> I don't see how your first two points are relevant to what I said
They're not, I just wanted to include them for the curious.
> You can love the GTR all you want, I don't mind, and I never claimed that there was anything wrong with it.
It's an amazing car, but it's not like I have one or even want one.
>As for point 3, if you were to compare to a theoretical manual transmission GTR, that half a second of extra power would still only net you a couple tenths advantage, since acceleration and aerodynamic drag are nonlinear. And I stand by my claim that a couple tenths on a 12 second quarter mile is 'not much faster.'
You've never tried to build a 12 second car have you? A couple of tens is HUGE for a well behaved road car with a sound system, air conditioning and creature comforts. You could easily spend tens of thousands on a drag car in an attempt to get that. (I just looked it up, Motor Trend ran an 11.6, which is F-A-S-T)
> with a sound system, air conditioning and creature comforts
Reminds me of that episode with May saying something on the lines of "We're going at 400kmph... and we've got air-conditioning and radio". Now, that is serious engineering.
They're not, I just wanted to include them for the curious.
> You can love the GTR all you want, I don't mind, and I never claimed that there was anything wrong with it.
It's an amazing car, but it's not like I have one or even want one.
>As for point 3, if you were to compare to a theoretical manual transmission GTR, that half a second of extra power would still only net you a couple tenths advantage, since acceleration and aerodynamic drag are nonlinear. And I stand by my claim that a couple tenths on a 12 second quarter mile is 'not much faster.'
You've never tried to build a 12 second car have you? A couple of tens is HUGE for a well behaved road car with a sound system, air conditioning and creature comforts. You could easily spend tens of thousands on a drag car in an attempt to get that. (I just looked it up, Motor Trend ran an 11.6, which is F-A-S-T)