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Old 01-08-2017, 04:49 PM
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My best lap of the day at Buttonwillow Raceway in the video below. I was able to out pace my friends 991 GT3 and 458 Speciale buy a second or two. I had just traded in my 2015 Stingray Z51 which I loved but this version is quite a bit more track capable. It just has outstanding grip and brakes. I posted my buddy's fastest lap on another thread. He's a former pro driver and said he thought the GS Z07 is as fast or maybe even faster than his 458 Speciale. And I have a manual. The A8 would be even faster. Fun to out run that kind of car.

I was a cold enough day, the slow first lap is just warming up the car and tires.


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Congrats....very cool !!!!
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thanks for sharing. awesome.
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That is totally badass. Thank you for making the GS proud. Can't wait to get some track days in soon myself.
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Well done thanks for sharing.
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Oh yeah!
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Interesting you don't have the Rev match on.
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very nice!
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Originally Posted by Z51 John
Interesting you don't have the Rev match on.
Actually, I do have it on. When my pro driver buddy did his runs he rev matched himself. He's obviously faster (he did a 1:55.2) but its hard to listen to it because the computer does it so much more seamlessly.
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When I turn mine on the gear indicator turns orange.


Originally Posted by fletcher8969
Actually, I do have it on. When my pro driver buddy did his runs he rev matched himself. He's obviously faster (he did a 1:55.2) but its hard to listen to it because the computer does it so much more seamlessly.
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Originally Posted by Z51 John
When I turn mine on the gear indicator turns orange.
Yea. It's weird that it doesn't do that on the PDR gear indicator. I wondered about that. You can hear the engine rev when I down shift into 3rd for some of the slower corners and you'll notice the accelerator indicator (the green bars) won't indicate throttle.

It turns orange on the dash board but not in the recording on the PDR for some reason.
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Smooth driving
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That makes sense.
Great video thanks for posting.




Originally Posted by fletcher8969
Yea. It's weird that it doesn't do that on the PDR gear indicator. I wondered about that. You can hear the engine rev when I down shift into 3rd for some of the slower corners and you'll notice the accelerator indicator (the green bars) won't indicate throttle.

It turns orange on the dash board but not in the recording on the PDR for some reason.
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