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Old 11-21-2020, 12:13 PM   #652
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Originally Posted by ZDan View Post
The US mags long ago went to 0-60 times "with a 1-foot rollout" which shaves a couple/few tenths, which is kinda b.s. to me... I can see doing that with 1/4-mile times/speeds as that's how it's done at the drag strip, but only reason to do it with "0"-60 is to make the time quicker. But it's no longer ZERO to sixty...
Do they all do this? I thought most posted 0-60 then rolling start to 60.

That I think is fair, because that helps balance out cars with launch control and those that don't have it. The other option would to be to produce 0-60 best tech and 0-60 no tech I suppose.
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