07-13-2005, 12:18 PM | #1 |
Carmudgeon
Join Date: Apr 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: Golf TDi
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 3,283
|
Need some performance data...where to find?
I'm looking for info for the C6 Corvette and the AMG C32. There's a Benz fanboy at work who was saying his C32 was cheaper than a C6 corvette and that it could smoke it in every performance catagory.
I really don't think that's the case. |
07-13-2005, 12:39 PM | #2 |
Carmudgeon
Join Date: Apr 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: Golf TDi
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 3,283
|
This is what I've found so far (from Car and Driver and Edmunds)
Mercedes Benz C32 AMG MSRP: $51,000-$56,000 Skidpad: 0.81 g Horsepower: 349 0-60 mph (s): 4.9-5.2 Weight (lbs): 3450 Braking 70-0 mph: 163ft Chevrolet C6 Corvette MSRP: $44,245–$52,245 Skidpad: 0.98 g Horsepower: 400 0-60 mph (s): 4.1-4.4 Weight (lbs): 3200 Braking 70-0 mph: 160 ft |
07-13-2005, 12:44 PM | #3 |
lawn boy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: e46m3, f25x3,C5 Z06, C4 Vette, 06 CTD Ram, and a trailer
Location: Maryland
Posts: 14,029
|
That isn't enough?
|
07-13-2005, 12:55 PM | #4 | |
Carmudgeon
Join Date: Apr 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: Golf TDi
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 3,283
|
Quote:
Next time I expect snappier responses to better facilitate my lazy impatience. |
|
07-13-2005, 01:41 PM | #5 |
Solving problems
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: M5 / 718 GTS / Cooper S / GTI / LR4
Location: Metro Boston
Posts: 25,270
|
What an idiot. Young Benz owners are trully awful. Most of them can't drive for shit, so they get a flashy (slushie) pimp car and set it up with 20" chrome wheels, slam it, and tint it to 95%.
But they only care about posted 0-60 times because we all know that is the definitive measure of performance. And since neither they nor their circle of people who give a shit can shift for shit, slushie cars provide fairly repeatable drag times. Now you tell him that a C6 has a better 0-60 time and he will tell you how he put some Brabus or Lorinser mods (probably just badges) that make it put out 500rwhp or some other outrageous BS number, and how *he* got a 0-60 time of 3 seconds flat. In other words... just like any other poseur (indert-brand) fanboy. Is this going on at MBworld.org? I hate that place. I once said that this dude's car looked great except I would have kept the wheels at 18" (not 19" like he had) and not lowered it that much, and all hell broke loose. |
07-13-2005, 02:37 PM | #6 |
Doctor Mudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 6,433
|
Sounds a lot like young BMW owners. :P
|
07-13-2005, 02:42 PM | #7 | |
Relic
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethesda, MD
Posts: 12,466
|
Quote:
__________________
2011 M3 2006 Sierra 2500HD 4WD LBZ/Allison 2004 X5 3.0i 6MT 1995 M3 S50B32 1990 325is 1989 M3 S54B32 Hers: 1989 325iX 1996 911 Turbo |
|
07-13-2005, 04:00 PM | #8 | ||
Chief title editor
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 26,599
|
Quote:
__________________
OH NOES!!!!!1 MY CAR HAS T3H UND3R5T33R5555!!!!!!1oneone!!!!11 Team WTF?! What are you gonna do? |
||
07-13-2005, 04:01 PM | #9 | |||
Relic
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethesda, MD
Posts: 12,466
|
Quote:
__________________
2011 M3 2006 Sierra 2500HD 4WD LBZ/Allison 2004 X5 3.0i 6MT 1995 M3 S50B32 1990 325is 1989 M3 S54B32 Hers: 1989 325iX 1996 911 Turbo |
|||
07-14-2005, 07:24 AM | #10 |
No more BMWs
Join Date: Apr 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8
Location: Glenwood, MD
Posts: 14,753
|
Oh crap. Sounds like another new excuse to add to the list! :P
|
Bookmarks |
|
|