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MMD said:
60 mph equals 88 feet per second.
.4 seconds means a difference of 35 feet.
That's two car lengths.
So passing lanes on two lane rural highways are sometimes very limited, two car lengths is significant amount of space.
Good brakes help too!!
This all illustrates differences in personalities, not just cars, which is why Porsche offers more than one model of 911!! I'll offer up two mythical characters:
Johnny J. Practical would say, "Two car lengths??? Ahhh, we're splitting hairs here, who would cut a pass that close anyhow?"
Sven P. Speedjunkie would say, "Two car lengths??? That's huge!!! If I had Johnny Practical right on my tail, and I could pull 2 lengths on him as he tried to hang with me passing a slower car, that's big..."
In any event, whether it's road racing, drag racing, or just street driving, pulling 2 car lengths under full-throttle in such a relatively small space is fairly definitive. However, I have no idea what the source of the performance data posted earlier is, or what the conditions were. I'm guessing, by its times, that it was a top-gear (6th) pull, which is a real low-rpm grunt, where the S's superior torque would shine. But that's not real-life, as we would all normally downshift to 3rd or 4th, or even 2nd, to perform such a pass or acceleration sprint.