Paul_J
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Just curious if anyone has ever taken their (virtually standard) sxi up the strip or seen anyone else do it?
What times did they get?
What should I expect if I take it up the strip? Just for the fun of it.
Paul J
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ajscorsa
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19 secs
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Steve
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raced one up the strip the other week he got 19.3 seconds
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ajscorsa
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my stripped out 1.2 8v LS does 21 secs.
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Paul_J
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cool
I just did a very inacurate 1/4 mile down a road on the way back from college (I noticed no cars infront or behind. so I stopped my car and did it when the mileage counter came to 0)
counting in my head and watching the mileage counter - I got around 19/20 seconds.
My car feels screwed at the moment anyway, I think its the clutch - it feels all rubbery when I change gear/pull away.
Just every time I change gear like 5k to 3.5k - it just sits around for a second or two then starts pulling...
any sites with car's quarter mile times on?
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Cavey
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That's about as accurate as my 0-60 is 
Stopped in the road, pressed the stopwatch and floored it then stopped when it was 60-ish, got 10.8 Bit pissed off to be honest, thought it was below 10
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Steve
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how the fuck can u count a 1/4 mile in your head
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Cavey
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he didn't he counted Seconds in his head, and used the Mileage thing
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Paul_J
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hehe I know - I watched the mileage counter go from 0 to 2 and a half. Then stopped counting 
0-60's etc counting in the head just doesn't work. Your trying to do so much at once you lose count / count too fast / too slow.
Oh well
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Steve
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yes u cannot even get close counting seconds in your head far too innacurate u can be as much as 4 seconds out either way meaning my car could do it in 11 secs if i used my head
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Paul_J
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yup I remember when ojc said about the 50-80mph time... and I came out with a time that was like only 0.5 seconds slower than his punto GT 
What I need is some sort of laser / sensor and position them a quarter mile away from each other then get it to auto count my time... Ohh the fun I could have with that.
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Paul_J
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If I took my car up the strip and got something pitaful like 23 seconds hehe - (coz my cars in a sorry state) - would I hear people laughing from the grandstand and not be able to show my face ever again?
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Steve
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nobody wuld care tbh mate
[Edited on 10-06-2003 by Steve106GTi]
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Paul_J
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cool. You get many slow cars going up?
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