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Originally Posted by heavyD^2
Okay so what about the 1/4 mile time? Aerodynamics definately come into play and that 119 mph trap speed is very impressive for an SUV. Also I was simply responding to a person that posted BMW's expected acceleration times with measured acceleration numbers for an SUV using the same engine that will be in the M3/4. I think the M3 is about the drive and handling but also being the best of it's 3 series peers and the M340i is already impressively fast so it stands to reasoning that we would expect it to eclipse that car in a straight line. Just because you don't care it doesn't mean we can't discuss it.
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Originally Posted by jstein55
sadly too many people these days value 0-60 over handling, feedback, etc.  |
I do not believe that is the case. Car magazines have been clocking 0-60 since the 60's. It's a performance metric that people have cared about forever. It's not the only metric but nonetheless straight line speed has always been valued and let's not be silly and start proclaiming that's all people care about as if it was was the case nobody would care about Porsches and we would all be driving Dodge Hellcats. |
Read my posts again, you are not stating what I wrote correctly. I never proclaimed all people care about is 0-60 times nor that it wasn't ever a valued statistic. I said "
too many people value 0-60 times
over engagement, feedback, etc."