DRIVE -- Z/28 vs GT3RS

[GregWeld]

Pretty good video of the new Z/28....

[wiedemab]

Cool vid - -that guy can wheel a car too...all the while talking so elegantly in proper English.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by wiedemab

Cool vid - -that guy can wheel a car too...all the while talking so elegantly in proper English.

Ku-maro

I'd love to own a GT3RS because the blend of aesthetics and performance is very appealing......I'd love to own a Z/28 also, because the performance and price is so appealing.

Cliff Harris.......sucks to be him doesn't it!

I'd like to know what tires the GT3 was running considering the Ku-maro had the lap time advantage in those conditions on Trofeos.

[KPC67]

Awesome video, great driver!
That guy just went up a notch in my books!

[WSSix]

Man he was skating all over that track with both cars. What a pleasure to watch him drive them. Wow!

[Hydratech®]

Watching those cars dance in the rain is more than most could ever aspire to do on dry pavement!

Thank you Mark (Stielow) for your engineering input on this platform (as I'm sure most know)

Show me these same two cars on ideal pavement on the 'Ring (please!)

I'm just not sure if I could ever throw / row those gears with my left hand (I'm sure I could get used to it eventually, right!?)

[GregWeld]

My sincerest "Attaboy's" to Mark Stielow and his team -- and GM for giving them the green light. During us car guys darkest days -- the smog laden / big bumper days of the '80's - I never dreamed we'd ever see the kinds of cars being built today.


Having said that --- after several driving schools - including one that specializes in "drifting and sideways driving" --- Not only would I have spun every turn in those conditions - I'm quite certain I'll NEVER have a set big enough to drive (ANY CAR) the way he does.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Hydratech

Watching those cars dance in the rain is more than most could ever aspire to do on dry pavement!

Thank you Mark (Stielow) for your engineering input on this platform (as I'm sure most know)

Show me these same two cars on ideal pavement on the 'Ring (please!)

I'm just not sure if I could ever throw / row those gears with my left hand (I'm sure I could get used to it eventually, right!?)

Ask and you shall receive! 'Tis the season!!! LOL


Well.... okay - you get HALF of what you asked for.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Hydratech

Watching those cars dance in the rain is more than most could ever aspire to do on dry pavement!

Thank you Mark (Stielow) for your engineering input on this platform (as I'm sure most know)

Show me these same two cars on ideal pavement on the 'Ring (please!)

I'm just not sure if I could ever throw / row those gears with my left hand (I'm sure I could get used to it eventually, right!?)

And - as requested -- here's the other half..... The Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 at the 'Ring

[Hydratech®]

What is the deal with the American offering running the windshield wipers during their run while the Porsche runs on a dry (optimized) day LOL - all great, but both inspire me to believe that they could use at least another few hundred horse. It seems to me that they are plenty capable in the rubber on the road / chassis / braking to handle the lateral g's and decel g's, but could use some more carefully tendered backpedaling in the acceleration - or is it just me 'armchair quarterbacking' from vids? The G meter display in these vids needs to also be updated some too, right? Or maybe it's more fun to see the readings bust out of the outer ring

Yes, the 80's stuff was ummm, yawn, whatever... (DOH) but we're here now! Interesting how much better todays musclecars would move out if they were a 1000 lbs lighter though... (crash safety and chassis rigidity IS important, but damn, these cars are HEAVY these days!)