On Apr 2, 2010, at 9:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: paul stenquist >> On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >>>> From: Larry Colen >>>>>> For cars, I use "Vettemarks", which is in what year the top >>>>>> of the line Corvette had that level of performance. Note >>>>>> that a lot of econoboxes these days probably have vettemark >>>>>> performance in the 1980s. >>>> Corvette hasn't had "vettemark" performance in the 1980s since >>>> the 1970s. Not a Corvette made since 1967 that's worth pissin' >>>> on. >> Uh, 638 horsepower in a car that bites like a bulldog with a bone in >> its mouth doesn't work for you? Bembo carbon/ceramic brakes? Plus 1G >> laeral acceleration without a whimper? >> The Corvette ZR-1 is a world class supercar that can turn away most >> of the exotics at about half the price. > > And half the horses wasted hauling around excess fat. > > Corvette's become a over-priced toy for rich wankers who don't have the > coordination to ride a Harley (another once proud marque that became a parody > of itself in the hands of wannabees). > You've apparently been napping, Rip. Or maybe just wanking. The Z06 Carbon Corvette is rather trim at right around 3000 pounds, and with plenty of carbon body panels and a number of titanium pieces, it has great balance. It can turn away any V-8 M3.
The C6.R competition Corvettes scored five podium finishes in their first five events in GT2 racing. Watch for them at Le Mans in June. > It's ugly and it's mama dresses it funny! Subjective and silly. Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
