greycorsa
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i have recently bought an almera 1.5 16v. according to parkers its 90bhp, 0-60 time of 13.8.
i did a 0-60 today on a slight uphill and got 11.5.
did it again on a flat and i got 9.2 !
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Sooty
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your timing will be inaccurate
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greycorsa
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my mate sittin next to me did it on his nokia, it was correct. obviously reaction time of a few split seconds either way.
both times i got a better time than what parkers said.
it was definitely correct
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Sooty
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well a 100bhp saxo VTR weighing considerably less than an almera will do it in 9.5 so 
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Drew
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my speedo reads 128mph at resrictors
my restrictor is at 112mph
go figure
and yes its standard alloys
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Paul_J
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hehe 13.8 is slower than my sxi  gutted.
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Scotty_B
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I have raced my dads Almera 1.5 16v in my Corsa C 1.4 SRi and I left it standing. My old Punto 60s was only a fraction slower. 13.8 to 60 is about right.
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greycorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by CorSRi_BT
I have raced my dads Almera 1.5 16v in my Corsa C 1.4 SRi and I left it standing. My old Punto 60s was only a fraction slower. 13.8 to 60 is about right.
depends on the driver tho doesnt it
i'll have another go 2moro or whatever and get bak 2 this thread.
and also, for £20 petrol i got about 195miles. doesnt this work out 2 b more than 42.8 mpg which is what it says on parkers ?
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Paul_J
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not really?
lets say you put in petrol that costs say 82p a litre ... you get 24.3 litres with that £20
a gallon is 5 litres... so you get 4.87 gallons for the £20
it does 42.8 miles per gallon...
= 208 miles...
This is just approx coz you may of got more petrol for your money and it depends how its driven on how much is used...
but not much difference from your 195 miles is it?
[Edited on 03-09-2003 by Paul_J]
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greycorsa
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my corsa 1.4 16v was apparently 40mpg, i drove it the same way and i only got 160 from £20 
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Paul_J
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depends how you drive - if your constantly driving it between 3.5-5.5k RPM trying to find out your 0-60's on your mobile phones and such you will use more fuel than cruising around at 2300 RPM all the time in 5th.
Paul J
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greycorsa
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lol im not always duin that. just did it coz i aint done it on this car b4. only bought it recently
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mav
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No way it will do 0-60 in 9.2..
Parkers is probably roughly correct
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greycorsa
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i did it again today. was a shit run coz wheelspun for long time and didnt change gear quick enuff and at right time, but i got 11.2 ! thats still a lot quicker than 13.8, what it says in parkers.
i can try 0-60's all day and i'll get better than 13.8 deffo.
parkers is bullshit
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greycorsa
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ttt
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Sooty
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I did a timed 0-60 today in a astra mk4 1.6 16v and got 8 seconds, self timing is inaccurate
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greycorsa
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i did it in my corsa a few times and got similar resullts. 10.5- 11.5
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Paul_J
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I got my mate to time me today counting on his fingers and by judging the speed the scenery was wizzing past and we worked out my Sxi does 0-60 in 4 seconds!
Parkers stats must be completely wrong.
We then worked out my 1/4 mile time was about 2 seconds, coz my mate said his road was about a 1/4 mile from the newsagents next door and I wanted some sweeties. 
Paul J
[Edited on 05-09-2003 by Paul_J]
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Kris TD
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according too parkers all td's have powersteering, well why the fuck dont i have it??
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M4tt
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timing yourself is inaccurate cause i got a 0-60 time of 8.5-9seconds in my 1.4 16v sri..
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greycorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
I got my mate to time me today counting on his fingers and by judging the speed the scenery was wizzing past and we worked out my Sxi does 0-60 in 4 seconds!
Parkers stats must be completely wrong.
We then worked out my 1/4 mile time was about 2 seconds, coz my mate said his road was about a 1/4 mile from the newsagents next door and I wanted some sweeties.
Paul J
[Edited on 05-09-2003 by Paul_J]
who said the timing was done with fingers? it was his toes
he did it on his nokia fone with the stopwatch facility. thats nothing like duin it with ur fingers n watchin the scenery whizz past. 
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greycorsa
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i did it loadsa times in my corsa 1.4 16v. never beat the parkers time of 10.5
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