"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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dave wrote:

8

But Clarkson, the little guy and the haystack talk about 0-60 ad
infinitum! :-)

Its a very good indicator of usable power to weight ratio. And to an
extent, traction.

Not at all.
Considering how many they break doing 0-60 tests it isn't a good indication
of anything useful.
You certainly can't use it as an indicator to how it would behave on the
road.

"Oh dear I pulled out in front of the truck knowing that I could get to 60
in 4.5 seconds but something broke just before it hit me."