Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:02:14 -0500 From: John <johnnopsamoint.com> Subject: Re: Saab = Overpriced Crap?
blockthisnopsamcom wrote: > Ack, I can't believe you went through the trouble of creating > a C&D vs. R&T comparison. > > >> > Supra > >> > 0-60: 4.6 > >> > 0-100: 11.1 > >> > 1/4 mile: 13.2nopsam/A>: again, the same. > Top speed: 169. This is a gearing issue. Gear any 300+ horsepower car right and you can get it over 170. > > Skidpad: .87g. Sounds like the Supra might have the better of it here, > except C&D changed their skidpad testing methods some time ago. > (Csere, IIRC, wrote a column about it). > > So far the cars look identical, but... The 'Vette has a demonstrated edge > over the Supra in competition and in real-world (e.g. One Lap) use. > The Z06 thrashes the Supra Twin Turbo while costing les, adjusted for > inflation. Adjusted for inflation?! What kind of a moron are you? I don't think we've had almost three-fold inflation in the last seven years. > > > Don't get me wrong. I like the Supra well enough - but the people who could > actually afford them chose not to buy them. Without the movie "Fast and > Furious", the Supra would be long-forgotten. No. > > > Plus, it really is ugly. At least the Supra prior to that had > *presence*, it looked like a sharp-edge 928. > > In alt.autos.saab John <johnnopsamoint.com> wrote: > > Source for Supra: 1994 Issue of Car and Driver (courtesy of caranddriver.com). > > Corvette: Road and Track issue with an article entitled "Torque Monsters." > > > blockthisnopsamcom wrote: > > >> Give your sources. > >> > >> In alt.autos.saab John <johnnopsamoint.com> wrote: > >> > Pay attention this time: > >> > >> > Corvette (Hardtop): > >> > 0-60: 4.8 > >> > 0-100: 11.7 > >> > 1/4 mile: blockthisnopsamcom wrote: > >> > >> >> In alt.autos.saab John <johnnopsamoint.com> wrote: > >> >> > About two messages ago I showed you stats that said a Supra was faster than a > >> >> > C5, so shutup about dates, because the Supra is still faster. > >> >> > >> >> Your "stats" are no good. Show me a side-to-side test of the C5 and a > >> >> stock Supra TT, same conditions, where the Supra did *not* get spanked like > >> >> a little bitch. > >> >> > >> >> The Supra has no chance of "beating" a regular C5, much less a Z06 - > >> >> particularly around a track. I'm not even sure it could keep up with > >> >> an M Coupe. > >> >> > >> >> Don't get me wrong. If I wanted to spend $20K on something that makes you > >> >> feel like you are sitting in a big black plastic bathtub, and keeping up > >> >> with modern cars wasn't an issue, I would definitely consider a Supra.
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