[vtirocz]

FYI: MTBDC results are in and ZL1 1LE hot lap video posted on MT On Demand.

[URBAN LEGEND]

Results are? Top 3?

[ZL1 1LE]

They've been stretching the results out over 3 days with the winner to be revealed tomorrow I believe.

[hotlap]

ZL1-1LE is #5. They mentioned the rough ride. I didn't have time to watch the others yet.

[Can'tHave2MuchHP]

Chevy has a lot of awesome cars out yet somehow it still ended up being a bad year for Chevy. 2 cars in and 7th and 5th. Too bad they had a failure with the C7 Z06 at BDC, it probably was a top 3 car, maybe 1st.

[Mr. Meh]

Originally Posted by Can'tHave2MuchHP

Chevy has a lot of awesome cars out yet somehow it still ended up being a bad year for Chevy. 2 cars in and 7th and 5th. Too bad they had a failure with the C7 Z06 at BDC, it probably was a top 3 car, maybe 1st.

Eh, I wouldn't stress too much.. From what I saw, it was yet another gripe about the ride quality.. Like that's surprising.

It's a 70K car that punches out cars 3x that.. Isn't on the ragged edge of a tune.. Replacement parts are incredibly cheap compared to ~some~ other mfg cars. The TCO of a ZL1 1LE is relatively mild given what you can do with it.

I don't get some rag publishers.. They're the kind that would ding a Top Fuel dragster for having shite gas mileage.

"We liked that this car can do 0-60 in 0.7s and a quarter mile in 3.7 @ 300mph.. But, it consumes 11G of fuel a second -- So, 12th place"

[7WSM]

Having 2 cars that even made the top 10 is saying a lot about what GM is doing right now. Most manufacturers are even lucky to have 1.

[Xlr8ion]

Originally Posted by hotlap

ZL1-1LE is #5. They mentioned the rough ride. I didn't have time to watch the others yet.

No it's not the AMG is 5th.

[Can'tHave2MuchHP]

Originally Posted by Mr. Meh

Eh, I wouldn't stress too much.. From what I saw, it was yet another gripe about the ride quality.. Like that's surprising.

It's a 70K car that punches out cars 3x that.. Isn't on the ragged edge of a tune.. Replacement parts are incredibly cheap compared to ~some~ other mfg cars. The TCO of a ZL1 1LE is relatively mild given what you can do with it.

I don't get some rag publishers.. They're the kind that would ding a Top Fuel dragster for having shite gas mileage.

"We liked that this car can do 0-60 in 0.7s and a quarter mile in 3.7 @ 300mph.. But, it consumes 11G of fuel a second -- So, 12th place"

Oh I completely agree with you, it's not Chevy's fault it's just the magazines. Magazines usually just like the all around car and rarely understand THE REASON behind certain "flaws", for example, on a top fuel dragster would be BECAUSE it's so fast in a straight line. The reason behind the stiffness of a ZL1 1LE is because it can run a 7:14 or whatever 'Ring time.

They'd take a Porsche that's significantly slower in most measure but since the balance and comfort is there, good enough, it's the BDC. I originally thought that a "Driver's Car" was a performance oriented car that a "Driver" (Not a granny) would like to get in and push. Remember in the ZL1 review, he pointed out that the SS 1LE was a "Serious Driver's Car". Well, the ZL1 1LE is a SERIOUS drivers car so...

Oh well. I still think Chevy builds the best non-exotic performance cars out there, bar none. No magazine will shake that.

[cleoent]

Originally Posted by Xlr8ion

No it's not the AMG is 5th.

The video says ZL1-1LE is 5th.

[Mr. Meh]

Originally Posted by Can'tHave2MuchHP

Oh I completely agree with you, it's not Chevy's fault it's just the magazines. Magazines usually just like the all around car and rarely understand THE REASON behind certain "flaws", for example, on a top fuel dragster would be BECAUSE it's so fast in a straight line. The reason behind the stiffness of a ZL1 1LE is because it can run a 7:14 or whatever 'Ring time.

They'd take a Porsche that's significantly slower in most measure but since the balance and comfort is there, good enough, it's the BDC. I originally thought that a "Driver's Car" was a performance oriented car that a "Driver" (Not a granny) would like to get in and push. Remember in the ZL1 review, he pointed out that the SS 1LE was a "Serious Driver's Car". Well, the ZL1 1LE is a SERIOUS drivers car so...

Oh well. I still think Chevy builds the best non-exotic performance cars out there, bar none. No magazine will shake that.

Yep.. right there with you... A lot of times, these reviews have me then then as I walk off to my 12th of 13th jalopy...

[mcsoul]

Aside from the subjective winners, do we know the Randy Probst lap time ranking?

[Can'tHave2MuchHP]

Originally Posted by Mr. Meh

Yep.. right there with you... A lot of times, these reviews have me then then as I walk off to my 12th of 13th jalopy...

Yeah, just going to hop into my 650 HP, supercar killing, heap (DNF) POS.

[seanblurr]

I would hardly say "chevy had a bad year" simply because some magazine didn't pick the car as their favorite.