RX-8 vs. C6 Z06
06-19-2007, 03:55 PM
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RX-8 vs. C6 Z06
<- is my exact expression when this guy pulled off.Saturday me and my fiance (I just proposed to her last week
) were coming to a stop light when I saw the EXOTIC CAR KILLER. I pulled up more to get a better look and man was it gorgeous. Well the light turned green and I pulled up more to get a better look, but didn't. Well at least until 2 miles down the road at the next stop light. Did you know the Z06 can dissappear? I never knew a car could perform magic tricks. Cause that's what it did.IT FREAKIN DISSAPPEARED!!!!! Even man fiance, who's really not into cars, was like "... oh my. it's not here anymore".
I think he thougt I was trying to race him but it seems to me he would have known I wasn't trying to. I mean come on, he looked at my car and saw it's just an 8. Geez, what is it with these ultra quick cars challenging my 8? Last time it was Ferrari F430!!!
06-19-2007, 04:10 PM
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As with many other Vette owners...he was making up for other 'something else' by showing how BIG and BAD his motor is. 
06-19-2007, 04:28 PM
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I actually appreciate it sometimes when people with cars like that accelerate from a stoplight like that. A guy in the office building next to the one I work in has a 360 Spyder. I was behind it one day coming back from lunch, and when we rounded the turn onto the street that leads up to our office complex, he punched it. I had my windows down and I just watched in awe as he accelerated up the street with such a wonderful sound bouncing off the retaining walls on the street. By the time I got to the parking lot, he was getting out of his car, and we gave each other the universal "what's up" head nod...
06-19-2007, 07:04 PM
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i pwn therefore i am
06-19-2007, 08:21 PM
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I smoke Z06's often on my city streets.
From time to time an owner in a new Viper also tempts me, but I don't want to go getting a bunch of people in my town after me for making them look silly or anything.
*shrug*
From time to time an owner in a new Viper also tempts me, but I don't want to go getting a bunch of people in my town after me for making them look silly or anything.
*shrug*
06-20-2007, 06:22 AM
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Yes those new Vettes are pretty cool. and for 70,000 dollars it better do nicer tricks than that.
Had one chase me around the road course last year in my 914. it took him 5 laps to actually pass me.
he would gain 500 yards on me down the straight and I would gain 400 back in the twisties.
When he finally went by I was like " Holy cow"
that is fast. Sorta like the disappearing thing described. I was at about 115 and he past me like I was standing still. Later he said he went by at better than 140. 
Had one chase me around the road course last year in my 914. it took him 5 laps to actually pass me.
he would gain 500 yards on me down the straight and I would gain 400 back in the twisties.
When he finally went by I was like " Holy cow"
that is fast. Sorta like the disappearing thing described. I was at about 115 and he past me like I was standing still. Later he said he went by at better than 140.
06-20-2007, 08:33 AM
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There bad ***.... fortunately my good buddy lets me drive his every now and then... and all i can say is WOW. with his bazani exhaust, his car sounds like SATAN under WOT!
Thats his Z-06 in my sig!
Thats his Z-06 in my sig!
06-20-2007, 10:02 AM
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Yeah, On the Real, there is really no comparison between a Rx-8 and a Z 06 Vette performance, styling or value as we all know. With one exception, the RX-8 is more practical. The rear seats saved the day again.
06-20-2007, 11:07 AM
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The sound is enough to actually, and I mean ACTUALLY leave you breathless. The sound plus the visual of the car absolutely just being ******* down the road in 5 seconds is as close to sex as you can get when it comes to cars.
06-20-2007, 12:05 PM
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ya, I have always loved vettes, had an 84 before I got into the RX-7s. Only reason I stopped playing with vettes was they are too expensive when you are in HS and College, and the 7's can be just as much fun. :p
The first car I ever built was a 500hp 1991 vette with my dad, drool.
The first car I ever built was a 500hp 1991 vette with my dad, drool.
06-20-2007, 12:13 PM
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06-20-2007, 12:33 PM
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...35336967829043
Watch how fast it pulls away once we hit the long straight...exiting that corner I'm already doing 100+
Acceleration...yeah vette's got it...
Watch how fast it pulls away once we hit the long straight...exiting that corner I'm already doing 100+
Acceleration...yeah vette's got it...
06-20-2007, 02:35 PM
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I feel the same way. Vette owners never drive their cars they just cruise, it really pisses me off when I see crap like that. Buy it, drive it like you stole it. That's my motto.
06-20-2007, 02:40 PM
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The right tools in the hands of newbs is about as good as giving them a paperweight if they dont know how to use it...
06-20-2007, 04:43 PM
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My driving was meh...it was ok in my own opinion...I was having trouble holding my line when something gets in my way...I kept poaching corners simply because I kept wanting to hit it right and misjudged my turn-in.
Also I was having a syncro issue so coming off that long straight and dropping from 4th to 2nd while trying to revmatch whilst braking and going into that turn was consistently screwing me up.
All in all I think I did pretty well but I was still pretty conservative and trying to get my technique down before becoming more aggressive and pushing it. Also I noticed that my rear was a little twitchy which I blamed on the RB sways...turned out that I was running the wrong tire pressure...man I felt like an idiot...
I've got lots of video of cars I've past along the way...I am hesitant to say that I had a better car or I was a better driver...I would be more inclined to say that the RX is simply much easier to go fast around a track in. I was alot more confident in its abilities and amazed at how well it behaved. Once I get moved up to the higher run groups with more experienced drivers I am sure that will change.
