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Old 01-25-2018, 03:41 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Chorizo - '00 Honda Civic HX, baby! :D
90 day: 35.35 mpg (US)

Mid-Life Crisis Fighter - '99 Honda Accord LX
90 day: 34.2 mpg (US)

Gramps - '04 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 35.39 mpg (US)

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"Most F1 cars weigh around 1,300 pounds with the driver and boast over 750 horsepower."
I do not know why I am looking at production motorcycles, but the 2006 Suzuki GSX-R1000 has the fastest 0-60 at 2.35 seconds. It's tested wet weight is 444 lb and has 147.3 hp. If it were scaled to 1,300 pounds, it would have 431 HP. Top Fuel motorcycles and dragsters are so fast they shortened the drag strip so fewer people died.

To accelerate at 1g, a car would need to get to 60 in 2.73511683 seconds. https://jalopnik.com/the-fastest-0-6...ive-1792093851

Jalopnik also kindly shares Stapp’s Law: “The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle.”
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