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Old 05-20-2012, 04:52 PM   #892
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Drives: 2011 STi - World Rally Blue
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Originally Posted by HufferSS View Post
Why do people care about "Ring" times so much? I see everyone quote it and talk about it like it has anything to do with how that car would handle with them driving or on the streets etc.

I don't get it....not knocking it...just don't get it.
I don't get it either. In the grand scheme of things, unless you compare the cars at the same time, on the same day, with the same driver(s) - it's a rather pointless comparison to make.

What's the relative skill level and experience of the drivers in question? What was the weather like? Was it raining? Did they hit traffic during the testing? What was the temperature? What kind of tires were they running? So on and so forth. There are literally a hundred different factors that can skew the results here. Until you get them out there with as many of these variables held constant as possible, you're just pissing in the wind when you start bragging about 'ring times.
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