they employ a lot of optimists there

and possibly drunks

 

Evo tested one with a fecked clutch at 5.7s ......

 

Given the fact all you guys reside in the UK wouldn't it be more realistic to compare queuing times ?
Wonder if the M is any slower queuing than an S.....

 

they may well have done

in between squeezing zits

but I believe the S2000 is a six second 0-60 car

 

I think the testers have to be brutal with the S2000 to get these quick times ...... probably the reason the clutch on the one Evo tested was fecked.

 

queuing is a mainly a problem for commuters

I do not commute

so this would not interest me

 

yes, we've had loads of discussions about ' launching' before iirc

probaly best to accept a range or average, rather than insist on a specific time

 

well it felt like a big gap ime

154bhp/ton in the BMW, 191 in the Honda (just a stat i thought i'd throw in)
there's a big gap too..

assuming linear accellaration and ignoring increased drag at speed (all invalid in the real world I know but hey ho)

distance = t v(mean)

now the v mean can be considered half the max speed with the start being 0

so the S2000

100 mph = 161km/h

so mean speed

80.5km/h = 1341m/min (just under a mile a min)

1341m/min = 22.36m/s

14 x 22.36 = 313m (less than a quarter mile of 400m)

so this proves that the accellaration is not linear i guess

now if the bmw reaches 100mph in 18s it's speed will be 14/18ths of 100 at the 14s mark
or 77mph....

so mean speed is half that, 38.5mph,

62km/h = 1033m/min

17.2m/s

241m

of course this might be representative even if it's not accurate.. alternatively someone could plot a graph? perhaps some powerpoint presentation..

or ssb could bring his 330 to me..

or we could just agree to disagree .. like we do on everything else

 

 

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