[s-cars] LAC: Bond, James Bond - JNR

[Theodore Chen]

it depends on what your priorities are.  the viper isn't about refinement at all.  it is, however, a very fast sports car and that's what it was designed to do.

with randy pobst at the wheel, the viper ACR was 5 seconds faster than the R8 at laguna seca, at 1:35 vs 1:40.  at that level, 5 seconds is a very long time - much more than at the 1:55 vs 2:00 level.  for comparison purposes, i watched historic GTP race cars running at laguna seca a few years ago.  the electramotive nissan GTP, porsche 962, silk cut jaguar, etc. were all there.  they were running about 1:32.  to be fair, they were being driven by gentleman racers, not pro drivers, but for a street-legal car to be able to come anywhere near those cars is amazing.

i have yet to drive a ZR1, but i've driven the Z06 a number of times, and if the ZR1 is as much of an improvement over the Z06 as it appears to be on paper, i'd take that over an R8 any time.

-t.




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I tend to look at it from bigger picture than any absolute factor - 
too much compromise in cheaper built stuff that's too hard to ignore, 'better' 
rawness can only make up for so much.
 
-Paul


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 From: Theodore Chen  [mailto:tedebearp at yahoo.com] 
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Subject: Re: [s-cars] LAC: Bond, James Bond  - JNR


paul,

the R8 might be faster than the viper GTS on a track, but  it's almost too refined.  it's almost like driving a very nice and fast  audi instead of being in a sports car.  when you're driving a viper,  there's absolutely no doubt that you're driving a sports car.  one man's  refinement is another man's isolation.  you've got a 930 turbo, so you  should know what i mean.

an R8 with six-speed might make me feel  differently.


it's  not that i didn't like the R8.  i loved the car.  but the R8 didn't  invoke the kind of chest beating antics that the viper  does.

-t.