Daily sports car?

GreyGhost said:
Really? That seems crazy. I understand grip taking a dump but physical tire damage from rolling a frozen tire is new to me.
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Happens often.
The Cup2's are so soft, the lifespan is ~10000 street kms! They crack in the cold, if moved. At $3k for 4 corners, that's a tough one to choke down.
I had them swapped off mine (Cup 2's standard with Z07 pkg) for PSS's before I took it home. 8,000kms on it, and they still look fine.
 
Gary said:
Happens often.
The Cup2's are so soft, the lifespan is ~10000 street kms! They crack in the cold, if moved. At $3k for 4 corners, that's a tough one to choke down.
I had them swapped off mine (Cup 2's standard with Z07 pkg) for PSS's before I took it home. 8,000kms on it, and they still look fine.
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Means you need to drive them harder @Gary
 
Relax said:
OK, I'm going to concede here that some people are traditionalists and just don't want to grow. If you don't care about lowering your lap times, then we don't need to talk anymore. I buy my cars with the intent to use them on a track. Being able to driving them on the street is just a side benefit. I don't take my cars for drives just for fun. For that, I ride my bike.
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When inevitability self driving cars become faster than drivers on the track will you let your car drive itself since it's faster? Will you even be in the car? Without your weight in it it will be faster.
 
Gary said:
Also....Corvettes aren't delivered to Canada from December until April.
The tires (Michelin PSS zp, or Cup2 zp summer only) break if the car is moved in minus temps.
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That might change.

The new "base" corvettes come with "all season" tires. Great for Canada, eh!

and get this. they apparently will have HIGHER GRIP than the last gen Vette with summer tires. Good job Michelin, best tire maker in the world IMO.

The Base 2020 Corvette Comes with All-Season Tires. Here's Why


no manual will be offered on the vette because according to one engineer, "nobody buys them"
 
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The rears are smaller too, down to 305 from 335.
Little doubt if / when the Z06 reappears, it'll have it's own specific tire too....rumours are 1000hp.
 
Evoex said:
/popcorn
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Consumer's Report use to be Sunny's be-all-end-all automotive bible, but they gave an unfavourable report on the popcorn maker he endorses online, so...........
 
FullMotoJacket said:
Consumer's Report use to be Sunny's be-all-end-all automotive bible, but they gave an unfavourable report on the popcorn maker he endorses online, so...........
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Nope not since 1990 when they tried to tell all their readers not to go for the turbo GT mx-6 and instead opt for the LX version secretary express.

Wrote off Them as well as Motor Trend named the whale of a car Chevy caprice LTZ as car of the Year around the same time period. MT was the butt of every other auto mags jokes since then. Lolz
 
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SunnY S said:
sorry, I don't watch videos from babbling schmo's.

I'll wait for Car and Driver to do a full instrumented test on a production version. I won't get into it, but those guys do it right....
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Sorry, it's a scientific video that explains things I thought would interest, you, more than anyone here.
Best ya wait for some opinionated BS, same way you did when the C7 launched. Ty for not getting into it. ?
 
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Mina said:
Back to the C8 for a second, when are they supposed to hit showrooms?
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If you mean just to see one in person, at least one dealership in the US already has one of the pre-production models. With Toronto being one of the largest consumer markets in Canada, we will hopefully get one soon:

 
Relax said:
If you mean just to see one in person,
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They are already out there. It's called a Camaro. Just squint a little and voila.

The rear end especially lacks any style and is simply an evolution of the Camaro rear
 
Gary said:
Sorry, it's a scientific video that explains things I thought would interest, you, more than anyone here.
Best ya wait for some opinionated BS, same way you did when the C7 launched. Ty for not getting into it. ?
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Actually. I WAS interested. After the first minute. I couldn't handle listening to that guy any longer.

The new Vette appears to be a decent effort. It took them this long to realize the engine belongs behind the driver in a real super car. Honda had this figured out in 1990 with the NSX on their first try.

Maybe in the next generation the brilliant minds at GM will figure out that AWD and electrification/hybridization is increasingly becoming standard for supercars. ?
 
SunnY S said:
Maybe in the next generation the brilliant minds at GM will figure out that AWD and electrification/hybridization is increasingly becoming standard for supercars. ?
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If you had have read anything on the car/chassis you'd already know they did.
 
SunnY S said:
Actually. I WAS interested. After the first minute. I couldn't handle listening to that guy any longer.

The new Vette appears to be a decent effort. It took them this long to realize the engine belongs behind the driver in a real super car. Honda had this figured out in 1990 with the NSX on their first try.

Maybe in the next generation the brilliant minds at GM will figure out that AWD and electrification/hybridization is increasingly becoming standard for supercars. ?
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Funny you say that, the new NSX is a hybrid and it's been a huge FLOP :LOL:
 
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