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Originally Posted by Blacdout96
well thats bogus cause thats a portiong of the track they arent taking into account for. thats like qualifying at talladega, and starting the timer at the start finish line and then your time ends in the middle of the tri oval, theres still a lenght of track to go and anything can happen. plus there isnt a difinative place where they start and stop the timer, as you seen the GT-R started in a different place then the ZR-1, so as far as Im concerned, until Nurburgring utilizes a permenant start/ finish timer line, these times dont mean squat to me.
and lead engineer, big whoop, just cause you buy magnum condoms, doesnt mean you got a big wang. jsut cause he played a major role in developiong the car doesnt mean he know how to professionally handle it, ok sure he knows the car to detail, but that doesnt make you faster, that just makes you more knowledgeable. he got squirmy on the track a few times, and a more accurate, indepth time could of been made by a professional driver. the ZR-1 still doesnt impress me. go for the overall track record, and then youll get my attention, until then, meh
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lol that was an entertaining read. i believe, and don't quote me on this, you can't speed past the pits in the n-ring. i believe its a safety precaution and its only allowed, as al said, during closed circuit events.
needless to say, the GTR and ZR1 vids were overlayed to start at the same point and in the end with an independant timer (to eliminate any variables in recording speed), the ZR1 was still ahead of the GTR. but i agree with you that i'd like to see the car in the hands of a great driver to really see what the car can do. he was very conservative with teh car while the GTR driver was really going to town on the car
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
The truth is, if the only priority was speed at the ring, the car would not be very pleasant to drive on American roads. The ZR1 is an incredibly capable track machine, but unlike most ultra-high performance cars, it is very easy to live with on a daily basis.
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this is a good point. american roads are crap and i'd rather have a street car then a track car. unfortunately other companies have been using sophisticated suspension systems to allow drivers to adjust their car to the driving condition while Chevy has been employing a universal system that does not allow any adjustment. now, i'm not asking for anything as complicated as BMW's iDrive system, but even Volvo had something to this effect in their old S60R. if chevy is going to sell us a $100k supercar, i'd hope it was at least a little sophisticated.