ZR1 killer?
01-23-2018, 08:21 PM
#17
I sort of hate Vettes, but I admit the new Grand Sport has been tugging at me. N/A V8, a rarely well balanced Vette, looks pretty awesome in that “soon dated but now cool overstated American car” way? Yes please.
The ZR1 and Z06 are hard no’s. Reigning in a sloppy overpowered Vette sounds about as fun as taming a Lion. Cool for dropping your nutts on someone on a message board (“my car is the fastest evar”) but in the real world, I’d have no use for the glutton of power.
The ZR1 and Z06 are hard no’s. Reigning in a sloppy overpowered Vette sounds about as fun as taming a Lion. Cool for dropping your nutts on someone on a message board (“my car is the fastest evar”) but in the real world, I’d have no use for the glutton of power.
01-23-2018, 08:47 PM
#18
I sort of hate Vettes, but I admit the new Grand Sport has been tugging at me. N/A V8, a rarely well balanced Vette, looks pretty awesome in that “soon dated but now cool overstated American car” way? Yes please.
The ZR1 and Z06 are hard no’s. Reigning in a sloppy overpowered Vette sounds about as fun as taming a Lion. Cool for dropping your nutts on someone on a message board (“my car is the fastest evar”) but in the real world, I’d have no use for the glutton of power.
The ZR1 and Z06 are hard no’s. Reigning in a sloppy overpowered Vette sounds about as fun as taming a Lion. Cool for dropping your nutts on someone on a message board (“my car is the fastest evar”) but in the real world, I’d have no use for the glutton of power.
Or are you trying to get all the Corvettes lovers out there angry so you can feel so so clever and powerful?
01-23-2018, 08:57 PM
#19
Plus, I have zero use for a 600whatever powered car. Driving it on the public roads I’m subject to sounds more frustrating than freeing.
01-23-2018, 10:02 PM
#20
I’ve driven a manual Z06 and have nothing bad to say about it, it’s really an incredible car, GS too, the only thing is the Viper is a little more my personal style so if I were getting a 650ish hp American sports car that’s the way I’d go.
01-23-2018, 10:49 PM
#21
I have not, but I feel like every track video I’ve watched about it states they’re not really precise tools. In fact, MT’s main heralding over the Grand Sport (during their best drivers car track segment) was akin to it’s “actually a Vette that feels balanced (unlike the Z06).”
Plus, I have zero use for a 600whatever powered car. Driving it on the public roads I’m subject to sounds more frustrating than freeing.
01-23-2018, 11:07 PM
#22
Pretty bold statement regarding Z06 handling from a guy who's never even driven one. It's not an unbalanced car, it just has gobs of power (torque), so you can't mash the throttle wherever on track and then sort things out. It takes respect and restraint. It is not as precise as a GT3 (for example) on track, yet it's equally fast. The two cars simply get around a circuit differently. Yes, the Z06 is a bit much for the street, but I still enjoy the car overall.
I can find the videos, but some of the MT tests showed the Z06 as too hard to tame. Which in fairness is its own kind of fun and challenge (arguably can make driving more fun). But 650 HP is just way more than I can even get near exploring.
01-23-2018, 11:20 PM
#23
Fair point and I'd go as far as to say that the GS with the Z07 package is plenty of car for most of the tracks that I frequent. The Z06 is most definitely a handful and can be a bit intimidating. I have enough track experience to know that I'm not wringing it out...I need bigger *****.
Honestly, I really don't get the point of the ZR1. The last thing the Z06 needs is more power. But then again 'Merica.
Also, full disclosure, I'm shopping for a Porsche again. Trying to scratch that itch.
Honestly, I really don't get the point of the ZR1. The last thing the Z06 needs is more power. But then again 'Merica.
Also, full disclosure, I'm shopping for a Porsche again. Trying to scratch that itch.
01-24-2018, 01:39 AM
#24
I test drove a Z06 before i ordered my 911 GTS. Beastly engine and handling. But it just felt so unsettled, I couldn't give it more than 50% throttle without the rear stepping out. I also hate Chevy Interiors, I actually like the Viper's way more.
01-24-2018, 02:02 AM
#25
I didn’t know you track your car. That’s a whole different world entirely (one where you can at least really start to at least somewhat explore that HP in a much safer and more forgiving environment), so makes sense. I have no truly accessible tracks around me, so backroads are pretty much where my car preferences need to be best suited to.
But I hear ya. ZR1 seems ridiculous to me. But hey, if you build it.... someone will come.
01-24-2018, 06:18 AM
#27
Hahaha. That pretty much explains it.
I didn’t know you track your car. That’s a whole different world entirely (one where you can at least really start to at least somewhat explore that HP in a much safer and more forgiving environment), so makes sense. I have no truly accessible tracks around me, so backroads are pretty much where my car preferences need to be best suited to.
But I hear ya. ZR1 seems ridiculous to me. But hey, if you build it.... someone will come.
01-24-2018, 06:33 AM
#28
It’s funny because as we speak.... err type, I’m watching Grand Sport and Z06 review videos. They all seem to echo what I said about Z06’s. I never said a Z06 isn’t an impressive or cool car.
I guess according to your logic, they’re just trying to start trouble with Corvette lovers too.
01-24-2018, 08:59 AM
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THAT will be interesting. I've been following and Corvette could become a spinoff of the whole brand. Also - I poke fun at US manufacturers as much as anyone but when they want to win - they do. The original Ford GT was nothing more than to lash out at Ferrari for not selling to Ford. And the new one outperforms a 918 at half the cost (comparing MSRP to MSRP). A complete redesign from scratch of a mid engine Vette will likely be the giant killer of this century - and likely a 6 figure car.
01-24-2018, 09:08 AM
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The TTS is the last car suitable for my needs. Blisteringly fast, clinically quiet, surgically capable, and needs to go fast (and fast in a TTS is immense speed) in order to really get a sensory experience out of it. The Z06 and TTS put their gluttonous power down at almost opposite angles.
It’s funny because as we speak.... err type, I’m watching Grand Sport and Z06 review videos. They all seem to echo what I said about Z06’s. I never said a Z06 isn’t an impressive or cool car.
I guess according to your logic, they’re just trying to start trouble with Corvette lovers too.