Best source for performance figures?

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Apr 23, 2009 | 02:58 AM

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Nottm_S2

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some of the modern diesels are much less of a compromise than they used to be but you still need to beware of narrow power bands and potentially high maintenance and purchase costs

i have a diesel because it does 50+mpg and i do a lot of miles. without the miles i just wouldnt bother tbh as the higher mpg is offset by higher fuel cost and higher purchase cost.

Apr 23, 2009 | 03:54 AM

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eSeM

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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Apr 21 2009, 04:35 PM

100-0 is really useful, too.

(Bike performance figures often get quoted as 0-100-0 and standing start 1/4 mile.)

Apr 23, 2009 | 01:07 PM

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Subaru2000

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0-125 is the daddy,

0-60 is a waste of time imo

Apr 23, 2009 | 02:01 PM

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lovegroova

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Originally Posted by wingnutLP,Apr 23 2009, 11:52 AM

Cleaarly in the bendy bits the subaru would be a lot quicker but all my dad does is pootle about in trafic and blast up and down motorways...

In that case, he doesn't really need something that accelerates quickly at all, i'd have thought?

Apr 24, 2009 | 08:51 AM

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wingnutLP

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Originally Posted by lovegroova,Apr 23 2009, 10:01 PM

In that case, he doesn't really need something that accelerates quickly at all, i'd have thought?

Yep you are probably right but in that respect none of us NEED anything that accelerates quickly.

Whatever makes him happy is fine by me and he wants something that feels like it has a bit of poke.