How quick is a roller coaster?

http://jalopnik.com/5482770/how-quick-is-a-roller-coaster[url][url]

Car and Driver took a road trip to Cedar Point and brought their Racelogic Vbox testing rig. How quick is a roller coaster? Watch the video and find out. (Hint: Below 60 mph, it'll smoke almost anything on wheels.)

Wow, Top Thrill Dragster was tested at making it to 120 mph in 2.8 seconds versus a car that goes 0-60 mph in 1.6 seconds.

Top thrill dragster is tested because it always breaks down alot.

^What?

I got this from the video: 1.6 seconds to 60 MPH, and 2.8 to get to 120. That's a hell of a lot faster than they advertise.

^^Really, we're gonna start this? What year are you still in? ::ring ring::Hello? Oh yes one second. It's Dragster from 2003, 2004 and 05. They want you to stop referring to them and get over it.

Last time I checked, Millennium was down more days for maintenance in 08 and 09 than Dragster was.
See, it's quite simple. All you need to do is watch the big yellow tower. Though I guess you just notice the uptime and deny it for the heck of it? ;)

As for the video. That seemed like a pretty strong launch so I'm not surprised at the results. Dragster will always have the ability to max out 120mph a lot sooner than 3.7-4 seconds. This video is obviously proof of that.

P.S.- Shawn, those results were both from Dragster. At 1.6 seconds it reached 60mph and then 120mph at 2.8.

Edited. I was busy when I posted this from a phone. The original post makes more sense.

Here's the article online. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q1/just_how_quick_are_roller...s_-feature

There are some really great on-ride photos taken on Millennium Force in the gallery.

Q: How quick is a roller coaster?

A: Quick.

:P