Autoweek/Andy Pilgrim 991 GT3 vs Z/28 at Barber Motorsport Park
03-26-2014, 09:06 PM
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@ savyboy, thanks for posting the Autoweek article and generating the discussion that followed.
Tomorrow it will be 5 weeks since that fateful email telling me not to drive my GT3. Right now a properly functioning Z28 would be a lot more useful than the $150K lump of inert metal that has been sitting in my garage ever since. I had never thought about a Camaro, but the article was a real eye opener.
Next week we are supposed to get the next email or the next phone call and find out when our cars will be repaired. Maybe. If it is not promised for April, I will order a different car (not a Porsche) that will take a while to arrive in California. After that whichever arrives first wins.
I am not a Chevrolet addict, never owned a Vette or a Camaro, but I have been towing my race car with a Suburban for 15 years and I have to say I am completely satisfied. The Z28 and the Z06/Z07 are now on my list, at least to consider.
Tomorrow it will be 5 weeks since that fateful email telling me not to drive my GT3. Right now a properly functioning Z28 would be a lot more useful than the $150K lump of inert metal that has been sitting in my garage ever since. I had never thought about a Camaro, but the article was a real eye opener.
Next week we are supposed to get the next email or the next phone call and find out when our cars will be repaired. Maybe. If it is not promised for April, I will order a different car (not a Porsche) that will take a while to arrive in California. After that whichever arrives first wins.
I am not a Chevrolet addict, never owned a Vette or a Camaro, but I have been towing my race car with a Suburban for 15 years and I have to say I am completely satisfied. The Z28 and the Z06/Z07 are now on my list, at least to consider.
Here's something mind-bending for a light snack:
http://blogs.motortrend.com/1403_the...st_enough.html
"But I'm part of the lucky handful who've driven the newfangled Z/28, and the car might go down as one of the best bargains ever."
03-26-2014, 11:14 PM
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03-26-2014, 11:35 PM
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^me thinks less things will break with camaro due to simplicity and cheap to fix(remember u got an extra 75k to play around with) and how cheap the consumables will be. I know 991 gt3 won't be a cheap fix out of warranty. I'm sold on the looks of the 991 gt3 but that's it. I bought my gt3 simply for the the motor/tranny ie mezger. Hopefully it's used in motorsport racing and with success and longevity ie be a long long while when that happens if at all. Mike
03-27-2014, 02:24 AM
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OMFG, i find this thread awfully boring.
some like z06
some like c6z06
some like cayman
some like bmw.
some ppl even read magazines
go buy a gt3 and a z28, play around with it. sell the one you dont like.
life too short to TALK
it is about DO
sometimes answer is not conclusive. then buy another GT3 and another Z28 repeat and sell the one you dont like. then repeat again and again, while everyone else just TALK TALK TALK.
pete, bring down that monster, i like to flog it around a bit ;-)
some like z06
some like c6z06
some like cayman
some like bmw.
some ppl even read magazines
go buy a gt3 and a z28, play around with it. sell the one you dont like.
life too short to TALK
it is about DO
sometimes answer is not conclusive. then buy another GT3 and another Z28 repeat and sell the one you dont like. then repeat again and again, while everyone else just TALK TALK TALK.
pete, bring down that monster, i like to flog it around a bit ;-)
03-27-2014, 08:35 AM
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BTW, good luck finding Z/28 if you're interested. Almost as hard to come by as GT3.
03-27-2014, 08:52 AM
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03-27-2014, 08:59 AM
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Normal Camaro's look like **** to me but the Z28 looks very nice to me.
Beautiful even. I like it much better than the Corvette.
I like the skyline like rear end.
I probably fit in it no problem.
Even if it's too heavy, with a solid 3 year warranty is take it if proven that you can beat on it hot weekend after hot weekend!
I rather have the Lighter Corvette if I fit in it but the Z51 with good brakes is not for sale yet.
I look forward to the track reports!
Beautiful even. I like it much better than the Corvette.
I like the skyline like rear end.
I probably fit in it no problem.
Even if it's too heavy, with a solid 3 year warranty is take it if proven that you can beat on it hot weekend after hot weekend!
I rather have the Lighter Corvette if I fit in it but the Z51 with good brakes is not for sale yet.
I look forward to the track reports!
03-27-2014, 09:31 AM
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The time for getting a Z/28 for anywhere near MSRP has passed. Prior to the press embargo lifting, most everybody laughed out loud at a Camaro model that stickered at 3x what a Camaro starts at. savyboy being an obvious exception to this. Thanks to M/T, R&T, etc. dealer mark-ups will be HUGE.
03-27-2014, 10:14 AM
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It's called "run what you brung". Porsche "brung" a PDK, RWS, and a specific Porsche specified N rated tire. Trofeo is NOT N rated. That is Porsche's spec, deal with it. Go talk to your dealership service department about running non N rated tires. You don't get to alter the car simply because you don't like the results. It is what it is.
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03-27-2014, 10:42 AM
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Is this Pilgrim dude a professional article writer, or is he a professional race car driver like Walter Rohl or someone who knows how to race a rear engine'd car like a 911?
I put very little into the validity of these test when the writer from the magazine is doing the testing.
I put very little into the validity of these test when the writer from the magazine is doing the testing.
03-27-2014, 10:55 AM
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Is this Pilgrim dude a professional article writer, or is he a professional race car driver like Walter Rohl or someone who knows how to race a rear engine'd car like a 911? I put very little into the validity of these test when the writer from the magazine is doing the testing.