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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Electric is fun I guess for a while but after only a couple of hard blasts and they quickly start bleeding off battery power. So much so the Tesla ludicrous hasn’t even been able to do one complete lap on the Ring without failing. Me, I like the ‘drama’ of the internal combustion engine. I’ll stick with old school engines. I did run a Tesla S P90 once off a light, he got me out of the hole but I quickly reeled him in inside an eighth and blew past him hard.
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Well the new Porsche one is suppose to be able to keep hard launch multiple times guess we will see, ICE just had so much more drama...
Edit: also looks like model 3p is able to do at least 1 lap on the ring without any drop in performance... (one lap isn't a lot but it's getting there) |
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08-21-2019, 05:26 AM | #709 | |
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My last c6Z was over 600bhp after modding it....the wife rode in it with me once and then never got in it again. My current C6 is about 530bhp. It's not as raw as the Z06 was. The current one she will take road trips with me all day long and likes it aside from the occasional elbow to the ribs if I get out of hand. But in a 3200lb car, 460/460 to the rear wheel is plenty for me as I have gotten older. Maybe I'm starting to calm down in my old age!
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... and it a couple of years we'll have a ton of used C8s on the market. If you think a new C8 is a performance bargain, used....
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08-21-2019, 08:05 AM | #711 |
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Like I said, call me a snob. It's primarily just the image of the 'Vette driver, the service perks are just icing on the cake. If I was seriously tracking, that might be another conversation.
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I can afford the Porsche, but the Corvette has always held a soft spot for me ever since riding in my Uncles 1959 model. Never thought I had an image...my passion is cars in general (whatever appeals to me)..and nice timepieces.
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The "image" thing is particularly amusing to me on a BMW forum-- does any group of car owners have a more negative reputation than BMW owners? I think not.
I just can't imagine allowing image to influence what car I buy. It's so petty and shallow.
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I wish I was like you, not bothered by the self image. I am fine with being perceived as a pretentious douche but not as middle age man who touches the waitress on the arm and ask her where she is on the menu...
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Kerbeck Chevrolet in Atlantic City, NJ the dealer that sells the most new Corvettes in the world is no longer taking reservations on 2020 C8’s. They’re all spoken for. You can get your name on the list there for 2021.
Kerbeck usually gets an allotment of over 1,000 Vettes a year. Snatch em up while you can, scuttlebutt is there will be a sizable increase in price for 2021.
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That's not what i said though. i clearly mentioned a tipping point.
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Oh noes! My chevy looks too much like a Ferrari.
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You also said in a prior post that anything over 400 is just bragging rights. If 400 is fine for you good but many thankfully disagree of where that cut off point is. Interesting how those who make such pronouncements have cars that don’t reach that plus 400hp threshold and call it a waste and it’s just guys muscle flexing. I’m sure there are some Toyota Corolla owners saying that anything over 300hp is too much and just guys beating their chests. Different strokes, Alls good.
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My comment re. 600+ HP is getting to legal (moderately illegal) speeds so damn quickly it hard to enjoy it unless you track it. |
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Don’t agree with your second paragraph. I can get from 0-100mph in under 8 seconds( moderately legally) and me and anyone in the passenger seat or driving my car is enthralled by the rush. The fact that it gets there so quickly and requires much less real estate then slower cars to get up to triple digit speeds. One can easy back off throttle, brake and quickly get down to legal speed. Sort of like 0-100-0 the old standard performance test. Speeds up faster, slows down faster. On a track it’s even that much more enjoyable. On the street and on the track, many have higher powered cars and enjoy them whenever and wherever they turn the key of hit the button to light them off.
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