# What is fast?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [January 25, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407 "2008-01-25T06:18:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/1 "2008-01-25T06:18:49Z")
I don’t know if there are any production cars that i would even call FAST.
but it’s very subjective…
Match these adjectives:
- Slow
- Not Slow
- Pretty Quick
- Quick
- Pretty Fast
- Fast
- Really Fast
To these cars
(cars are more or less stock, unless noted otherwise. add anything else you can think of, including your car as it sits, etc):
- Sti/evo
- Civic Si
- Fbody
- C6 Z06
- Viper
- Cobalt SS
- Pagoni Zonda, F430, etc.
- Base Focus/Cobalt/Civic
- Top Fuel Dragster
- Any \<10s Car
- Dodge Ram w/ a hemi
If you think that an _Sti/Evo_ is **really fast** , then obviously, you would list it, and everything faster, under **really fast**. You don’t need to back this up with any numbers, just what you THINK fast is…
Here’s Mine
- Slow - **Dodge Ram w/ a hemi, Base Focus/Cobalt/Civic**
- Not Slow - **Cobalt SS, Civic Si**
- Pretty Quick - **Sti/evo, Fbody**
- Quick - **MY STi**
- Pretty Fast - **C6 Z06, Viper, Pagoni Zonda, F430, etc.**
- Fast - **Any \<10s Car**
- Really Fast - **Top Fuel**
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/2 "2008-01-25T06:21:16Z")
WAT?
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/3 "2008-01-25T06:22:12Z")
> [@bing](#):
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> WAT?
stfu. it’s not hard.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/4 "2008-01-25T06:27:37Z")
this thread sucks…
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/5 "2008-01-25T06:29:20Z")
i guess…
i figured it was a fairly interesting look into what people thought was **fast** , because i know that people have told me that their cobalt SS was FAST.
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### Author:  [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/6 "2008-01-25T06:36:00Z")
- Slow - **Dodge Ram w/ a hemi, Base Focus/Cobalt/Civic**
- Not Slow - **Cobalt SS, Civic Si**
- Quick - **sti/evo**
- Pretty Fast - **C6 Z06, Viper, Pagoni Zonda, F430**
- Really Fast - **\<10s Car, Top Fuel**
- Disturbingly Fast - **Fbody**
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/7 "2008-01-25T06:36:11Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> i guess…
>
> i figured it was a fairly interesting look into what people thought was **fast** , because i know that people have told me that their cobalt SS was FAST.
well, if the only other car you’ve ever driven was mom’s minivan, you would think so too
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### Author:  [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/8 "2008-01-25T06:36:16Z")
Fast = Estorvito’s old setup. When it got traction…
Slow = My miata.
Fast is a relative term.
Thinking of a car driven on the street and a car for what it is.
Car + mods could be “fast”
For instance, my Miata + turbo will be fast.
Truly meaning, Faster than the stock crap.
But will it be fast? No.
Just like most street bikes, People expect them to be fast.
A Fast street bike, Turbo busa.
WHAT IS FAST?!
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/9 "2008-01-25T06:48:34Z")
It’s all a matter of perspective, to someone a car with just over 200hp could be really fast to them. Yet ridiculously slow to someone else, it’s impossible to judge specifically when it’s based on perspective.
Example: UBRF’s early days in which 14s were considered pretty quick.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/10 "2008-01-25T06:50:21Z")
Anything that runs \< 12.9 sec 1/4 mile I consider fast. Everything slower is just quick.
But the whole criteria changes when you talk about a circuit track.
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/11 "2008-01-25T06:52:30Z")
03 cobra should be on the list pretty fast/fast
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/12 "2008-01-25T06:57:08Z")
I guess it depends what you use it for.
As a comfortable DD that I can drive 400+ miles in a day in with no problem I’d consider my GTO fast.
As a track car, street racer, or drag car I’d consider my GTO somewhere between not slow and pretty quick.
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/13 "2008-01-25T07:46:25Z")
This based on acceleration, right? If so, first list is pretty accurate. More G-force in a top fuel run than a cat shot in an F-18. Good ol’ organ compression :tup:
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### Author:  [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/14 "2008-01-25T07:57:58Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#):
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> Anything that runs \< 12.9 sec 1/4 mile I consider fast. Everything slower is just quick.
>
> But the whole criteria changes when you talk about a circuit track.
ahhh thanks you think my taurus is fast.
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/15 "2008-01-25T08:01:23Z")
WAT?
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/16 "2008-01-25T08:03:50Z")
> [@somedude](#):
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> ahhh thanks you think my taurus is fast.
He just forgot to put a disclaimer that the vehicle has to still run and not be on fire at the end of the 1/4.
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### Author:  [@eclipsed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eclipsed)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/17 "2008-01-25T08:34:22Z")
the problem is that you provided a pool of cars for people to chose from. obviously, everyone will put the slowest car in the slow category, the top fuel in the really fast category, and then rank everything in between.
imo, a better way to do this would be to remove the pool of car choices. or have people define these categories in terms of ET and Trap. but, its your thread.
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### Author:  [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/18 "2008-01-25T08:35:15Z")
its funny when someone is not used to a manual car and if the driver revs it out a bit, they think the car is going so fast.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/19 "2008-01-25T08:38:10Z")
> [@newman"](#):
>
> (cars are more or less stock, unless noted otherwise. add anything else you can think of, including your car as it sits, etc):
If you’re talking about OEM cars that are stock, or very near to, then anything running \< ~12.5 1/4 mile is fast.
Top Fuel cars are far from stock. They are also far from being “cars”, so I will not quantify them.
Also, is there no relevance in your rankings for skidpad / slalom numbers?
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### Author:  [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-fast/42407/20 "2008-01-25T08:41:44Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> He just forgot to put a disclaimer that the vehicle has to still run and not be on fire at the end of the 1/4.
hey now that car only caught on fire twice. once at dunville (axle seal) and once in my driveway (turbo feed line).
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