RS vs Accent
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SSpeckerwood
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seems a bit rediculous to me after reading it
laborsmith
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Four laps around the Gingerman were so hard that Buttermore had to change tires before he could drive home? That made me wonder about all the tires that must be destroyed there as faster/heavier cars churning 600HP on Pirelli P-Zero tires make multiple laps there. No wonder some of those super epensive super soft tires can be hard to find. They need to be replaced every four laps so their drivers have wheels to drive home.
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SSpeckerwood
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can you say rigged?? i wonder how much hyundai had to pay for that advertising.
lambertsonic
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How is it rigged ? When I shopped around for my sonic I test drove the accent and walked away impressed . It did offer more standard equipment , but I couldn't stand looking at it . Performance wise it is very similar to my sonic and the accent comes with a six speed manual and all wheel discs .
SSpeckerwood
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you really believe the Sonic RS tires were so bad that it couldn't possibly be driven home after 4 laps.... bull.
i drove the accent as well before i bought the sonic, honestly i was more impressed with my 1997 hyundai accent than the 2012 accent.
i drove the accent as well before i bought the sonic, honestly i was more impressed with my 1997 hyundai accent than the 2012 accent.
lambertsonic
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The tires had probably been used up already , who knows . On paper the sonic and accent are very similar .
laborsmith
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Must have been, even racing slicks are good for more than ten laps let alone four.
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bigmahlman
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Lame article but at least we got to see some shots of the RS in action.
Timesgodjillion
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Well, the Sonic had its A/C on full blast. I don't know if it'd hurt the time too badly, but judging from all the complaining about "extreme" loss of power with the A/C on lately in the forums, you'd think that it'd add another 20 seconds to the lap.
Johnny Alien
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I would have liked to see them put the rs against a 1.8 sonic.
laborsmith
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The same tires as are on the LTZ Sonic.
Laborsmith
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All-seasons. That's what I thought. That article is dumb then.
Since nobody that cares about performance will replace their tires with OEM ones, I wish these comparos would slap on a set of identical performance summer tires on each car so we can get a true comparison. I'm willing to bet the Sonic would greatly extend it's lead since it would be able to put its extra grunt to the ground and exploit its sporty suspension.
JimmyBuckets
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Not sure about the RS tires but Hyundai tires use a silica compound which is very hard. Also driving style will have a lot to do with destroyed tires.
sx sonic
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That was an, umm intresting read. To me it seemed like a loaded test with only a small amount of focus on the actual performance
I would expect the cars to have the same if not similar tires (or at a minimum in the same condition for both cars) and the drivers to swap cars so as to prevent bias and variances in time do to drivers skill.
And a second a lap is pretty big for short laps especially considering the RS's tires were in a poor state at the start of the race..
But that's just me, thanks for sharing the article
-tyler
I would expect the cars to have the same if not similar tires (or at a minimum in the same condition for both cars) and the drivers to swap cars so as to prevent bias and variances in time do to drivers skill.
And a second a lap is pretty big for short laps especially considering the RS's tires were in a poor state at the start of the race..
But that's just me, thanks for sharing the article
-tyler
