'08 Corvette....better than Porsche says Road and Track!!
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'08 Corvette....better than Porsche says Road and Track!!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=5708
'Nuff said.
Originally Posted by RoadandTrack
It's clear even from the passenger seat that there is more oomph ahead of the firewall, but it's more subtle than it used to be. Everything is sensed through the steering wheel. I hate to say it, but it feels — heaven help us — Porsche-like. In fact, a Porsche with better balance and power delivery.
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I am sorry but I cannot buy it. Corvettes are NOT and NEVER will be in the same league as Porsche. I have been in multiple corvettes, granted not this new 08' but I have been in and driven a 996 Turbo X50 and GT2 and I find it insulting that they would even think of that statement in the privacy of their own minds.
EDIT- I would not even take a Vette over my Evo.
EDIT- I would not even take a Vette over my Evo.
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I am sorry but I cannot buy it. Corvettes are NOT and NEVER will be in the same league as Porsche. I have been in multiple corvettes, granted not this new 08' but I have been in and driven a 996 Turbo X50 and GT2 and I find it insulting that they would even think of that statement in the privacy of their own minds.
EDIT- I would not even take a Vette over my Evo.
EDIT- I would not even take a Vette over my Evo.
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this debate is so much fun. Most of us drive evos. which are stripped out supercars in their own right with no real thought to making the car "nice" the z06 is a stripped out supercar with a smallblock 427 without any real thought to making the car "nice" and yet the same people that spent a bunch of money on an evo over, say, an audi, trash the z06's sledgehammer delivery in favor of a 997 because the porsche is so much "nicer" weird, huh?
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Did you forget about the GT3 using R-compound tires and the Z06 using runflats? Apples to oranges.
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I am sorry but I cannot buy it. Corvettes are NOT and NEVER will be in the same league as Porsche. I have been in multiple corvettes, granted not this new 08' but I have been in and driven a 996 Turbo X50 and GT2 and I find it insulting that they would even think of that statement in the privacy of their own minds.
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this debate is so much fun. Most of us drive evos. which are stripped out supercars in their own right with no real thought to making the car "nice" the z06 is a stripped out supercar with a smallblock 427 without any real thought to making the car "nice" and yet the same people that spent a bunch of money on an evo over, say, an audi, trash the z06's sledgehammer delivery in favor of a 997 because the porsche is so much "nicer" weird, huh?
That's how they sell them; that's how they're tested... Stock vs stock is apples to apples as far as a comparison.
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Let the stereotypes battle it out:
Geezers who need a car to attract women . . .
>>>VERSUS<<<
Depeche Mode ascot wearers who need to attract women!
in a fight . . . . TO THE FINISH!!
We (and our ladies) will watch from a good, safe distance.
Geezers who need a car to attract women . . .
>>>VERSUS<<<
Depeche Mode ascot wearers who need to attract women!
in a fight . . . . TO THE FINISH!!
We (and our ladies) will watch from a good, safe distance.
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More to the point - this thread isn't about the Z06. Additionally, the GT3 cost about $40,000 more than a Z06, thus making any head-to-head comparison of the two laughable at best.