That’s the problem with our society, everyone thinks they’re entitled to a lunch break.

This. Now that it’s illegal people are smoking it like crazy while driving

Love mandatory anti-drunk driving testing. Now, please figure out weed testing!

Is there something about that statement that is inaccurate?  What did you expect, calculus?

$250k Huracans and 488s weigh 3400lbs. A 2000 Ferrari 360 F1 weighed 3291 (Sept 2000, C&D). The 911 Turbo in the same test, 3500.

The computers are not the issue. EFI is significantly simpler to work on than a carburetor. The issue with newer cars is more that things are not designed to be worked on by the shade tree mechanic- non-serviceable assemblies, special required tools, even inventing new heads for bolts to make sure you don’t have that…

The James Dean Porsche was really light. It also turned into aluminum foil shreds when it T-boned Mr Turnipseed’s Ford Tudor. You don’t get superlight along with super stiff, AC, airbags all over the place, crash safety, and really good ride and NVH. 

This take is the same as the guy I work with and his mountain bike. Every week he claims to have replaced something on his bike that saved grams of weight, all while he gains pounds! So the car weighs 2900 LBS and 2 300 lb Americans pile into it who cares what a car weighs?

So they’re going to hold their race in a stadium parking lot?

As long as you aren’t under a crunch. Overnighting parts and trying to fix a car at 1am knowing you have to be at work in 7 hours is frustrating. Having an additional car makes it totally stress free and enjoyable.

I think what makes old cars breaking nice is you can actually fit them. Newer cars are going to be a royal pain in the ass to fix because they are run by computers.

Because the GT4 will cost $20-30k more in the real world (very few will option a base corvette anywhere near this test vehicle, and the BASE gt4 will be $100k), has almost 100hp less, and you can’t actually buy one without a super secret allocation handshake. We don’t know performance numbers on the upcoming GT4, but…

Yeah, $60k seem high. I didn’t know the “I know what I have” crowd had reached the black market organ world yet.

Because you only have to spend 60k to get a C8?

These reviews are, sadly, not that surprising. It doesn’t shock me at all that GM tuned the chassis to favor tire-shredding understeer in order to protect the average Corvette pilot, who is probably used to a very different approach.

Mind you, this is the base version that grandpa is going to buy. I’m sure the performance variations will be more track focused than commuter focused.

GM dialed in a shitload of understeer so C8 driver’s wouldn’t be the new C&C crash compilation kings. Juechter said as much when they introduced the car so that Corvette fans could switch as seamlessly as possible (or something along those lines). 

Have any of the above stuffed a GM press car into a barrier? 

I’ll agree that newer used cars are better equipped, but I’m not completely sold on “better quality”.

This. It used to be that people dumped cars at or just past the 100K mark. My daily is sitting at 203,574 as of this mornings commute, and is one I picked up used with 200k on the clock.