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Offline BBBB

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« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2008, 09:35:38 AM »
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« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2008, 09:54:25 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2008, 12:10:57 PM »
It looked OK I suppose. I'm not all that impressed by a newer vette, I like the older ones before they concentrated on the wedge shape.
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« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2008, 01:37:19 PM »
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The 'vette gets uglier every year. It's time to put that pony back in the barn.

Corvette has been riding on "name" for a long time. Retire it.

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:rolleyes:

Still one of the best performance deals out there.  Retire it?

Puh-lease...
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« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2008, 01:44:03 PM »
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:rolleyes:

Still one of the best performance deals out there.  Retire it?

Puh-lease...


I'm not a fan of the looks... but Diablo is 1000% right... The Vette is definitely here to stay.
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« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2008, 02:16:41 PM »
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Still one of the best performance deals out there.  Retire it?

Puh-lease...



that belongs to the GT-R now:)
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« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2008, 02:29:44 PM »
you guys are kidding?  you don't think that is a good looking car?

Plus, like all small block chevy's you can pick up another couple hundred HP without taking out a second on your house.    

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« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2008, 02:34:00 PM »
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that belongs to the GT-R now:)


That has yet to be determined.

And what Lazs said X1000.

Plus, I already posted the ZR-1 debut about 3 weeks ago.
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« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2008, 02:44:03 PM »
For the "Corvette bashers", I have to say that I wasn't really impressed by the Corvettes. Two years ago, we picked a 2002 Z06 for $31K with 21,000 miles. OMG, was I up for a surprise. The thing was scary fast in the acceleration, the handling and braking was also impressive. We went on and put a charger+methanol cooling kit from J&D covette from Los Angeles and ended up with 614RWHP.

There are very few cars on the market like the Z06 that allow you to just put a charger to reach 600RWHP AND you have to do NOTHING else to drive with a reliable engine, still great handeling and braking abilities. IRS/brakes/engine internals/transmission were already strong enought.

That to me is a testament of a cra well engeneered. It's my feeling that the Corvette bashers have yet to test drive one.

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« Reply #24 on: January 14, 2008, 02:46:06 PM »
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that belongs to the GT-R now:)


At $80k???? Me thinks' not. As far as being a good performance deal, It now has to compete with the base 'Vette, which gives you 430 HP (Same neighborhood as the GT-R) for something like half the price. For $47k you can get a Shelby GT500KR, which makes 540 H.P. Although I'll admit, the Mustang won't get you the handling of the 'Vette. Then there's still the Dodge Viper. The SRT-10 is right there with your GT-R at $80K, but the viper WILL have more H.P. As far as the handling, We've yet to see any road tests' on the GT-R comparing it with any of these' cars I've listed, so that is an open argument.
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« Reply #25 on: January 14, 2008, 03:07:37 PM »
Vettes are for "Disco Stews" and old men trying to pretend they are young.
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« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2008, 03:51:37 PM »
Gorgeous!  I'd drive it.
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« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2008, 04:59:09 PM »
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you guys are kidding?  you don't think that is a good looking car?

Plus, like all small block chevy's you can pick up another couple hundred HP without taking out a second on your house.    

lazs

Yup unlike euro and japan, American manufacturers are not trying to squeeze every last ounce of hp out of production engines. This allows for backyard wrenches to gain hp for cheap.
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« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2008, 04:59:56 PM »
Yawn, as usual, seriously underwhelmed. I'll take the engine out of it and drop it into a new Camaro though...
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« Reply #29 on: January 14, 2008, 05:08:51 PM »
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Yawn, as usual, seriously underwhelmed. I'll take the engine out of it and drop it into a new Camaro though...


I like the way it looks sans carbon fiber & that hideous glass on the hood.
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