On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 2, 2010, at 5:25 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. > > I think that you'll find that todays Vette's handily out accelerate the ones > of yore. > > How much time have you spent on the track in Corvettes of various vintages? > I got to drive a student's C5 at Sears Point a while back, and they are > frighteningly competent cars. I've also ridden around the track in several > vettes that were driven by students, which can be an entirely different > flavor of exciting. > >> > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >
Most people don't realize that the C5 and later models are significantly different from the trash GM was peddling as a Vette in the 70's and 80's (and frankly, even those can be turned into nice cars, they just don't start out that way). I suspect it's because the cosmetics on the C5/C6 are so similar to the C4. The modern Corvette is one hell of a performance car, in a bland sleeperish body. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
