has a link with the 0-100 time (although the line can be smudged) which people here have said they are interested in and does play a part in their decisions... So I'd guess if the 0-400 time was not that crash hot, the 0-100 time probably wouldn't be all the great either...

Also for those who are been pedantic and saying 400m is not a 1/4 mile, your right, but saying 0-400 holds far better than saying 0-402.336m, and besides the extra 2.3m makes approx 0.5% difference to the time or to put in frankly a 14 second run exactly the extra 2.3 meters makes exactly 0.04 seconds of a difference. Whilst yes that is a difference of running a potential high 13 as apposed to a low 14, you can get this margin of error in the metering equipment (eg the delay it takes for the green light to warm up)... (Also the quicker the run, the less this margin of error come into it...)

[jEtONiT]

If you were looking to but a T say a second hand car and you have found a choice of 2 car's. Both are the same year same colour and same klms on the clock and the same extra option's e.g. leather,premium sound and brakes, now both of the car's are the same price. The only difference is one will run 400m in 14.4 sec and the other will run the 400m in 11.6 which one would you buy ?.

Now tell me if the 400m time makes a difference to you choice ?.

Dave 

very good point dave.. I dont think anyone bases their choice of car just on the 1/4mile times.. that's just stupid. people use it along with many other factors as a basis of decision making when buying a car.

I think this thread is pretty stupid. this rant has no meaning..

you people are all expressing thoughts you had to make up so you could gain another post count..

[DallasQLD]

Well Jetmir, you dont have to post.......Its a thread to discuss a topic like it or lump it.

What would you have preferred?

"The sales approach as used by neolithic Tibeten Sages" maybe?

[Goldbullet]

If you were looking to but a T say a second hand car and you have found a choice of 2 car's. Both are the same year same colour and same klms on the clock and the same extra option's e.g. leather,premium sound and brakes, now both of the car's are the same price. The only difference is one will run 400m in 14.4 sec and the other will run the 400m in 11.6 which one would you buy ?.

Now tell me if the 400m time makes a difference to you choice ?.

Dave 

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Well that would depend on the WHOLE package. If the 11 sec car was otherwise standard except for engine mods I wouldn't even consider it.

An 11 sec car that was probably going to be spending time in the workshop having broken bits fixed on a regular basis would not give me the same driving pleasure that a standard T would.

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Say's it all for me

[F6 RAPID]

Testing 1/4 mile times from stock is inherently floored from the moment they arrive at the track. At the very least, put the same tyres on all cars.......... but no, the 1/4 mile time didn't influence my buying as I was always going to mod the car. Easy power on a turbo and nothing like smoking the bags in 3rd just by applying throttle - no clutch!

It is a little irrelevant as a benchmark. Think of how many times the motoring mags do runs just by trying different launch techniques etc. Get Joe Bloe and Fred Nurks side by side and the result could be very different. One thing that really will not alter by driving ability is in-gear acceleration - a true test of power really.

[JBomb3000]

Well Jetmir, you dont have to post.......Its a thread to discuss a topic like it or lump it.

What would you have preferred?

"The sales approach as used by neolithic Tibeten Sages" maybe?

Yeah shouldn't you be trying to start your car or somthing.

[jEtONiT]

Well Jetmir, you dont have to post.......Its a thread to discuss a topic like it or lump it.

What would you have preferred?

"The sales approach as used by neolithic Tibeten Sages" maybe?

Yeah shouldn't you be trying to start your car or somthing.

sorri dude, she starts fine now..