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Road & Track: three car test
I would like to post a link to this as I subscribe to corvetteonline and I thought this was an interesting write up. Not because they tested a 458 vs ZR1 vs MP12-4C either.
What I found amusing was that during the dyno testing and track testing the only car that didn't have any factory personal in attendance appears to have been the corvette. I just found that kind of funny. Okay, maybe I have a rather unique sense of humor I guess? http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/v...claren-mp4-12c  Tom
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
Extremely entertaining.
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
the corvette is probably the only one that didn't need tinkered with during the test....and I'd still rather have the MP4-12c
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
I too read this review and had the same reaction to the Corvette coming up against these two super cars without any factory babysitter.
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
i can't believe they went to that crook hennessey's shop....
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
AND THEY GAVE THAT STUPID **** PRESS!
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
I have to be honest. I thought it is very telling that two superior cars, okay price wise at least, needed baby sitters just to have an established race car driver test them around a real race track. I'm sure I could break either of them very easily, being a dunce about driving a supercar. I'm not so sure I could break the ZR1 though.
 I guess if you have the kind of cash it takes to join that club, it doesn't really matter how much maintenance your rides need, right? 
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
Well, I guess there is one good thing about living where I do live....bad roads & congestion not withstanding..... you can have any of these supercars and not have to go too far to get factory help!
 I'll still take a corvette please, because that's what I can afford to own! Oh, and with my corvette...I'd like 4 cams and 32 valves thank you very much! 
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Re: Road & Track: three car test
what they didn't say was the Corvette will kick the ever living **** out those other two cars, even though it is an old design. They still haven't caught up.
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