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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 12:29 AM
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 12:58 AM
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when your talking abut performance, who realy cares abot what type of leather is ues? **** that, i really care about whas under the hood. and how fast i can smoke those bithces!!!!!

ps this was done at 230 after the bar, so **** the grammer.

b uddy im gonna be in grand rapds in 3 weeks
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 01:50 AM
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I'm looking to get one in about 6-8mths. Bang for the buck, you can't beat it!
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 06:58 AM
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Killer ride.....I gotta have one.
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 07:38 AM
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I'm not a hater, but they said the few things I just did not want to hear about this new Z06. "Numb steering." "Uncommunicative chassis." I so want to love the car (I have no problem with buying American and I don't buy into the 'Vette stereotypes even if my wife does), but there's no way it'll replace my GT3 if those comments are true.

I got mixed up for a while there in buying cars because of what they were on paper, but at the end of the day I kept longing for the liveliness of my old '99 M3. The GT3 is the first car that has cured me of that. I no longer hunt classifieds for a pristine bone-stock E36.

I had hopes I could get a car that's not much more than half the money of this one and still be happy. And I'll still test drive the new Z06, and I have 3 or 4 track buddies who have ordered them, so I'll check it out at Barber too. Interesting that one of my complaints from riding in current Z06s on the track (red-hot transmission tunnel) lives on. I guess it's just physics and can't be avoided . . . nuclear-grade front-mounted engine plus rear-wheel drive.

Put me behind buddyg for a used CGT . . . maybe you do still get what you pay for.
 

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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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Mine's already built. Serial # 480. Just waiting on delivery. Black / Black.

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I have one on order for a buddy in Europe. He wants me to put a few thousand miles on it before we ship it over (It's a tax thing...) If I like it, I'll get one. The chassis comments are subjective and relative, I'd like to feel it for myself. After driving an Elise and Exige, my TT feels like a "uncommunicative chassis"...

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I'd love to see yours when it comes in!!
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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I think a part of driver's feel resides in not having too wide of front tires... and American muscle all run very wide front tires relative to their European/Japanese counterparts.
 
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