You know how to stretch a “silly thread” . I think its time too post up the you got served cat LOL.

 

Definitely a funny read!

Illegal Machine, my friend just raced in Florida this weekend, he ran a 13.01@103.8 and the other guy ran a 14.74@97 so who has the faster car? He said that he did because he ran a 13.01 but I told him he was wrong, he needed to confirm it with you first since timeslips are silly and you would have to be insane to go by what it says and that the time it takes to race from one end to the other on the track is meaningless since his car could possibly, maybe, on the right day with the right circumstances with the right driver at the right temperature with the right altitude with the right mods with the right traction and with the moon being in the right alignment and with mars having the correct gravitational pull and with what the latest fast and furious magazine says and according to what your psychic said might happen on your birthday and depending on any crosswinds the 14.74 second car might possibly potentially run a quicker or faster or jim dandier time which would make his car faster according to zeus and the gods at mt Olympia. Can you PM me your phone number so he can give you a call? They have a $10 bet riding on this and before anyone pays up they need final confirmation from you on who won. Thanks!


Edit:

Also, I just got served for being insaine for thinking timeslips showing the times on them determined who won. Therefore, I just got served yo!

 

LMAO! Now let me see you 1, 2, step ! LMAO!

 

Either you are trying to be funny (and yes have taken it way down the line...) or you are TOTALLY missing the point mrphotoman...it's not about excuses, it's about time compared to MPH...they do show two totally different aspects of the car (do you agree with this?)...the example you posted above doesn't even fall into place with ANYTHING we have really been talking about (or at least me anyway).

 

I just saw a Cobalt today on the way to the University... they looked like mutated PT Cuisers! But he had better traction than me in this snow.

 

I think it is quite evident I am being funny with my posts and I am joking about the excuses people make on who is faster.

Plain and simple, the faster car is the one that runs the faster times. No ifs ands or buts. A car that runs 13's but traps faster than a car that runs 12's is still a 13 second car no matter how you try to fudge it. That car is slower than the 12 second car because the 13 second car runs 13's and the 12 second car runs 12's. You can make up all the excuses in the world but that car is still slower. Yes if it gets its traction control issues taken care of (if that is what is causing it to run 13's instead of 12's) then yes it will be faster but you can speculate all you want and you can say well if it had this or if it had that or if it could do this or if it could do that all day long but it will still be slower than the 12 second car.

Take your watch if it has a timer on it. Set it for 12 seconds and watch it count down. How long did it take? 12 seconds?

Okay, now for the tricky part. Take your timer and set it for 13 seconds and watch it count down. How long did it take? 13 seconds?

Now break out the calculator, subtract 13 from 12 and what do you have? 1? Now that is the number of seconds that the 13 second car is slower than the 12 second car.

I hope that helps!

 

I meant Caliber! It was an SS too.

 

They make a caliber ss? Are you sure it was not a hhr ss?

Be careful if it was a caliber srt4, they are known to generate black holes due to their "potential" to run faster than mid 14 second times in the 1/4 mile lol.

 

Ya, I do not know anything about them. It has SS on the back though.

 

it must have been an hhr then, i wouldnt mind getting a hhr ss. they are pretty nice, our regular hhr has been pretty good so far.

 

I googled it and yes, that is what it was. The specs are not bad.

 

Yeah, I appreciate all the sarcasm, but it's really not as child-like as you would like to make it. 1/4 mile is not the only way to demonstrate how fast a car is...

If two cars came sliding around a turn (at a racetrack obviously) neck and neck...and car A started pulling away from car B on the straight...would you say that car A is "faster"? What if car B (after the entire race) ended up 5 seconds "quicker" than car A? What if car A had the "quickest" lap for that day at the track...?

This is the kind of stuff I'm talking about...it's not excuses...it's RACING...period.

 

Yeah, same engine that is in the Cobalt SS (my car)...kinda like the 2.4L Turbo that was in the Neon SRT-4...then they put it in the PT Cruiser....

 

My older brother used to race and beat lots of powerful cars. He had a 69 AMX 4 speed. He was not faster. But he didn't stay in one place spinning the tires like the "faster" cars did. The only cars he didn't beat were the ones with 10" tires on the back. Now if you want to talk corner speed you're talking more about handling or lateral grip. Anyway. For me the Caliber is a younger than me persons car. It looks like a comic book, kinda transformer like. Not a bad thing really, just not for me. Not saying it's slow either. Not saying it can or cannot be made faster cheaper. I grew up with rear wheel drive (I'm not in my 20's or 30's). To me a front wheel drive performance car is for the young that don't know what their missing. But enough already. If I get beat by a Caliber with NOS then I'll go get me some giggle gas too and we'll go again. Isn't that how the game is played?

Les

 

lol, here we go with yet another scenario.

All those posts and this thread WERE about drag racing.

As for road course racing the caliber srt, a stock geo metro would give it a run for the money considering all the horrible reviews the caliber was given for its sloppy handling.

Oh well, I tried.

 

You should all read this book...

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or this one:

 

Look at this awesome quote I found earlier in the thread!

Right. Whoever crosses the finish line first wins the race, but isn't necessarily a faster car. See any time slip with a poor reaction time.

THAT is real drag racing.

You're talking about how a stock crossfire will murder a Caliber SRT-4 all day long because you've "Seen on the internet" people with low to mid 14 second time slips.

In fact, I'm sure some of the owners here have been known to run some 14 second passes before getting comfortable with the car ( I know I have).

So if I took my car to the track at 5:00pm and ran a 14.5 at 108 spinning down the track. Then a Caliber ran a 14.2 @ 100mph. The Caliber SRT-4 is faster than the SRT-6?

That's what you're telling me.

I'm telling you I'm a terrible driver in a faster car.

What if at 6:00 I run a 12.7 at 111mph? How has my car MAGICALLY become faster?

How did my car with no additional mechanical upgrades, increased HP or TQ, or new tires go from being SLOWER than a SRT-4 to FASTER?

How did the car change?

 

From the guy who didn't know what the difference between a Caliber, Cobalt and HHR was. HA!!


Run along "car guy". Tell us if you see another Calibolt SSRT-HHR. hahhahaha

 

Maybe because some of us have been to the track and watched cars race. I've seen cars run low 12's @ 120+mph. That isn't a 12 second car no matter how you slice it. That's a terrible driver in a really really fast car.

The winner of the race is determined by who's light goes off first. Determining who's care is FASTER should take into account several factors (60ft, ET, 1/4time, reaction time). <-- all of those things show up on the slip, too!