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Topic: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3430 on: Today at 11:39:05 AM »
I knew my SF agent in Cincy personally, which helped a lot.  I could call him up with questions and get straight answers.  I had some claims, one major one when my basement flooded.  So, when I moved in with my wife, I called him to get a quote on home/car insurance and it was through the roof, BECAUSE I had had a large claim.

On a different house.  He said it didn't matter, so I went with my wife's insurance.


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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3431 on: Today at 12:00:00 PM »
1968 American Muscle Car Face-Off

The Camaro had been the quicker of the two the day before at the drag strip, turn­ing standing start quarter miles in 13.77 seconds at 107.39 mph. The Mustang wasn't exactly a stone either, covering the same distance in 13.96 seconds at 106.13 mph. Just for comparison, the Ferrari 275/ GTB-4 we tested (October, '67) was ca­pable of 14.5 second quarters at 100 mph and the 400 hp, 427 Corvette (May, '68) was good for 14.1 seconds at 102 mph.


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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3432 on: Today at 01:32:27 PM »
For you personally in your daily driver, what is your upper limit on 0-60 times for a car you bought (or leased), above which you'd rule it out no matter other features?

For me, I'd say 7.5 seconds, and yeah, an 8 second car that fit my other needs really well would be OK, so say 8.

What would I practicably like?  Faster is better of course, but I think faster than about 5 seconds is acceleration I would never need, and would rarely enjoy.  And there usually is a fuel economy tradeoff unless it's an EV.

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