C6 Review

[MikeMike]

dont ask me which side to start on, i think its the left



MIKE

 

[NFS4]

Reads more like an Op Ed than an actual review

 

[Apex]

Pretty typical from that side of the pond.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

What kind of "road test" is that? They don't even appear to have driven the car.

 

[DaTT]

Not a fan of Corvette (specialty models obviously excluded), but they have done a great job with the C6 IMO.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Reads more like an Op Ed than an actual review

i know, its really freaking messed up. really weird if it is a review, but i figured review would get more views.

MIKE

 

The vette is great, until it hits 15K miles and rattles like a sombitch.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: NFS4
Reads more like an Op Ed than an actual review

i know, its really freaking messed up. really weird if it is a review, but i figured review would get more views.

MIKE

"Compared with serious-minded driving machines such as the Porsche Boxster, BMW M3 and Noble M12, the flabby old Chevrolet Corvette was as sporty as a canal barge. But you could never entirely rule out the trailer-trash gatecrasher while it had a dirty great V8 and cost tuppence, so I felt I should give the new one a fair hearing, too."

a review if you can call it that :disgust:

if i'm not mistaken, don't corvettes start at ~$50k US, not 50,000 british pounds?
i thought even the Z06 was only 75k

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: NFS4
Reads more like an Op Ed than an actual review

i know, its really freaking messed up. really weird if it is a review, but i figured review would get more views.

MIKE

"Compared with serious-minded driving machines such as the Porsche Boxster, BMW M3 and Noble M12, the flabby old Chevrolet Corvette was as sporty as a canal barge. But you could never entirely rule out the trailer-trash gatecrasher while it had a dirty great V8 and cost tuppence, so I felt I should give the new one a fair hearing, too."

a review if you can call it that :disgust:

Maybe he meant to say Camaro

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: NFS4
Reads more like an Op Ed than an actual review

i know, its really freaking messed up. really weird if it is a review, but i figured review would get more views.

MIKE

"Compared with serious-minded driving machines such as the Porsche Boxster, BMW M3 and Noble M12, the flabby old Chevrolet Corvette was as sporty as a canal barge. But you could never entirely rule out the trailer-trash gatecrasher while it had a dirty great V8 and cost tuppence, so I felt I should give the new one a fair hearing, too."

a review if you can call it that :disgust:

Maybe he meant to say Camaro

not ALL camaros are trailer trash.

i want one... but i think my grades this semester dashed my hopes.

MIKE

 

[ThisIsMatt]

He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

Huh? WTF is it then? It's one of the best-handling sports cars out there...in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: NFS4
in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

*jaw drops*
*cries*

 

[Fenixgoon]

whats up with the ridiculous price? 100k for a base C6 over in GB? that's a steep import price! i don't even want to know how much the Z06 would cost:Q

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4
in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

*jaw drops*
*cries*

No need to cry. That bitch is off the hook:

Porsche Cayman

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4
in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

*jaw drops*
*cries*

No need to cry. That bitch is off the hook:

Porsche Cayman

engine in the middle != 911

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4
in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

*jaw drops*
*cries*

No need to cry. That bitch is off the hook:

Porsche Cayman

engine in the middle != 911

You're right. It's not a 911. It's a Cayman

There's only so much that Porsche can do with the rear-engined 911 and they know this. That's why the Carrera GT is mid-engined and it's 4-door sedan will be front-engined. The Cayman will have to carry the torch for the 911 past 2010

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4
in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

*jaw drops*
*cries*

No need to cry. That bitch is off the hook:

Porsche Cayman

engine in the middle != 911

Exactly. 911 = engine in wrong place. Those Porkers will never be able to claim "triumph of engineering over physics" if they put the engine in the proper location.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

Huh? WTF is it then? It's one of the best-handling sports cars out there...in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

Sluggish, overpriced, ugly rear end.

 

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

Huh? WTF is it then? It's one of the best-handling sports cars out there...in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

Sluggish, overpriced, ugly rear end.

So I take it you've throughly driven the car in order to come up with an accurate appraisal of it's qualities right?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

Huh? WTF is it then? It's one of the best-handling sports cars out there...in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

Sluggish, overpriced, ugly rear end.

And not a damn one of those things have anything to do with "serious-minded driving machine."

As for it being "sluggish", a base Boxster goes 0-60 in about 5.7 seconds. An "S" does it in around 5.0-5.2 seconds. And it's one of the best handling cars out there. So again, your point is?

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

Huh? WTF is it then? It's one of the best-handling sports cars out there...in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

Sluggish, overpriced, ugly rear end.

So I take it you've throughly driven the car in order to come up with an accurate appraisal of it's qualities right?

As much as NFS4. Sorry, but when it's 0-60 time is nearing that of a stock Accord I don't call it a "serious-minded driving machine." I call it a midlife crisis machine.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

Huh? WTF is it then? It's one of the best-handling sports cars out there...in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

Sluggish, overpriced, ugly rear end.

And not a damn one of those things have anything to do with "serious-minded driving machine."

As for it being "sluggish", a base Boxster goes 0-60 in about 5.7 seconds. An "S" does it in around 5.0-5.2 seconds. And it's one of the best handling cars out there. So again, your point is?

So if I take a McLaren F1 and drop a 1600cc VW engine in it, it's still a "serious-minded driving machine?"

 

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
He lost credibility after calling the Boxster a "serious-minded driving machine."

Huh? WTF is it then? It's one of the best-handling sports cars out there...in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

Sluggish, overpriced, ugly rear end.

So I take it you've throughly driven the car in order to come up with an accurate appraisal of it's qualities right?

As much as NFS4. Sorry, but when it's 0-60 time is nearing that of a stock Accord I don't call it a "serious-minded driving machine." I call it a midlife crisis machine.

0-60 has very little do to with being a "serious-minded driving machine" and more along the lines of a mullet driven dragster.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4
in fact, the 2-door "Cayman" which will be based on the Boxster platform will be the eventual replacement for the 911

*jaw drops*
*cries*

No need to cry. That bitch is off the hook:

Porsche Cayman

engine in the middle != 911

You're right. It's not a 911. It's a Cayman

There's only so much that Porsche can do with the rear-engined 911 and they know this. That's why the Carrera GT is mid-engined and it's 4-door sedan will be front-engined. The Cayman will have to carry the torch for the 911 past 2010

first, porsches known by names (especially stupid ones) instead of numbers are just wrong to begin with.
second, a 911 with the engine somewhere other than behind the axle is not a 911. the end of a legend is what happens when you move that engine forward. hell, if porsche doesn't have a 911, or the 911 moves to mid engine, we might as well all start driving toyota echoes because there will not be any joy left in driving.