took a 0-100mph video

[robwight]

GGrrrrr , as mentioned to a few guys was going to try a 1 off 0-100mph video , i warn you now-- the video is SH!T ! aahaha

Driving to the theatre with my wife & eldest in the back...

Conversation goes :-

Me - Do you have any sellotape
her - why ?
me - do you have any in your bag ( she has everything in there )
her - maybe , why
me - emmmmm , im going to sellotape my phone to the steering wheel to record a 0-100 mph video
her - wassat ?
me - just give me the tape,and please no one scream at me when I accelerate fast as I'm videoing

it wasnt prepared or rehearsed , probably the worst car video on YouTube , I should get some credit for that

Anyhoo , what it does show is times , in a non scientific way of course.

I was only having 1 attempt as dont like utilizing the car 100% , car feels indestructable but I'm just to woosy to thrash it..

I messed up the launch good old style ( heres the excuses ) ,I revved to 3k roughly and lifted the clutch ( didnt dump it ) I wheel spinned to much in 1st losing time,and lack of momentum carried into 2nd gear again losing time..wasn't as good as it could be so 0-60 could be a lot better i think , and another boob.. a sloppy change into 3rd.

I'm by no means in anyway experienced in this stuff just thought it would be a challenge & interesting to do & share for a bit banter ..

Anyways the times , I put the video into movie maker which gives you .00 second increments ,speed goes upto just under 110, done it frame by frame for accuracy as its a bit difficult to see the 60 & 100 mark so ended up ..

0-60mph 4.58 secs
0-100mph 8.66 secs

I think of particular note 60-100mph = 4.08 secs , nothing to do with my driving skills or tyres etc , I'm sure this can go sub 4 secs 60-100 ( with 2 less people in car ) , just looked up net and a Koenigsegg CC8S does it in 4 dead.. for a 4 door family saloon I think thats very impressive !

I genuinely think if I had better tyres , a nice tractable road & a few attempts (with 2 less people in the car) sub 4 secs would be easily achievable & 100mph under 8 secs.. Not making excuses & nothing to prove here , just trying to weigh up the scenario in a reasonable way.

Remember , the video is SOOOO bad ,but its worth a chuckle !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSD6uZga ... e=youtu.be

Robbo

[ahoooga]

WOW ! you was right............... its a video , at least none of them screamed though.

the car does seem lively , maybe a better fixing for the camera next time though.
The real test will be if you can do it under controlled conditions, like on a track day, or old airfield or dare i say, against another auto 6 ( emphasise not on public roads though)

[robwight]

yeah this was filmed on a private road , totally.

Agreed I think under controlled conditions track day / airfield would be much better,but as my old man used to say.. 'you can only piss with the cock you've got '
I may try another video 60 + whatever mph as its then it starts to grip & go, and is a lot easier on the car too .

0-60 times is just to hard on any car in my opinion even though this has been modified to take it , so it's was a one off attempt as I have to much mechanical sympathy for motors,and more importantly my pockets aren't deep enough !

Robbo

[ahoooga]

Its always nice to know what a car new to yourself can do, but unless you bought it for track/racing, there's no need to hammer it to find its limits.
Once you had the fun runs, you know what it can do .
I get great fun out of not burning away from the lights when the boy racers are next to me. I even let an M5 race away from the lights yesterday as i pulled away gently at the same speed as the other 2 lanes. he flew about 400 yards up the road and i saw his brake lights come on lol....when he was all on his own, he didnt half look a dick though

[chunky79]

Not the worst video I have seen. In my opinion if you turn Radio2 off and try again I think a few millisecs could be gained, car will be too chilled out whilst that is on.
You made a big mistake of telling the family not to scream too, that would have made the video more entertaining and also given a better feel for the speed. Car does seem nice and nippy.
Overall = 6/10

[swannny]

You can only piss with the cock you've got??

Love it!

I'm using that at work on Monday!

[bam_bam]

I'm struggling to think why anyone would want to piss with another guy's cock...

[posterboyj]

Retake

[Shoppinit]

Wow, you need new tyres!

[sulli]

That's an impressive time!

[Mr V10]

Sorry, but the time can’t really be regarded as anywhere near accurate, it could be 2-3 seconds out (not to mention the speedo over reads), and that doesn’t sound like much, right? But 2-3 seconds is the difference between an RS 6 and a hot hatch in a 0-60 run. Say another 3 seconds in the 0-100 time.

If you really want to know your 0-60, 0-100 times, buy/borrow/beg/steal a VBox, mate.

[bam_bam]

8.66 second is impressive, mine does it in 9.0 dead. 0-60 in 4.0 dead with a 1500 launch. Rule VBOX'd.

[robwight]

Sorry, but the time can’t really be regarded as anywhere near accurate, it could be 2-3 seconds out (not to mention the speedo over reads), and that doesn’t sound like much, right? But 2-3 seconds is the difference between an RS 6 and a hot hatch in a 0-60 run. Say another 3 seconds in the 0-100 time.

If you really want to know your 0-60, 0-100 times, buy/borrow/beg/steal a VBox, mate.

3 seconds ? really.. c,mon mate lol thats silly .. its there in HD

i know it isnt accurate as in tenths of seconds,i have said that already.

even taking the speedo is a massive exaggerated 10 % out.. ratio of 60-100 is there ( 54-90 ) IF speedo is 10% out like everyone elses..

ive nothing to prove and a humble guy,hence i videod proof rather than talk <beep> like some people do..

in your opinion it could be 3 seconds out,in your opinion it could even be 5,6 or even 10 seconds out whatever you say mate,but its not.
0-100 8.6 is there , black n white ( well colour actually ) ,60-100mph in 4 seconds is there in colour too ,and would be easily bettered with less people in the car and a better driver

i was chuffed with 8.6 , but i know for a fact its quicker than that..

[ant1]

Did I see that right, 3rd gear before 60mph?

[robwight]

Did I see that right, 3rd gear before 60mph?

yeah ur right..spun to much 1st & 2nd ..was generally a <beep> 0-60 tbh ,1st attempt.

would like to see some comparible statistics of guys on here ?

could we have a sticky of real world genuine attempts of various 0-100 1/4 mile etc ( no guesses & nonesense )

just a post with relatively accurate proof and times with no debating on tyres / manhood / radio staions etc

would be great general reading & genuinely interesting , and a put up or shut up lol

always good for a banter within the laws of physics on sub threads

robbo