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Offline DiabloTX

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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #30 on: July 12, 2008, 08:44:55 AM »
Quote from: Masherbrum on July 11, 2008, 11:16:16 PM
Woot!!!   I had to drive the wife to the dealership to pick up her car.   On the way?    There is the most God awful turquoise V-6 Camaro with a "custom dual exhaust" and Chrome Vette wheels.   The exhaust note was similar to my wife's 2006 Sable.   Poor guy turned before I could point and laugh at him.   

Hey!  I've got chrome 'vette wheels on my car!   :furious

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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #31 on: July 12, 2008, 08:49:55 AM »
Quote from: DiabloTX on July 12, 2008, 08:44:55 AM
Hey!  I've got chrome 'vette wheels on my car!   :furious

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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #32 on: July 12, 2008, 09:27:23 AM »
you can buy vettes and mustangs and vipers in specialty maker form from the dealers with warranties that will all produce about 1000 hp and have vastly improved handling.. they are sold in numbers about the same or more than ruff.

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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #33 on: July 12, 2008, 02:50:08 PM »
GM's putting out some muscle.

The Caddy ran the 'ring in 7:59 earlier this year.  (Not to shabby for a Sedan!)

http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Cadillac-CTS-V-Nurburgring-Record-Video.html
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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #34 on: July 12, 2008, 03:11:58 PM »
CTS-V = good car when the rear diff. doesn't go out.   I know 4 people who have blown the rear on the CTS's.   GM knows of the problem and is lethargic in it's compliance to rectify the snafu.   

The V Series failed miserably and when the rear diff. problems started, most stayed on the showroom floors.   Especially here in Michigan where they were highly anticipated.   
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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #35 on: July 12, 2008, 03:23:14 PM »
Bahhh
If you want to get around the ring quick you need a ford transit......  well with sabine schmitz  at the wheel anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pklvKKnd0
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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #36 on: July 12, 2008, 04:43:13 PM »
Looks like new cars are now being tweaked for the N-ring.  For years German sports/luxury cars have been the gold standard because of this test track.

Don't be surprised if the next Hyundai sedan and Ford mustang go to N-ring for testing.
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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #37 on: July 12, 2008, 05:34:55 PM »
Watched the RUF run. Holy poop, that cat can drive too. Very entertaining runs.
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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #38 on: July 13, 2008, 03:06:25 AM »
Base GT-R vs ZR-1 side by side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ-CNFpPCnk


Man the ZR-1 pwns the sound...  LS3 + Eatons SC completely smothers the VR38DETT in sound department.
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Offline john9001

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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #39 on: July 13, 2008, 08:31:29 AM »
bronk, i saw that on TV, she did the ring in under 10 min with a 136HP van.  :lol
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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #40 on: July 13, 2008, 09:38:18 AM »
I'm a bit tired to see youngsters hail the GTR bangwagon everytime you talk about a car. To me it's a sign of imaturity. I love the performance of the GTR, and somewhat the styling, but my experience with highly automated machines is that they are highly boring to operate. It's kind of like flying a F16 "where the pilot is just one of the input to the computer that drives the car".

I bet that you put a 16 year old in a GTR and he would smoke everyone around ... cute ... but I'm sure I would love the ZR1 better because you get more feelings/sensations/fear factor when you drive it.  :rock
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Re: American Muscle....Zr1 Vette
« Reply #41 on: July 13, 2008, 10:40:40 AM »
Quote from: mg1942 on July 13, 2008, 03:06:25 AM
Base GT-R vs ZR-1 side by side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ-CNFpPCnk


Man the ZR-1 pwns the sound...  LS3 + Eatons SC completely smothers the VR38DETT in sound department.

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