07-23-2004, 08:18 PM | #1 |
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Saw a GTO for the first time in many months.
damn, what a flop.
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07-24-2004, 10:47 AM | #2 |
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'feel the same exact way about the z4.
'cept i think the GTO is going to grow because it is a cheap corvette and car guys know it's easy to put in corvette OHV engine parts and get a sleeper. lots of lemmings and poseurs are likely wishing they got the 911-lite/boxster 'sted of the z4.
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Saw one the other day for the first time. Just when you thought GM couldn't make a car look any more boring. This thing is worse than the latest Lumina.
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07-26-2004, 11:10 AM | #7 |
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funny this thread should arise.
just saw one in the garage this morning at work. the lingenfelter GTO does the dance in 4.3 seconds. any BMWs sold today, M or otherwise do that? i forget. i think the Z8 was close. maybe the CSL?
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Comparing a Lingenfelter GTO to a factory BMW is not exactly fair. I think a fair comparison would be the Lingenfelter to the Hartge M3 with the massive M5 motor, which hits 60 in about 4.4.
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of course, it isn't a fair comparison! i know, HACK. it actually is a reverse compliment to BMW that its OEM vehicles are that fast. but i was wondering because the GTO is pretty easy to tune since it's just buckets and pushrods. a lot harder to come by those sorts of power gains on any BMWs. the LPE GTO is basically an australian version of a 6 series and while the 6 series looks less odd more and more, i'd still take the GTO because of the corvette engine. more fun.
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