2000 Corvette vs 3.0 Z4 on a curvy track

[EightySix Four]

Originally posted by: exdeath
You learn to appreciate the tail snap when it's under your control and you know how to use it. The 03 Cobra was described to be so well balanced in reviews when it came out, one magazine described it as being able to plant the rear end exactly where you wanted with your right foot with "micrometer precision".

Like last night when I had to flip the car 180 deg through a tight U turn when coming up along side the drive up ATMs from the opposite side (11 PM had to get cash for Lich King because their debit machines were down).

Sharply turn the car across both lanes perpendicular as you lean on the brake a little and blip the throttle and rotate on the front end and kick the rear out the remaining 90 degrees and line up the car in the opposite direction in one go in the space of 2 car lanes.

Power and RWD are good things in the right hands.

Just because you have the power doesn't mean it's an on-off switch. If a Miata can take a corner with the pedal to the floor making 100HP, it just means in a car with 300 HP you can only use 1/3 the throttle, you can't just expect to floor it in the same way.

I very much appreciated the tail snap from the vette, it was highly controllable and you could be confident making those tight U-turns with it or getting throttle happy in a nice corner.

Like I said, the viper was a different story, though I'm sure I could get used to it, I'm not sure I'd want to spend the time doing so.

 

[Kabob]

If you wanna take on his Vette in your Z4 you might wanna pick up one of these kits:

"Kit"

Pic in action

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: kabob983
If you wanna take on his Vette in your Z4 you might wanna pick up one of these kits:

"Kit"

Pic in action

i fucking love that car.

the irony with this thread is that I had actually been planning on trading in my z4 in a year and getting a vette. I just didn't think vettes were that good until the 06+ years. Maybe its just the design I like and respect.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: kabob983
If you wanna take on his Vette in your Z4 you might wanna pick up one of these kits:

"Kit"

Pic in action

i fucking love that car.

the irony with this thread is that I had actually been planning on trading in my z4 in a year and getting a vette. I just didn't think vettes were that good until the 06+ years. Maybe its just the design I like and respect.

Yeah, the fact of the matter is that all MT Vettes from C5 up are crazy good, and respond spectacularly to mods. No knock on the BMW, I love BMW's, but it's a different design philosophy and heritage.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: kabob983
If you wanna take on his Vette in your Z4 you might wanna pick up one of these kits:

"Kit"

Pic in action

i fucking love that car.

the irony with this thread is that I had actually been planning on trading in my z4 in a year and getting a vette. I just didn't think vettes were that good until the 06+ years. Maybe its just the design I like and respect.

Please don't get a vette. We already suffer from bad stereotypes. Nissan GTR fits you better.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: kabob983
If you wanna take on his Vette in your Z4 you might wanna pick up one of these kits:

"Kit"

Pic in action

i fucking love that car.

the irony with this thread is that I had actually been planning on trading in my z4 in a year and getting a vette. I just didn't think vettes were that good until the 06+ years. Maybe its just the design I like and respect.

Please don't get a vette. We already suffer from bad stereotypes. Nissan GTR fits you better.

id hit that magic button the gtr and make the tranny fall out

i just really like the new vettes

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: kabob983
If you wanna take on his Vette in your Z4 you might wanna pick up one of these kits:

"Kit"

Pic in action

i fucking love that car.

the irony with this thread is that I had actually been planning on trading in my z4 in a year and getting a vette. I just didn't think vettes were that good until the 06+ years. Maybe its just the design I like and respect.

Please don't get a vette. We already suffer from bad stereotypes. Nissan GTR fits you better.

What stereotype would that be? There are plenty to choose from.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
You don't seriously think a Z4 could hang with either a Vette OR a Viper on a track, do you? With equal drivers in both cars, it wouldn't even be close.....now add the turbo to the Vette and it's REALLY not close.

edti: I don't much care about Top Gear's results.

Well, I have a buddy who has a 99 vette and he knows how to drive. He stayed ahead of me but I was always within a car lenght.. that was head to head down a high way.

WTF does going fast on the highway have ANYTHING to do with "knowing how to drive"?

Unless you meant that quite literally, i.e. he knew which pedal was the gas and which was the brakes.

 

[TechBoyJK]

i meant that he takes his car to the track. he's a hobbyist with and grew up around cars. it's his third vette. not that he's the stig or anything.

 

[alkemyst]

Ahh, so he grew up?