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[T.m.f]

Bring it to me 1 evening mate and il show you how to drive it properly 

[Webby the Bear]

I suppose if someone said 'right, the reason you're only getting 9.8 is cost a. You're fat b. You're not doing the stall thing and c. Some other miscellaneous thing then I'd be like 'ok, I can live with that' but it's bugging me cos I really want to try out the stall approach (for example) but I'm even more concerned I'll break it lol

Therefore I think I'm going to have to do the standard flooring it, see what I get and be happy with that knowing I could prob get my time down to 9.5 if I chose to do the stall approach. Not seeing the results for myself though I'm prob never going to be happy about it.

[TheBoy]

If you want an honest 0-60 time get someone else to drive... They won't piss about, whereas you'll always be worried about breaking it

By someone else I mean TB, be he has the mechanical sympathy of a dead goat.

Oi! Last time I drove Webby's, I treated it with respect.  In fact I never drive other people's cars^* as hard as I drive my own, as its ultimately their pride and joy.

^* Except hire cars. Obviously.

[TheBoy]

If you want an honest 0-60 time get someone else to drive... They won't piss about, whereas you'll always be worried about breaking it

By someone else I mean TB, be he has the mechanical sympathy of a dead goat.

The problem is that TB probably weighs even more than Webby.

You forget, I've been on deaths door for a week...

[Webby the Bear]

If you want an honest 0-60 time get someone else to drive... They won't piss about, whereas you'll always be worried about breaking it

By someone else I mean TB, be he has the mechanical sympathy of a dead goat.

Oi! Last time I drove Webby's, I treated it with respect.  In fact I never drive other people's cars^* as hard as I drive my own, as its ultimately their pride and joy.

^* Except hire cars. Obviously.

I still shit my pants though 

[Webby the Bear]

P.s. we are all agreed that for starting the stopwatch its from the moment my right foot touches the throttle

Just want to make sure I'm timing it from the right point so I can be as accurate  as possible 

[TheBoy]

P.s. we are all agreed that for starting the stopwatch its from the moment my right foot touches the throttle

Just want to make sure I'm timing it from the right point so I can be as accurate  as possible 

The point of movement.

[Webby the Bear]

How on earth can I gauge that.  Is that going to be the moment I hit the throttle.  Also I read that testers DO do rolling starts from 3mph.  Is that how my omega would have been tested?
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[05omegav6]

I do wonder if you're over thinking this...

Take it to a RWYB session, when the light goes green nail it, if you get to the end, they tell you  what the times were. Bish, bash, bosh

[TheBoy]

How on earth can I gauge that.  Is that going to be the moment I hit the throttle.  Also I read that testers DO do rolling starts from 3mph.  Is that how my omega would have been tested?
'

No. The official times are from standing start. Some mags do rolling starts because their journos can't drive.

[Webby the Bear]

Yeah your prob right on both counts taxi.  But believe it or not I'm finding the info I'm learning fascinating.  And whilst a day at Santa pod would be great I'm enjoying learning it all by myself. . .  Obviously with all your help.

Besides this rollout is very important.  If the original testers used rollout then my car has already pissed on the 0-60 time of 9. 5. 

If they don't use rollout then I got to look deeper. . .  Which is bad news for you guys as I bombard you with questions murhah

[Webby the Bear]

How on earth can I gauge that.  Is that going to be the moment I hit the throttle.  Also I read that testers DO do rolling starts from 3mph.  Is that how my omega would have been tested?
'

No. The official times are from standing start. Some mags do rolling starts because their journos can't drive.

I thought so.  And that's what Henry said but I like putting those points to the group in Cass anyone has other ideas.

So now we've sussed that how the hell do I tell when cars moving when flooring it as it all happens so fast.

[TheBoy]

how the hell do I tell when cars moving when flooring it as it all happens so fast.

'ave a word, its a frickin' 2.5. Nothing ever happens fast

[Webby the Bear]

how the hell do I tell when cars moving when flooring it as it all happens so fast.

'ave a word, its a frickin' 2.5. Nothing ever happens fast

Thanks tb lol

I'll bow down to the mighty 3litre. . .. . .   One day

[Andy H]

How on earth can I gauge that.  Is that going to be the moment I hit the throttle.  Also I read that testers DO do rolling starts from 3mph.  Is that how my omega would have been tested?
'

No. The official times are from standing start. Some mags do rolling starts because their journos can't drive.

I thought so.  And that's what Henry said but I like putting those points to the group in Cass anyone has other ideas.

So now we've sussed that how the hell do I tell when cars moving when flooring it as it all happens so fast.

In the 1970s they used to bolt a bicycle wheel to the rear bumper with some kind of recording device that allowed the performance to be measured. (I don't know how it worked, I assume that there must have been a paper chart recorder in there somewhere).

Nowadays they stick a black box on the dashboard to record the action, again I don't know how it works, I assume it uses a GPS receiver to track movement