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ORIGINAL: Lee Willis

Actually, his original story was very clear about the cars he claimed he ran and I guessed correctly that it was the Mustang Cobra.  I do consider all three -- Viper, Porsche, and Cobra among "the top dogs on the street" (as is the 'vette) even if they are not all the very fastest in every category.    But I'm not adolescent enough in my thinking to let what I own cloud my judgement -- vettes' are very fast but not the fastest out there, by far.
  Upon looking up some facts, however, do I think that in addition to the Viper, the Porsche actually should have beat a lightly modded C6 -- he claimed he ran a Carrera 2S.  According to Road and Track the 4S (147 lb heavier than the 2S) runs the quarter in 12.6 versus 12.8 for a standard C6.  R&T's figures are usually slow for any car but their relative times are always very dependable measures of relative performance.  I'd expect a 2S coupe to take the C6 off the line but the 200 lb heavier convertible to only hang with it, but both the 2S coupe or convertible to slowly out-accelerate it from 75 on up, and then just walka way from it above 100.  One the particularly wrong facts int he original post was that Corvettes are fast due to gearing.  Ifn fact they are geared for acceleration in 1st through 3rd and economy on the top three gears.  By contrast, Porsches are geared well all the way to the top--they will just reach top speed at rev limit in top gear, meaning that from 100 up they have 4th, 5th and 6th nicely and closely spaced.  The result is that C5s and C6s are relative dogs once they get into 4th compared to the either S model.

  And you are right, Chargedvette, the Cobra is heavy, and thus not that fast ( a 500 HPcar that can, according to R&T again, only equal the 1/4 mile time of a a standard 400 HP C6.  But the GT500 is a very  nice car.  I drove one at my son's dealership and while it does feel heavy (at least, when driven back to back with Porsche), it had a very well-made, smooth, and precision feel which surprised me, and just great torque.  And it was comfortable and roomy.  It reminds me of the Chrysler 300s of the mid 50s -- big and powerful and heavy and the ultimate cross country road car, particularly if you planning on traveling at 100+mph speeds for long distances.

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ORIGINAL: Lee Willis

Oh, I agree with you . . . . GT 500s are heavy, and big, but my point is that they are fairly nice cars.  It's even worse with car I'm thinking about, the Bentley Continental GT. It weighs 5200 lbs!! But it has a 552 HP twin turbo engine and so it moves damn good for its weight -- almost as good as the GT500.  I guess my point is that there is more to a car than pure speed (otherwise I'd drive a Lotus), and at least at my age, ride, comfort, and interior style matter a lot. 

I'm not so far gone that you'll see me in a Buick anytime soon, but a 5200 lb. Bentley -- maybe in time . . .

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ORIGINAL: chargedvette02

Just so you know CoolestCorvette, Lee really knows what hes talking about, I don't think hes picking on you just trying to be logical. Just look through this racing forum and you will see he has gone quite fast on public roads (look at lees top speed thread). He also does it at times where it is safe. I would take what he says to heart for the most part, he has a bad ass vette and basically knows all the ins and outs of these C5s. Anyway good kills and be safe!

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ORIGINAL: Lee Willis

Oh, come on scramblerman.  You don't think we're that stupid, do you?

Anything can happen on the street, but this didn't happen . . . and I think you know it very well . . . .

Don't bother arguing or protesting, I won't reply.  See, I know . . . .