Leaked performance data!
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I can tell you have never driven one, there is no sound or smell, but a ton of feel, just launching from a stop in ludicrous mode(not plus) was enough to make me nauseated for an hour, it’s like nothing you have ever felt.
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Teslas might be fast, but they look like boring sedans. And can they go fast through a turn ?
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0-128 mph in 3.5 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS5hq9psmbw
Teslas might be fast, but they look like boring sedans. And can they go fast through a turn ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS5hq9psmbw
Teslas might be fast, but they look like boring sedans. And can they go fast through a turn ?
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LOL, that's great!
I fail to understand why anyone would want to bring a sportscar to a muscle car show.
If straight line speed is your concern, why pay more for a sportscar?
The primary difference between the 2 classes of cars is this:
One is designed PRIMARILY to go fast in a straight line and one is designed PRIMARILY to go fast around corners.
They're marketed to 2 different segments of consumers.
Comparing stats and cars that are very important to us street guys who drive these cars primarily on the street. 0-60 and 0-100 is the fun real world stuff that us Corvette guys, Camaro guys, Mustang guys and Dodge guys do on the street. Just so happens the almighty 2020 gt 500 760 horse stang is spec'd out to do 0-100 in 7.6 second (like the C8) which has a DCT like the 2020 C8 but with a 760 horse and 630 ftlbs of torque compared to just under 500 horse and torque. The Base corvette also trounces the SS camaro, the mustang GT and the 1320 Dodge challenger which all run in the sweet 12.0 range with a 11.3 1/4 mile. Us base corvette guys hang with these types for old school fun.
If straight line speed is your concern, why pay more for a sportscar?
The primary difference between the 2 classes of cars is this:
One is designed PRIMARILY to go fast in a straight line and one is designed PRIMARILY to go fast around corners.
They're marketed to 2 different segments of consumers.
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Yeah, real slow but they are the bible along with C&D test times to some like "Dr. Ice" here who called me a liar for reporting a faster ET with my Z06 than he had seen posted in R&T or one of the others. Amazing how a guy who has never made a single 1/4 mile pass becomes an outspoken expert after reading his car magazines.
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This, plus all the mag times are on un-prepped surfaces. The fast list times come from guys who take their cars to the track where prep helps traction and improves on GM's performance claims. I believe GM uses "street" scenario traction to produce their publication performance stats.
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Yeah, real slow but they are the bible along with C&D test times to some like "Dr. Ice" here who called me a liar for reporting a faster ET with my Z06 than he had seen posted in R&T or one of the others. Amazing how a guy who has never made a single 1/4 mile pass becomes an outspoken expert after reading his car magazines.
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LOL, that's great!
I fail to understand why anyone would want to bring a sportscar to a muscle car show.
If straight line speed is your concern, why pay more for a sportscar?
The primary difference between the 2 classes of cars is this:
One is designed PRIMARILY to go fast in a straight line and one is designed PRIMARILY to go fast around corners.
They're marketed to 2 different segments of consumers.
I fail to understand why anyone would want to bring a sportscar to a muscle car show.
If straight line speed is your concern, why pay more for a sportscar?
The primary difference between the 2 classes of cars is this:
One is designed PRIMARILY to go fast in a straight line and one is designed PRIMARILY to go fast around corners.
They're marketed to 2 different segments of consumers.
but no corvette clubs or garage queens for me.