People don't because they would probably get their ass kicked. It is like people are brave until they get out of their car.
Negative, no they do not track their cars. A lot of these guys are waxers. Look at the argument between the biggest difference maker in lap times, they think its the carbon wheels or down force. When the track guys have already told them its the tires. A lot of the guys commenting arent even going to get a GT500 which is hilarious, cuckhouse is the biggest culprit. These same people push the same nut swinging narrative, post only things that the car shines in, ignore its weaknesses. Like posting online articles how 0-60 is irrelevant but its still a metric used to measure performance.
The MT article title is:
To each their own, For me, I prefer function over form, so if the GT500 would allow me to effectively track the car, that's all that matters.
We all would. Regardless of the outcome.
My statement stands
110%, which is why i dont care about a regular c8. Im more intersted in the z06, even if the depreciation is bad. Just having PDR, front end lift kit and the performance to me will be the reason to purchase. I dont care about porsche, and the ones I do care about are crazy money.
Cup 2 tires on the C8 and that gets closer. Hey, Cup 2 tires on any car and it will get better times.
So not ~5 seconds like Randy originally implied but rather 3.3 seconds between the Base and the CFTP car. Cup2 on the Base and that difference has suddenly become near nil...
We all know the CFTP has them, but if the Base had them like you said it would close the gap making the CFTP not worth it that much for $18k
Only with a tire destroying track alignment did the C8 come somewhat close. If you put a typical street alignment on the C8 - like what the GT500 had, it's not close.
The GT500 interior is not the same as a $30k Mustang interior.
If you don't mind a little friendly debate it can be fun. However, what I typically see on here is a bunch of GM fans come in and say really negative things about Fords. I'm not sure if the same happens on the GM sites as I don't frequent them.
Faster yes. Faster than the gt500... No
Nowhere in my statement did I mention the GT500
Thank you for your well thought out Chevrolet sales pitch. Much more interesting than a real people commercial.I haven't checked in here in awhile and I'm amused to find the same ol back and forth. There is no way in hell I'd by either of these for a couple of years, especially for the money they are asking (especially for the GT500/ADM). I log in and the first thing I see in the GT350 section is 2020 GT350 needs a possible new motor thread. The GT350 has been a reliability disaster in many ways and not just with the well publicized Voodoo issues. I wouldn't trust Ford that they've changed their internal culture around that they now care about quality/reliability with the GT500. So one will have the pleasure of dealing with shitty Ford dealers and their ADM games, then the car breaks down and the new customer has an even more infuriating time with the crappy service department that hasn't been trained properly to take care of the car. Geezus, new GT350 splitters are still being installed incorrectly five or so years in. Chevy isn't much better, but a little in my experience.
As for all of the talk of lap times are pointless for almost everyone in this thread (including me) as they aren't attainable by us. Also, are you really going to pay 100k and up after ADM for your brand new GT500 and really go the 10/10ths needed to get these lap times (again even fewer here)? I know I leave some on the table as I like to leave the way I arrived at the track with the car in the same condition. These cars are within the time of it being a drivers race for us above average, but nowhere near pro level driver these times were attained by.
Also, almost twenty grand to gain a half of second for the CFTP pack over the base GT500, but people here are complaining about a track alignment being expensive? Plus the consumables for such a heavy car? I thought my ZL1 1LE was a pig at 38XX, but 42XX for the GT500 is mind blowing to me. I'll give Chevy credit that at least they are trying to go the other way with weight and are still offering manuals in most of their from what I can tell.
Last, I'm not the biggest interior guy, but 100k roughly gets you a Fusion shift knob and some CF (etc) parts thrown in to an otherwise S550 interior?
No thanks, carry on bickering here by people that most can't afford these cars and even fewer that can drive them to their potential.