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Offline Dw1

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In gear 50-70mph accelleration times: 3rd and 5th gear
« on: January 18, 2012, 05:16:23 pm »
Hi, following on from my other thread of 0-60 time where I was accused of driving like Miss Daisy  :grin: (she did wave at me as she went past).
Here are in gear times of 50-70. This should mostly remove my lack of talent as the car is already moving. I gave the car full beans in both tests so there shouldn't be too much variation in terms of a talented driver making a difference as there are no gear changes or standing starts needed.

50-70 in 3rd, 3.37 seconds. Very slight gradient rise of 0.45m.


50-70 in 5th, 5.51 seconds. Sight downhill of 3.46m


It's a standard car, road conditions were average tarmac, cool temperature, running Mohawk m112 tyres on the front. I hope gives people an idea of a real world benchmark to help with pub talk.

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Re: In gear 50-70mph accelleration times: 3rd and 5th gear
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2012, 11:37:26 am »
Great piece of kit you have there.

Having DSG on my ED30 I never did in gear times.

pic of my Performance box time to 100mph before nitrous. 50-70 was 2 seconds.

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Re: In gear 50-70mph accelleration times: 3rd and 5th gear
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2012, 11:40:02 am »
And in my current Polo GTI. DSG again and 2.6 seconds 50-70.

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