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Cars you Love (pg. 83)
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
But with all that power, they are still more akin to a sledgehammer where perhaps a more precise tool is needed. |
This is the typical tom foolery idiocy that comes with people that try to say the Vette and the Viper are not precise machines. Fail on all cylinders. There is a reason why GT1 was basically abandoned. The Vette dominated the race 100% of the time. Won the championship for 7 years straight.
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
my best friend is always trying to convince me that corvettes and vipers are amazing cars. i call them "rich redneck cars" lol
i am starting to appreciate vettes though. you get A LOT of car for the money. |
The Vette and Viper have always held their own. Always. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
I don't know why you'd bother with a plethora of similarly priced vehicles like the Corvettes, Vipers and so on, already made in-country and much easier to maintain in terms of parts, finding someone to fix them.
Those RB26DETT's are highly strung out of the factory. They also cost about $7-8000 for a new one when you (invariably) blow it up or spin bearings. |
Exclusivity. /end
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
A new M3 here is well over $180,000...
I might be rich, but I'm not stupid. |
lulz exchange. :p That thing is only 90k here. :gsmile: |
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| pmoisse |
^ Yeah, the Vette's were unstoppable for years until Aston came along and gave them a good run for their money. The C6R's sound great at full chat (so do the Astons, my god...). The ORECA-run Vipers were the same back in the late 90's.
My ears were ringing so bad after the 24 Hours of LeMans this year (but in a good, car porn way :)) |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by pmoisse
^ Yeah, the Vette's were unstoppable for years until Aston came along and gave them a good run for their money. The C6R's sound great at full chat (so do the Astons, my god...). The ORECA-run Vipers were the same back in the late 90's.
My ears were ringing so bad after the 24 Hours of LeMans this year (but in a good, car porn way :)) |
Yeah the Astons were their only real competition in that class. Fortunately they ditched GT1 and went to GT2. They are really having a good show there now. |
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| The_G0dfather |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
i am starting to appreciate vettes though. you get A LOT of car for the money. |
very true
one of the best price/performance ratios |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by The_G0dfather
very true
one of the best price/performance ratios |
Especially the new ZR-1. With the price and performance of that model, you could say that it has really set some sort of bar even with godzilla. |
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| pmoisse |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Yeah the Astons were their only real competition in that class. Fortunately they ditched GT1 and went to GT2. They are really having a good show there now. |
GT1 would have been epic with more manufacturer support. Sadly Porsche didn't want to run the Carrera GT1, and Ferrari didn't want to bust out anything either. There's a Masseratti MC12 that runs in the FIA GT series, but I guess they weren't invited to LeMans.
Konigsegg, Ascari and Gumpert would also be great in that crowd. Hopefully they can fit into GT2 for next year. |
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| Pete K |
not sure if it's a repost or not..
but here it is anyways.
Audi RS4...giving the M3 a run for it's money.
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| pmoisse |
I would love for Audi to to a lightweight RS4 or S5 but have it only rear wheel drive.
That would be a proper BMW fighter.
They're badass as they are, but I would love to see what more they could make them |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by pmoisse
GT1 would have been epic with more manufacturer support. Sadly Porsche didn't want to run the Carrera GT1, and Ferrari didn't want to bust out anything either. There's a Masseratti MC12 that runs in the FIA GT series, but I guess they weren't invited to LeMans.
Konigsegg, Ascari and Gumpert would also be great in that crowd. Hopefully they can fit into GT2 for next year. |
Totally agree there. Manufacturer support blew so much ass in GT1. Although, to be fair, it was warranted. For 7 years running the same car won the championship. Coming in and upsetting that would be no easy feat. |
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| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
i call them "rich redneck cars" lol |
:haha:
Definitely at least at the entry level they're probably mostly bought by old geezers in a mid life crisis, then sold on to young male hooligans who do 100mph past primary schools and crash them into old geezers driving too slow to get out of the way.
Its a cyclic process :p
| quote: | | i am starting to appreciate vettes though. you get A LOT of car for the money. |
Oh, those upper tier models are serious machines. American's make a lot of disposable rubbish cars, but the vettes and vipers aren't in the same league, especially considering they draw on help from companies like Lotus and Lamborghini to do some engineering from time to time.
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Exclusivity. /end |
meh, put a downpayment on a house instead
| quote: | | lulz exchange. :p That thing is only 90k here. :gsmile: |
Its $0.83 at the moment :(
Import tax, luxury car tax, GST, on road fees, transfer fees... it piles on new cars. Probably costs BMW all of $200 to ship them here, but the market is 1/20th of the size of the US, demand isn't that high and people just sort of accept that they're going to get robbed buying it, probably carjacked for it at some point and utterly skinned alive for parts after the warranty runs out.
Exclusivity. /end ;) |
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| Slylee |
i wasn't going to post these because of the horrible quality. i dunno wtf is wrong with our camera. it took amazing pics underwater in the keys but night time pics of cars are bad. i had it set to "night time" and everything:mad:
anyway here they are
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there were some sweet porsches but i was so fed up w/ the camera at that point, i didn't bother taking pics of them. |
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