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Originally Posted by eldaino

i still think its a bit of a stretch, even if you are going by generic car lenghts. And remember, car and driver is the only publication to have gotten those numbers. They also got 6.2 seconds for a gti one time, which made me wonder why everyone else said that the mazdaspeed 3 was 'so much quicker', when it was only at 5.8 to 6 flat. the reason was no one else got that time, only they did, meaning most people who are not car and driver=not getting that clamied 0-60.

automatics are a little harder fluctuate so extremely, hence why most everyone gets the same 0-60 with it. and for an automatic that doesn't increase weight a ton, an almost 3 second discrepancy is a pretty big deal. About 90 percent of m/t drivers WONT get those times. I guarantee it.


and im not saying that the 'supposed' quarter mile isn't huge advantage, but the fact of the matter is that 16.8's is still nothing to brag about. or worth arguing for that matter.

I agree with everything you said in this post. For the average driver, autos are more consistent and for the less than average driver might be faster. I'll stop threadjacking now