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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Shrodinger's Cat on 16 October 2006, 20:37
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What we looking for here then?
Car (GTI, R32 etc)
Specification (Manual, DSG, 18" alloys, tyres, any mods etc)
0-60*mph time
*where the law permits :lipsrsealed:
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How do you suggest that this is timed accurately?
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u could always ask a passer by to drive your car, you hold the stop watch and see if he comes back!!!!,
please dont try this at home!
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I was thinking we could all use seconds and decimal fractions thereof :wink:
Oh, I see what you mean.  Find a quietish straightish bit of road and take along a passenger with a stopwatch.
Not too scientific I know, but absent some fancy laser measurement device, it's my best suggestion.
Either that or you mark the point at which you start and then throw a tin of paint out of the window when you reach 60.  Then measure the distance between the two points.  You now have both distance and speed so you can calculate time.  That said, the tin of paint will be travelling at 60 mph when you throw it out the window, so you'd have to do some calculation based on the weight and aerodynamics of the tin of paint to account for that. :huh:
Best find a mate with a digital watch...
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Only prob with a passenger is it will slow you down, can we remove a few tenths????
Could alway go to the pod?
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heres mine, video'd with my mobile - and yes its not as fast as many out there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL1wgmh-VTE
car = golf gt tdi 170
spec= only extra is metallic paint!
lol