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Sports cars vs sedans: heavy!
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Re: Sports cars vs sedans: heavy! -
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F1ST wrote: I know of a few million cheap motor cycles that will blow its door off for 1/10th the cost  My last bike did 0-100 kph in under 3 seconds.... you could strap nitrous and a blower to that vette, it would still be looking at the bikes taillight.. All the way to the first sharp corner  Although... do Corvettesactually handle these days or are they still rubbish? |
Heh! The fanny-line on my Triumph goes from rim-to-rim.
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F1ST wrote: I know of a few million cheap motor cycles that will blow its door off for 1/10th the cost My last bike did 0-100 kph in under 3 seconds.... you could strap nitrous and a blower to that vette, it would still be looking at the bikes taillight.. All the way to the first sharp corner Although... do Corvettes actuallyhandle these days or are they still rubbish? |
embarrassing) cars cheaper.
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They are cheap, they feel cheap and you can buy faster (and less embarrassing) cars cheaper. |
opportunity to sit in a Vette I didn't fit. I could either keep my knees
free from the steering wheel, or depress the clutch, but not both at
once. I guess you have to be a shortarse...
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All the way to the first sharp corner Although... do Corvettes actually handle these days or are they still rubbish? Heh! The fanny-line on my Triumph goes from rim-to-rim. |
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Paul-B wrote: All the way to the first sharp corner Although... do Corvettesactually handle these days or are they still rubbish? Heh! The fanny-line on my Triumph goes from rim-to-rim. Erm... if you say so... Must admit Phil, I felt that needed translation into English.. |
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In article <3q7j7tFd92g3U1 (AT) individual (DOT) net>, pnewnham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com says... Paul-B wrote: All the way to the first sharp corner Although... do Corvettesactually handle these days or are they still rubbish? Heh! The fanny-line on my Triumph goes from rim-to-rim. Erm... if you say so... Must admit Phil, I felt that needed translation into English.. |
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In article <3q7j7tFd92g3U1 (AT) individual (DOT) net>, pnewnham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com says... Paul-B wrote: All the way to the first sharp corner Although... doCorvettes actually handle these days or are they still rubbish? Heh! The fanny-line on my Triumph goes from rim-to-rim. Erm... if you say so... Must admit Phil, I felt that needed translation into English.. T. |
the surface in contact with the road has to be sufficient to ensure
grip when the 'bike is leaning into/out of a corner, so it's extremely
convex. Where the tyre contacts the road it becomes "grainy" and matt,
whereas the surface which never touches the road remains shiny.
The "fanny-line" is the line between the matt area and the shiny area,
and the further you actually lean int/out of a corner will move the
fanny line nearer the rim. So if the fanny-line goes from rim-to-rim it
means that every part of the tyre other than the sidewall has been in
contact with the road. Relatively easy on a modern sports bike like the
R1, but on my Thunderbird-Sport it's quite a feat to lean so far into a
corner as to have a fanny-line which goes from rim-to-rim.
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Trivia sifted from a recent Road & Track, but I'd like to hear more examples. The teeny Honda S2000 2-seater sports is heavier than Honda's 4-door 5-seat Civic sedan. Lamborgini's open 2-seater Murcielago is heavier than Mercedes' biggest S-class 4-door 5-seater luxo-barge --- duh? Does anyone know of other "fat" sports and GT cars? |
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On 28 Sep 2005 11:44:26 -0700, brafield (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: Trivia sifted from a recent Road & Track, but I'd like to hear more examples. The teeny Honda S2000 2-seater sports is heavier than Honda's 4-door 5-seat Civic sedan. Lamborgini's open 2-seater Murcielago is heavier than Mercedes' biggest S-class 4-door 5-seater luxo-barge --- duh? Does anyone know of other "fat" sports and GT cars? McLaren-Mercedes SLR: A two-ton carbon fiber turd. |
612 Scaglietti : kerb weight 4056lbs
sources:
http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/ferra.../15892/style_s
pecs.html?p=ext
http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/merce...006/17369/styl
e_specs.html?p=ext
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ric at pixelligence dot com
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On 28 Sep 2005 11:44:26 -0700, brafield (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: Trivia sifted from a recent Road & Track, but I'd like to hear more examples. The teeny Honda S2000 2-seater sports is heavier than Honda's 4-door 5-seat Civic sedan. Lamborgini's open 2-seater Murcielago is heavier than Mercedes' biggest S-class 4-door 5-seater luxo-barge --- duh? Does anyone know of other "fat" sports and GT cars? McLaren-Mercedes SLR: A two-ton carbon fiber turd. 3734 lb -- not quite 2 tons. But when you've got 617 hp, who cares? |
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