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Corvette round the Nurburgring
« on: 10 July 2008, 22:46:52 »
Wow! This is great in-car footage of the Corvette ZR-1 lapping the Nurburgring in 7:26.4 and hitting 180mph at one point.  :o

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/10/video-gm-releases-corvette-zr1s-7-26-4-ring-attack/
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #1 on: 10 July 2008, 23:42:13 »
Nice. I think i could be going on a bit of a holiday in my 3.0 ;)
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #2 on: 10 July 2008, 23:42:29 »
Well Jim looks like he knows his way around it. The torque on that 'vette looks incredible
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #3 on: 10 July 2008, 23:44:08 »
And it sounds great.
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #4 on: 11 July 2008, 00:16:53 »
I wonder how the Z06 compares to it?
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #5 on: 11 July 2008, 00:24:37 »
i have a short list of things to do before i go to the great forum in the sky,and riding a bike around the ring is one of them. actually might be best to leave that one until last as it might mean not getting to do the others. ;D ;D
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #6 on: 11 July 2008, 00:43:27 »
I would beat him on my Playstation 2 ;D
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #7 on: 11 July 2008, 00:44:09 »
I love that track:y
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #8 on: 11 July 2008, 00:44:27 »
would you beat him on the blunderbus though ? ;D ;D
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #9 on: 11 July 2008, 00:45:17 »
Er..... not yet ;D
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #10 on: 11 July 2008, 00:49:27 »
you should do,its got enough grunt  :y.....about 140bhp iirc.
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #11 on: 11 July 2008, 09:15:57 »
The Ring - how not to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Qxic6qj3E

 ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #12 on: 11 July 2008, 10:56:07 »
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The Ring - how not to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Qxic6qj3E

 ;D ;D ;D

Kevin

Brilliant stuff.  :y

What a plonker!!!!  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #13 on: 11 July 2008, 19:21:34 »
On the same page, could this be the future of the car ? http://www.autoblog.com/photos/roush-horse-trainer/892822  Would be fun driving thro London in that !

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Re: Corvette round the Nurburgring
« Reply #14 on: 11 July 2008, 19:31:51 »
PMSL  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  If it does then just watch out for the hay, strw and grass taxes the Government impose.
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