03-16-2016, 09:20 PM | #337 |
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Just to remind everyone in a recent magazine comparison that included a CTS-V and a Hellcat, the CTS-V was faster to 60 and the 1/4 mile. If the weight of the ZL1 is where it okay to be, the ZL1 should just a bit faster still.
So th the Hellcat may not win quite so easily.
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03-16-2016, 09:22 PM | #338 |
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Yep that was actually one of my favorite parts of the post. I think it looks great.
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03-16-2016, 09:25 PM | #340 |
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Goddamn GM slow it down, lol. The Camaro has an amazing lineup this gen, it just keeps getting better and better. Such amazing value, the lineup is competing very well with imports, domestic and european.
Love the spoiler on it, honestly this will probably be very hard to get your hand on. It looks so damn aggressive. Last edited by RagingHawk; 03-16-2016 at 09:35 PM. |
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Wow, amazing car. Thanks for the outstanding write-up.
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03-16-2016, 09:41 PM | #342 |
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I think it's pretty clear now that gm wasn't aiming for the hellcat with the zl1. That car epitomizes what a one trick pony is, albeit a bloody fine one trick pony.
Nah, gm is telling the world that's it's come to play.... And definitively and finally win. No more being a 'sloppy budget conscious' 2nd. The ss KO'd the m4. The zl1 will outduel performance vehicles that soar well above the $130k range. |
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03-16-2016, 10:19 PM | #344 |
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Too much over the top.
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03-16-2016, 11:12 PM | #346 | |
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I know the ZL1 is marketed as an "all-around" performance vehicle, that is what made me fall in love with it in the first place, it wasn't the King at anything honestly but I was content with it exterior/interior and performance wise. It was a great Daily driver as well. Then REALITY set in and I purchased the 2015 Challenger Hellcat, lol. Well you know, because I wanted to. (I added a "lol" in there for you). I will sit and watch once the numbers are released on the ZL1 and make my determination to buy one then. Tell me something I don't know about the car I already own. I know my car is good for 1 thing, and that's the strip/straight line and pick-up and go fun which is fun. Its disadvantages didn't hinder me from making the purchase. I'm not the type of driver that is going to take my car to a road course/track. Even when I had my ZL1 it never saw a road course/track. I had the capability to do it, I just choose not to. The only fun I had was on the highway, stop and go traffic and even from the roll. You can sit here and be honest with yourself or lie to impress but as I stated only a handful of owners will take it to a road course/track, the majority will take it to a drag strip if they even decide to use it for its purpose. The others will just drive it because well you know, they just want to. I love how you threw your finances in there, lol. (there is another "lol" in case your counting) I'm sure you could afford one, and a million other cars but REALITY is you drive a SS/RS. To each his own. You own what you own because that's your life and I own what I own because I'm living my life the way I want to. Just like I could have a Viper, which I could honestly but being 6'2 and 220lbs I don't think I'd be comfortable. Point is anyone can say they can afford a car, but ut oh, I don't want to say it, BUT reality comes to mind. All in all, I still don't know "what the hell your talking about". I'd be happy to race you on the DRAG STRIP for pink slips in your "all around performance" SS. I'm in San Diego, CA. Plenty of tracks around for your liking. |
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03-16-2016, 11:31 PM | #347 |
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I love this car. Will have to wait till MY18 though. My 12 will be paid off then, Maybe by then there will be deals to have like there was in MY13, the second year of the 5th gen. ZL1. I love the red in the pics, would 2 red ZL1's be too strange? I like the light color cars because with a black or Gray there isn't enough contrast and the front and rear diffusers. Maybe if the gray is as light as the illustrations in the build and price site it would be allright. Silver or Blue would be my other choices.
I bought my 12 because I thought there would be no way that there was going to be this level of cars available for us for long. I thought with the EPA and the GG tax, we would not be allowed to even pay a tax and buy it. I was wrong, happily, and will have a 6th gen also. Might try and find a low mile MY17 just to have the 50. Would be kind of cool to have a 67 and a 17, 50 years apart is just mind boggling to me. I'll be getting the M6 because I have never been an auto guy. Just my 67, with a PG and my Avalanche with the A4 are my autos. My 73 has a 4 speed, my 98 SS has a M6, My 12 ZL1 has the M6. and my Cobalt SS has a M5. I know they say the new autos are faster but I just don't like how it feels.
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03-17-2016, 12:24 AM | #348 |
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Rational thinking says the Challenger, at least in the current issue has about run it's course. When Chevy didn't change the Camaro for so many years (Gen 4) people stopped buying them and Chevy stopped making them. These folks have to update their models every once in a while.
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I doubt that zl1 will be faster than the hellcat on a straight line.
Its gonna be a close race |
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