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FlamingCorsa
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18th Jan 11 at 16:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
views on fast change as u move from car to car, i remember thinking my 1.4 8v corsa sri was pretty nippy!

now i class my clio 197 as nippy but not fast!

the van is fast and vx220 is really quick!

so 0-60 in around 7-8 is nippy

fast is 5-6

very fast is sub 4sec

thats just me tho :-)
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has any1 had a ride on RITA - Queen of speed ?

Shes fast
antnee
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For me a quick car is around 150bhp/tonne, a fast car would be around 300bhp/tonne

Or for figures, quick about 6-7secs to 60 about 14sec 1/4mile, a fast car under 5 sec to 60 and less than a 13sec 1/4mile
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Last time I remember thinking this is fast was riding shotgun in a twin R1 engined mini 0-60 sub 3s and wheelies with warm tyres.
If I had to pigeon hole 'fast' I'd say sub 5secs 0-60 and still give you a good shove at 100mph. Top speed is fairly irrelevant IMO, it's how it gets there that's important.
Although something light and rattly will feel 'fast' with less than those parameters. e.g. my old nova 1.6 16v, topped out at 135mph (gearing limited, or 156mph with diff box) and 0-60 of sub 5, but it felt a lot quicker cos it was so raw.

[Edited on 18-01-2011 by dhdev]
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Ford Puma
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i think fiat cinquecentos are fast
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Hard to say tbh, the only time I really say 'thats fast' is when something goes past me effortlessly

Too many areas to define what is fast
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quote:
Originally posted by s4k1b
i think fiat cinquecentos are fast


Me too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQovoXyycGc&feature=related
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Ford Puma


End of thread.
Stu
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I dont rate 0-60 as a measure of a fast car at all, Id say 0-100 gives you a better idea. Got to be 0-100 in single figures to be fast for me
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30-100 is where it's at for me.

i told my mate this in work but he's insistant that all his races are done from traffic lights.

i prefer having the car ready in 2nd and going for it, rather than dumping the clutch and wheelspinning upto 30mph.
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i agree with ben
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
entry level then, like an entry level headunit.

what would people consider, entry level performance.

i would say under 7secs to 60mph and over 140mph top speed.

so corsa xe, ctrs, corrado vr6 etc



Know anyone who has a VR6?
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this
Scotty C
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Anything less than 6.5 to 60mph id personally class as fast.
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anything slower than a subaru is slow, its been the benchmark for years,
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straight line needs to be 250bhp+ to feel fast
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas


this


yes on a motorway or airfield not on twisty roads
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Depends on it's elitist time around a German track
Jas
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People said the same about Barnes and his corsa?
BarnshaW
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its ok mate, your car would have been superb in the roman times
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
straight line needs to be 250bhp+ to feel fast



Even a Radical? I agree with the power to weight people.e
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as said its all subjective.

ibiza felt quick compared to a 1.2 8v corsa (understandable),
ibiza now feels slow compared to the 350 and everything feels slow compared to a airiel atom .

id go for power to weight/acceleration over top speed
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quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
its ok mate, your car would have been superb in the roman times


subaru... rare sight
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
as said its all subjective.

ibiza felt quick compared to a 1.2 8v corsa (understandable),
ibiza now feels slow compared to the 350 and everything feels slow compared to a airiel atom .

id go for power to weight/acceleration over top speed


except xe corsa's

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