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Originally Posted by mike_nofx
I agree with this, who cares. Almost no one reaches their vehicles top speed so why do people care so much?
Does a racetrack in Australia even exist where you could reach 460km/h?
Is it just ego stroking to claim owning a 460km/h car?
0-100km times are more impressive as you can use that almost daily, and somewhat legally
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It is ego stroking as much as any comparison time. It doesn't matter if it is a Bugatti or a Falcon, people will ALWAYS be comparing some measure of performance. As long as someone believes they can do it better, there will always be comparisons.
Perfect example, Andy Green doing 1000mph (well soon to be) in his BloodHound SSC. Why is he doing it? Cause he can, cause there is a record to be broken, cause he thinks he can...
I bet there is a lot of ego (and other such) stroking here about 0-100 (or is 80-120 times? keeps changing based on what the better figure is) and 1/4 mile times.
Just have a look at the HSV/FPV threads...too many here would be causing themselves blisters over it.