0-60?

[Jay4]

Has anyone clocked the 0-60 in their RS? If I remember correctly it says it's 0-60 in 8.7. I did a rough time check and I reckon I'm running 0-60 at under 8 seconds. When I get my Silverstone it has a 0-62 setting but wondered what everyone else's thoughts were? Any Silverstone owners have any input?

 

[Lordyb]

I was gonna post this the other day, but didn't bother.

I tested this timer for the first time ever the other nite.

And 8.7 is not accurate.

I got 8.3 on my first attempt and I didn't take off very well, and I found myself not concentrating very well on gears etc when I was doing this because I was concentrating more on what the RS monitor was doing. I know I can get better than 8.3,
But here is my proof, lol

 

[manofhow]

i havent got a photo that isnt blurry so cannot read, but i got mine down to 7.6

 

[manofhow]

the problem is, when u stop it resets, so trying to take a pic and drive, not easiest thing

 

[manofhow]

Can kinda read but sry for blurry

wow, just came on my computer and that is a crap pic, oh well gonna mean have to go out and do some more 0-62 drags to get a better pic

 

[maggi200]

Need a passenger Chris lol or a camera set up

 

[Lordyb]

Yeah I just kept the car rolling ever so slightly and I managed a pic. Damit, I new my time was naf!! Better work on it! Lol

 

[TripleJay]

do you think Renault claims deliberately worse time for Twingo in order not to be "too" close to Clio time? Otherwise it doesnt make sense to me...

 

[Jay4]

I just don't understand why they said 8.7. Half a second + is a lot of difference!

 

[maggi200]

I'd prefer my car to be understated

 

[manofhow]

I recon also, if they keep it higher, when a new model comes out they can say they tweaked a few things and it's quicker, when actually then did naff all.


Forget to say as well, that 7.6 was with the car completely standard, nothing had been done to it.

 

[manofhow]

Just been for a spin to see if I can beat it now I have changed the air filter, no joy, the roads are too greasy, just ended up spinning the wheels before I even got to 3000 rpm

 

[maggi200]

They're gonna remain all greasy till we get a good dose of rain to clear all the rubbish away

 

[manofhow]

They're gonna remain all greasy till we get a good dose of rain to clear all the rubbish away

i agree

was a bit interesting this morning though, going round some of the corners at the speed i normally go round them adn just end up going a little sideways trying to find grip.

but as usual twingos seem to find grip anywhere

 

[maggi200]

Yeah it's odd. Front end washed wide if I accelerated even slightly then just gripped and could fling it out the other end. Was quite fun but I want it back to zero understeer lol

 

[Jay4]

Wondered why I'd been drifting all over the road, I thought it was my tyres

 

[Alex_225]

A lot of cars have inaccurate 0-60 times to be honest. They're marketed to get into a certain class and insurance category too!

That said if we're finding the Twingo 133 about a second quicker, no doubt the RS Clio and Megane guys find the same.

I can remember people on Meganesport.net finding they could outperform the book figures.

 

[maggi200]

Not sure on all of that, perhaps the megane but the clio i thought was on the money or a tad slower from the owners I'd spoken to

 

[TripleJay]

alex: agreed, but in most cases is kinda hard to achieve claimed times since you need to make a perfect launch. But i still believe that the number which is made "official" is chosen by marketing guys, in order not to cross fade model ranges. And I also wonder, how does the RS monitor "count" that time, via GPS or just off the data from ECU through gearing etc.?

 

[maggi200]

It's purely off the ecu