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Originally Posted by SpeedIsLife
I think people in performance enthusiast circles (like here, M6G, etc) seem to forget that for a street car, that is meant to be daily driven, get good fuel economy, etc..
Cracking into the 12 second mark is still damn quick, and in reality far, far above and beyond what a street daily driver "needs to be". As recently as 2010 having a car in street trim that wasn't a Corvette/Viper etc be in the 12's was astonishing, and to get down to 11.8X-12.1X would require thousands of dollars in modifications and custom tuning.
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Agree. My loaded, daily driver 2SS can consistently run 12.2-12.3 on street tires. That's just far enough on the correct side of "fast" to not get boring so this is the first car I've owned that I feel no motivation to modify.
The 18 GT
* can run similar or better times. Legitimately fast.
* GT, A10, PP, Michelin PS, 3.55 in drag race mode
ZL1's and Hellcat in the mid 11s. SS, Scatpack and GT's in the low 12s. These are all quick cars. Chevy adds the track capable dimension to every SS, 1LE and ZL1...with warranty to play. That IMO is the difference that matters.
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Originally Posted by SpeedIsLife
I'm not sure when we lost perspective, but we have, and things have become pretty toxic in the meantime.
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Go back and look at the derangement on M6G leading up to, and after the release of, the Alpha Camaro. Seriously nasty stuff that made it unreadable. Then they all disappeared ...until the 18 GT.
