GTR accused of cheating
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From: Bristol
Originally Posted by MarkB,Oct 1 2008, 08:24 AM
Porsche, Land Rover and Aston Martin are all over 50% down this August, compared to August 2007.
Porsche only registered 119 cars in August - down from 282 the previous August.
Crunchy.
Porsche only registered 119 cars in August - down from 282 the previous August.
Crunchy.
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Oct 1 2008, 09:01 PM
One figure that really amused me;
The fat bastard GT-R is (source; Porsche) is a massive 20Kg heavier than the 997 Turbo, which is why they couldn't understand it.
More foot ballistics (and a lot of free Nissan publicity!) from Porsche?
The fat bastard GT-R is (source; Porsche) is a massive 20Kg heavier than the 997 Turbo, which is why they couldn't understand it.
More foot ballistics (and a lot of free Nissan publicity!) from Porsche?
I bet Nissan and Porsche are p*ssing themselves laughing at us lot
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From: Survivalist enclave
Originally Posted by MB,Oct 2 2008, 10:45 AM
I think they take it quite seriously, as they know the majority of people are influenced by lap times on Top Gear / Nurburgring etc.
Rightly or wrongly...
Rightly or wrongly...
But headline stats are still enough for me
They tell me where a car will stand against other cars in a range of road situations
For example, anything witha 0-60 of sub six seconds and a 0-100 of under 12, is unlikely to be inconvenienced by anything they will encounter on a typical road drive
And let's face it, that's what you want on the road isn't it?
The ability to make rapid, unimpeded progress, as safely as possible
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Originally Posted by MB,Oct 2 2008, 11:37 AM
Sounds like you need an Evo, or a GTR
so no, I don't need one
as for a GTR, too impractical and performance I don't need in a daily driver
for a toy, neither are anywhere near exclusive enough
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Originally Posted by MarkB,Oct 1 2008, 10:27 AM
People really have to stop focussing on ring times by different drivers in different conditions as some sort of arbiter. They're meaningless, as are Top Gear times.
I'm glad it's not just me