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Originally Posted by fatoni
not really. the ring is more driver dependent and too long to be consistent. at least a 0-60 time tells you something tangible and combined with the knowledge of transmission shows you how much power will be available. 0-60 happens way more often in daily driving than anything you would experience racing around nurburg. maybe well just have to agree to disagree but i feel at the end they are both just used as marketing ploys
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Do you really drive a Miata?
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Originally Posted by Dimman
I'm not anticipating them having a 7 minute time with this car. In this case, this should be more like what the German manufacturers used it for; before it became the 'it' thing for the supercars once the 200mph club became passe'.
Basically the 'Ring is a looped, timed section of 'real' highway with some distinctly un-track like and highly varied road sections. So testing on here allows for good evaluation of real-world at-the-limit performance characteristics in a repeatable environment. At least that's what I hope their doing.
As for your buddy's MR-2/S, what was dull about it (2ZZGE 6M swap?)? I'm looking for an entertaining, comfortable, efficient daily driver. For pure 'character' my Supra will dominate the FR-S, so that's not my top priority. It's raw, rough and fast.
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This. Using the ring as a yard stick has just come into popularity, but German (and few others, Toyota included) manufacturers have been testing there for ages.
As for the time, no way it will be sub 7 minute, but I do hope it would at least beat the Cobalt SS which at 8:22 is the fastest car in that price bracket to my knowledge as well as being "officially" the fastest fwd @ the ring.
As for a 2ZZ MR-S being dull... lolwut?