Best Handling (MotorTrend) - Page 2

Centurion · 05-07-2007, 08:30 PM

The Z06 is a fantastic car but difficult to handle, i.e the heavy engine in the front, lots of tire slipping at heavy acceleration. Some people know how to handle it, while others don't.

bum-man · 05-07-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Luwalira

The Z06 is a fantastic car but difficult to handle, i.e the heavy engine in the front, lots of tire slipping at heavy acceleration. Some people know how to handle it, while others don't.

Luw, I think the Z06 weighs more in the rear. The transmission is located in the back and the LS7 is a lightweight despite its displacement. There's other things at work here, and perhaps Imhotep is right about the rigidity...

Merc1 · 05-08-2007, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Luwalira

The Z06 is a fantastic car but difficult to handle, i.e the heavy engine in the front, lots of tire slipping at heavy acceleration. Some people know how to handle it, while others don't.

Bingo! I was looking for a post that gave the real explanation as to why the Z06 placed so low. Sure it has the power to compete with nearly anything you can name, but its handling is still a far less precise affair than a Porsche. Porsche = scapel, Z06 = small fiberglass hammer, no longer a sledgehammer mind you, but a hammer still the same compared to the Porsche. It isn't the time around the track that killed the Z06, obviously it is the way it has to be driven and how it does its laps, lots of effort and kinda sloppy, relative to some of the more precise handling cars.

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cawimmer430 · 05-08-2007, 07:36 AM

Two Porsches at the top.

Tycoon · 05-08-2007, 07:38 AM

MINI above 3er? Interesting...

cawimmer430 · 05-08-2007, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TycoonGTR

MINI above 3er? Interesting...

FWD above RWD!

Merc1 · 05-08-2007, 07:41 AM

I'm not really surprised by that. The Mini handles (and rides) like a go-cart and its show wheelbase make it a real road thrower. The 335i is akin to a 5-Series compared to the Mini.

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Tycoon · 05-08-2007, 07:42 AM

What Christian said...

Just_me · 05-08-2007, 07:44 AM

Mini is short and compact with a wheel in every corner, thats why it handles so good. I remember when Mini were introduced and a carmag did a slalom test between a Mini and a Porsche, guess which car had the highest speed i the slaom?

Merc1 · 05-08-2007, 07:46 AM

Yep I remember that. Road and Track tested the Mini when it first arrived and it got the faster slalom time they'd recorded up to that point.

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05-07-2007, 08:30 PM	#11
Centurion Jetsetter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,202 Thanks: 1,037 Thanked 1,507 Times in 805 Posts	Re: Best Handling (MotorTrend) The Z06 is a fantastic car but difficult to handle, i.e the heavy engine in the front, lots of tire slipping at heavy acceleration. Some people know how to handle it, while others don't.

05-08-2007, 07:36 AM	#14
cawimmer430 Trendsetter Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mühldorf am Inn, Germany Posts: 8,028 Thanks: 3,975 Thanked 3,189 Times in 1,366 Posts	Re: Best Handling (MotorTrend) Two Porsches at the top.

05-08-2007, 07:38 AM	#15
Tycoon Expert Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,811 Thanks: 3,263 Thanked 3,647 Times in 1,986 Posts	Re: Best Handling (MotorTrend) MINI above 3er? Interesting...

05-08-2007, 07:41 AM	#17
Merc1 Contributor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aurora IL USA Posts: 7,272 Thanks: 1,561 Thanked 2,270 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Best Handling (MotorTrend) I'm not really surprised by that. The Mini handles (and rides) like a go-cart and its show wheelbase make it a real road thrower. The 335i is akin to a 5-Series compared to the Mini. M

05-08-2007, 07:42 AM	#18
Tycoon Expert Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,811 Thanks: 3,263 Thanked 3,647 Times in 1,986 Posts	Re: Best Handling (MotorTrend) What Christian said...

05-08-2007, 07:44 AM	#19
Just_me Executive Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 15,487 Thanks: 1,062 Thanked 3,722 Times in 1,583 Posts	Re: Best Handling (MotorTrend) Mini is short and compact with a wheel in every corner, thats why it handles so good. I remember when Mini were introduced and a carmag did a slalom test between a Mini and a Porsche, guess which car had the highest speed i the slaom?

05-08-2007, 07:46 AM	#20
Merc1 Contributor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aurora IL USA Posts: 7,272 Thanks: 1,561 Thanked 2,270 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Best Handling (MotorTrend) Yep I remember that. Road and Track tested the Mini when it first arrived and it got the faster slalom time they'd recorded up to that point. M

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