04-26-2007, 10:43 AM
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Its a Corvette but this video is still kinda of cool
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04-26-2007, 10:53 AM
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Why when he/she shifted did it seem like the RPM shot up to redline everytime?
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04-26-2007, 10:59 AM
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Im going to say that the car was on jackstands during that acceleration. Why wouldnt you want a second camera looking at the road so we can see what 200mph looks like..... 
Also, that would have to be the smoothest riding car in the world to not shake as little as it did at 200mph.
Last edited by CJ_Boxster; 04-26-2007 at 11:02 AM.
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04-26-2007, 11:39 AM
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Great clips
Thanks for sharing, even with the language barrier-Porsche was the clear winner.
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04-26-2007, 12:04 PM
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Couldn't have been on jackstands. The car barely crawls from 130-200mph. If it was in a closed and controled environment the engine shouldn't have that much trouble getting up to 200mph.
Thats one amazing piece of American Engineering...
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04-26-2007, 12:13 PM
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hmmm....kind of boring, would have been cool to see the road a little......anyone see this? I saw this on another board...
Motor Trend June 2007
Under heading "America's Best Handling Car"
In order from #10 to #1
Honda CSi
Corvette Z06
MazdaSpeed3
Honda S2000
BMW 3 Series
Mini Cooper S JCW GP
Mitsubishi EVO
Lotus Exige S
Cayman S
911 GT3
They were seduced, in the end, by the 415 horsepower and ceramic brakes despite "enormous rear tires with a tread compound that could wear out before your first oil change".
There were 8 ratings on steering feel, steering accuracy, steering weight/heft, chassis composure, chassis response, chassis control, cockpit ergonomics, fun-to-drive. The Cayman was never worse than 3rd and mostly second or tied for second. It was second in the Fun-To-Drive category to the GT3.
These are not price adjusted ratings.
I always knew the vettes handled like junk from personal experience but I am shocked they are that far down the list...needless to say we all know the box handles better also....
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04-26-2007, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by super66
hmmm....kind of boring, would have been cool to see the road a little......anyone see this? I saw this on another board...
Motor Trend June 2007
Under heading "America's Best Handling Car"
In order from #10 to #1
Honda CSi
Corvette Z06
MazdaSpeed3
Honda S2000
BMW 3 Series
Mini Cooper S JCW GP
Mitsubishi EVO
Lotus Exige S
Cayman S
911 GT3
They were seduced, in the end, by the 415 horsepower and ceramic brakes despite "enormous rear tires with a tread compound that could wear out before your first oil change".
There were 8 ratings on steering feel, steering accuracy, steering weight/heft, chassis composure, chassis response, chassis control, cockpit ergonomics, fun-to-drive. The Cayman was never worse than 3rd and mostly second or tied for second. It was second in the Fun-To-Drive category to the GT3.
These are not price adjusted ratings.
I always knew the vettes handled like junk from personal experience but I am shocked they are that far down the list...needless to say we all know the box handles better also....
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Sorry to disagree but the current Corvettes don't handle like junk! Personally, I would be happy to take to the track with the current models any of them.
PS- The current Z06 will drop a GT3 pretty nicely. That does not make the GT3 a bad car, it fact, it is a great car.
It just makes the Zo6 pretty darn good too!
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