Ferg said:
I would be impressed with a 7.7 sec. 0-60 time with an automatic. Especially considering that Consumer Guide, Consumer Reports, Motor Trend, and Edmunds.com have the TSX around 7.9 - 8.1 for the 6MT.
......but others have gotten as low as (I believe) 7.2 for the 6MT. While still others haven't been able to get below 8.4.
So, to state the obvious, results vary, and they're dependent on God-knows-what. It's easy to speculate on some of the possible factors, but, wouldn't you think they'd have all these things standardized? OK, let's list a few: How full the gas tank is (often they do 1/4 tank, but I'd do "almost empty"

), how much crap you're carrying in the car (I would think they do it empty except for the spare tire), whether the road is level (I would
absolutely expect that they take care of that), maybe some variation from car to car but you wouldn't think it would be much, ......and.......
(drumroll)
......Since it doesn't seem those factors could be major unless they're complete idiots which I assume they're not, I gotta think there's one more factor, which I'll say is the main one:
Driver motivation. Also maybe to a lesser extent, driver skill; I wouldn't think this is major because you'd think
everybody who does those tests is reasonably capable and there isn't THAT much skill involved. But, when you get results that vary by a second or more -- including when some testers can't get below the low 8's with the TSX 6MT, which seems just absurd -- I gotta believe some of those drivers just aren't trying.
Truly.