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Originally Posted by qwikz28
Like I said on Facebook, I love the ZL1 and I love Chris Harris. Driving around in the cam'd ls1 has taught me that for the street, there is such thing as too much power. The GT500 is excessive. And don't get me wrong, I love horsepower.
This is actually one of my favorite clips by him as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPh90yNX-mY |
We are quickly approaching the point of no return. Really, for a street car, how much is TOO much. Any 17 year old can buy (or their parents chip in) a 650 hp car and take it out of the showroom and go 190+ mph. What is going to happen soon, is that somebody is going to wrap up one of these beasts around a pole, and kill themselves (or innocent bystanders).
From time to time I get to drive a MB SLS 6.2 litre-dual turbos with 640 hp and unless you have a good straight away, that much power comes on so soon, it can scare the crap out you. Just going around a corner from a stop and give it a touch to much gas, and this thing wants to do 360's in a heartbeat.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE HORSEPOWER, but I also want to be able to control it, not have it control me. You watch these shows where they play with these cars on airfields and do doughnuts and power slides and go WOW that's so cool, but on the street it will get you killed. Just my
