LMB-Z

Dumb post??? You sir, evidently can't read. I said I wouldn't own one. I didn't compare the two cars at all. I don't give a rats @@@ what the BRG or BFW or whatever its called can do at a track, how fast it is the 1/4 mile, 1/8 mile, mile, 5 miles or 100,000 miles. I could care less. I would not own one period.................................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .....................................Tha nk you. Have a nice day

Boomer111

The BRZ owner is a "wanna be" C6 owner...end of story.

NmtMev

I would like to see a lot of people eat their words

dowroa

Cost of consumables for an MX5 and FRS/BRZ are much lower than that for a Corvette. A lot of individuals who track heavily look for lighter cars with cheaper consumables so you can go to the track more.

In this case, the stock C6 is more than capable to out-lap a stock BRZ given equivalent drivers.

Regardless, enjoy the ls3 corvette. If you do make it to a circuit in a base coupe, you may want to look into cooling or the BRZ may go the whole 20 minutes while you may not.

evanft

Did you have a stroke?

dmk0210

I've been noticing that myself for a while.

That is definitely not true. If you really think that, then you don't understand sports cars very well.

There are a lot of guys out there that if you gave them a Corvette for free, they'd sell it and buy an MGB, 240Z, Caterham, BRZ/FRS, Elise or Miata and pocket the difference for tires and gas.

There are a lot of guys that think lightweight, good handling cars with good driver feedback are more important than big tires and high horsepower.

It all depends on your personality, driving style and the types of roads and/or tracks you drive on.

zzjakect

These "sports car" guys then would go to the polls and vote for stricter pollution controls and CAFE standards to get real sports cars with real horsepower off the roads so they would have a chance.
and wear silly little British racing caps.

dmk0210

I love this forum and there are some good people here, but sometimes you guys reveal why other people dislike Corvette owners so much.

So much ego and bravado. It's just a car. Everyone else is not inferior because they drive something cheaper or with less horsepower.

NashvilleGrandSport

At 60 mph you're covering 88 feet per second. Using the 2008 Corvette...17 seconds difference (at 60 mph, and the speeds noted are considerably higher) would be 1,496 feet, or better than a 1/4 mile.

dryadsdad

There's another point here. It's a great deal more enjoyable to drive a slow car or bike fast than a fast one slowly. The joy one gets from driving a car like the BRZ or old MG's or any other slower car at 70% or more is enormously more fun to many including me than driving a fast car such as a C6 at half that percentage.

We aren't good drivers compared to pros or pros who write for the mags. The idea of any of us taking ANY car below 3 minutes at VIR is laughable. It will not happen, guys. We could, with practice, maybe take a BRZ close to a pro's time there but the C6 or other hot cars like a Porsche GT? Ha. We're only kidding ourselves.

True, if the idea of mashing the throttle for 1/4 mile is your idea of joy, a BRZ won't do it. A c6 will so out pace cars like that that it's a different world. Me? I like the C6 but find the quarter mile club to be a boring place to dwell. I can easily see the BRZ or other similar cars as very enjoyable in their own right.

Boomer111

Ya I understand the lower cost for track use. Got a track friend that runs the MX5.

Gains on the turns and loses on the straights.

No track time here just a highway cruiser.

ByByBMW

Not true. The real car guys, and i don't mean the Corvettes only folks, know that there are better feeling SPORTS cars than the C6. The C6 is no longer a sports car, the fact that it has high torque and HP is wonderful, but it's become a hi performance GT car, not a sports car. Sad but true.

PHILLIE PHANATIC

Bravo, Bravo, well said, I couldn't agree more

TorchRedFred

This is turning into a pissing match between track guys and car guys. Track guys like anything that can get around a track quickly or in a fun manner. It doesn't matter what it looks like or how much it costs (cheaper is better in this case) or what comforts it has or doesn't have. Track performance is first and foremost and decides where the car lands on the respect-o-meter. Car guys are a little different. It's not all about the track. It's about desirability, looks, HP, street performance (which is mostly in a straight line). I'm a car guy, I like a lot of sports cars and muscle cars, not just Corvettes. I go to shows, look at cars, talk to the guys about cars old and new. But when I look at a BRZ or a Miata they do nothing for me. I have no love for them. I can easily afford them, but maybe that lessons the appeal for me. I want my car to be loud, somewhat obnoxious, overkill in every category. I don't put the BRZ in the same category as the Corvette and a lot of Corvette owners probably don't appreciate that either. A lot of Corvette owners waited a long time to afford a Corvette and could of easily gotten a BRZ type car along the way instead, but didn't cause its not their thing. If I was looking for an affordable track car maybe it would be a different story. But I've never been to a car show or talked to car guys and people were like "where the Miata's at?" Are Miata's fun to drive? I'm sure they are, but not my kind of car.

Vet With A Vette

Nah, it is turning in to a snowflake feelings thread.

Realist: Corvette is faster in every facet of driving by a large margin given equally skilled drivers.
Snowflake: Yeah but the BRZ feels good.

Snowflake: A race car driver would beat a novice Corvette driver.
Realist: Okay?

Snowflake: Corvette is hard to drive.
Realist: Still faster.

Snowflake: Corvette owners are elitists.
Realist: This thread was about which car is faster, not why someone would choose to buy a BRZ. I didn't know stating the obvious was elitism.

Next up - my friend says his Ninja 250 will take my CBR1000RR on the track.

Corvette_Ed

Mobil 1.

Corvette_Ed

The whole point of this thread was which car was faster, a Vette or a BRZ. I really don't care what you're opinion about what constitutes a real sports car is, but would be a good topic for another thread if you want to start one.

turbota

If I'm not mistaken that is the same car as the Scion FR-S. I just dont see how he can win. Maybe if he is the best driver and you the worst.

vcheng

The C6 is faster, much faster in fact. No doubt about that at all.

The BRZ is an absolute delight on a curvy road in its own right.

TxLefty

My first car was a 1965 MGB. Loved it. Great car to learn how to drive in. Immediately joined the SCCA and started autox. The Vette is a ton of fun as well. The cornering limits are too high to really push on the street. The MG, not so much. The acceleration in the Vette is fun. Hard to use around here unless it is the middle of the night. Living in the middle of 6 million people has its trials. Hard to think of another car that provides that level of handling with the combination of "go", comfort and price.