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VIDEO: Garage419 split-screens the ZR-1 and GT-R 'Ring laps {Autoblog}
Jul 11th 2008 2:45PM A little oversteer is easier to control? Clearly you've never driven 10/10ths on a track. A little oversteer can be quicker but understeer is always easier to control.
Please don't paint the corvette as some kind of "old fashioned" chassis and brute force. There's more than a little technology in both chassis and motor in the ZR1. You're not under the impression this is some kind of street version of a NASCAR are you?
Lastly "ricers never race in america because they'll get ther ass handed to them..." I take it you've never watched a ALMS, rolex, or SCCA race before. Never mind F1 or even CART.
Your entire post is an embarrassment to fans of either car.
Huzzah! TVR lives... again. {Autoblog}
Jul 11th 2008 9:06AM Well, you may slide off the track because you don't know how to handle high performance driving... but for the few who have enough track time to be good high performance drivers, there is nothing quite as enjoyable as being fully in control of all aspects of the car.
There's nothing wrong with wanting the car to do the driving for you but don't mistake electronic nannies for being better.
In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Porsche Cayman S {Autoblog}
Jul 8th 2008 9:51AM Real men drive. They don't need their car to be a proxy for their manhood.
As a track instructor for the last 10 years, I have significantly more respect for the "sissies" driving the wheels off of miatas, base boxsters, and any other "chick" car then I do for anyone driving a high powered beast that needs the car to do all the work for them.
If I had a dime for every student who didn't know the first thing about weigh transfer, proper line, or braking... but thought they were "beasts" because of their "manly" car I could field a race team. What's worse is trying to convince them that yes, they are holding up that miata behind them who's been waiting to pass for 4 corners.
Porsche unveils 2009 911 Carrera 4 and 4S {Autoblog}
Jun 25th 2008 9:04AM "100hp per liter is the minimum expected from Porsche.
Fail."
Bench racing at its best.
Honda CEO demands NSX be faster around 'Ring than GT-R {Autoblog}
Jun 18th 2008 3:11PM "Fastest around the ring" is silly how?
The best way to quantify performance for a performance car is to see how it performs on track. The 'ring is the absolute best track for that assessment as it's long with a combination of technical and high speed sections.
Plenty of people who buy these cars track them. If your performance car can't perform on a track what's the point? You might as well be driving a camry coupe.
2009 Corvette ZR1 starts at $103,300 {Autoblog}
Jun 17th 2008 2:02PM John - How many people are buying lambo's and ZR1 vettes for real time commuter use?
When buying car with supercar performance, why wouldn't motor size and hp be high priorities? For a performance car...why would the "racing junk" ever be left out of the conversation?
If we were to leave the "racing junk" out of consideration...why buy any performance car?
If you just want to buy the car you think is prettiest, that's your prerogative.
For the people who are buying cars for their actual capabilities (and yes to use on track as more and more people are doing every year), maybe it would be nice if they were able to do so without being called children.
1960 Jaguar E2A prototype expected to fetch $7 million at Bonhams auction {Autoblog}
Jun 13th 2008 12:15PM Yeah! Who would ever want to own a legendary piece of automotive history? I'd much rather have something brand new. It's shiny.
Useless Pontiac G8 auxiliary gauges going away for 2009 {Autoblog}
Jun 12th 2008 10:02PM Great idea. They should include the tach and speedo in that OnStar email too. Hell, while we're being really smart and emailing information that's only useful in real-time, lets include the fuel level too.
Spied: BMW M3 Sedan facelift... already? {Autoblog}
May 20th 2008 1:12PM How do minor changes to the interior and exterior of a BMW M3 tie to the impact moderately rich people are feeling around gas prices?
If they had made some change to increase fuel economy I might buy this argument.
If you has said "the moderately rich like to see consistent tweaks to inspire them to part with their money" I might buy this argument.
It might even work if you had said "BMW needs to improve the aesthetics of their cars to the point that the moderately rich will overcome their gas price issues and buy the car because it's so beautiful."
But "the moderately rich care about higher gas prices, BMW needs to tweak the way cars look to sell them" doesn't work. We're talking about an M3. An M3 shopper who's concerned about gas prices rapidly stops being an M3 shopper and no amount of visual tweaks will change that.
NBC admits "inadvertent" broadcast flag use, still doesn't explain why it actually worked {Engadget}
May 20th 2008 1:02PM I think sinai misunderstands the difference between software and media
