balthazar
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According to nurburinglaptimes, the '12 Corvette ZR1 posted a 7:19.63, and the '13 nissan GTR (AWD) posted a 7:19.10. It's getting the power down totally on par with AWD (which is I assume your implication). No worries.
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For the people who buy these above-mentioned cars, they have neither knowledge or a care which wheels are driving. It's NOT a selling point for 98% of sales of any of them- volvo, acura, mercedes or BMW. We are YET AGAIN brought back to Daimler's newest & highest-hope product- the FWD CLA.
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They're not setting any benchmarks with the CLA, that's for sure.
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>>...except for who really cares about competing with anything Lincoln makes.<< Mercedes feels it's justifiable to build vehicles that sell only 2-300 units/mth (g-class SUV); that's less than HALF on any Lincoln SUV. NOT at all saying they're direct competitors but a lux SUV sales is a sale and some consumers don't bother to adhere to the tight segments we go by. Sometimes functionality trumps other criteria, and these pretty much all do the same thing- sit the occupants up higher than a sedan. Mercedes & BMW dismissed the CTS when it came out, and it's a major segment player now. There's not much expense in studying your opposition, even if enthusiasts believe it's well below your level.
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sales?? Who cares about sales volume in the luxury segment..... oh yea, almost forgot; it's Daimler's El Numero Uno / Prime Directive. Too bad Daimler has no volume brand they can maintain the exclusivity of their MB brand; that ship sailed many years ago! Now they slog it out in dollar store parking lots, the mainstream brand for those with luxury aspirations. ATS should be the benchmark for their next c-class development, as far as driving, steering, braking, handling goes, not BMW. >>Mercedes isn't using an engine from 20 years ago<< ... but they are using an SUV from 40 years ago.
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I moved a LeBaron convert (top down) today, but only about a tenth of a mile. Didn't do much for me, I must say.
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My problem is I dislike sleeping. I get right about 5.5 - 6 hrs/night, and that's too much. I got $h! to do. Back issues are another issue- my mattress is only a few months old, my back situation is not due to the mattress. Doesn't keep me awake- I sleep like stone. I hear many folk sleep less as they get older- I am looking forward to that.
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3-series went soft & numb, not a good target. Besides, if the c-class is THAT FANTASTIC, no prospective buyer would ever turn a fresh one up. What's up with MB allowing the C to languish for 7 years?? That's W-Body territory, no?
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CLA cannibalizing sales from the c-class?
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Sounds like public road work. Who agreed to that? The people that hired them (but aren't paying them).
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Idle sounds very good, but the revving sounds a bit tinny, almost like it's fighting to exhale. I'm not a big fan of the 'thin' exhaust note. Disclaimer: just had a ride in a 502 '55 Bel Air with Flowmaster 40s/ no tails on it this afternoon; my judgement might be momentarily skewed.
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Pace cars are a neat historical footnote, but the positions are bought as opposed to 'earned'. Maybe at some point way back this was not the case.
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'63 Impala 2-dr hardtop, white over yellow, minty, parked '67 Nova 2-dr hardtop, deep red, howling down back country road '68 Ford Torino 2-dr fastback, dark blue I think, burbling down back road.
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No one knows what platforms are under what vehicles besides a handful of internet wackos.
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In general this goes end-around the problem. We're talking about tax rates & methods in order to fund infrastructure, but it is those on control of collection/distribution that are the problem. 75 billion isn't enough but they're pulling money out to pay for other projects??? THERE'S your problem area. When Joe Blow takes money that doesn't belong to him, its larceny or embezzlement. When politicians do it, taxes have to be increased. Lawlessness, or at least from common sense & stated purpose.
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>>"My thought is that the gas tax would drop by a similar amount to what could be expected to be recouped via the mileage based tax..."<< Don't hold your breath.
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'48-50 Ford F-1, dark blue, cheapie chrome wheels, chopped about 3 inches, nice shape, in the Home Depot lot.
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>>"Because a Prius weighs more than a Corvette, so if it is about road damage and wear and tear, why should the Prius driver pay 1/2 or 1/3 as much in tax as a Corvette driver?"<< Because there is no quantified data to show a prius does ANY more wear to a given roadway than a Corvette does. Therefore, in the absence of proof, this is nothing more than a penalty for drivers who made a choice to burn less fuel/mile ... which is exactly what Gov't is strongly advocating, all the time. Which F'ing way do they want it (if they have any collective view)??
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Many in Japan would Eat. This. Up.
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Then perhaps DC should consider using a greater percentage of the gas tax on actual roads/bridges, than that which they manage to squeeze out now. But that's not the way our broken-assed system works; I know.
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It was an Army vehicle when it was designed FORTY years ago and when outfitted as such. Time has marched on; while others have made very tangible improvements, the g-wagon has been transformed into a blingy dinosaur intended for gazing on paved roads, riding on a simply ancient chassis. Daimler just killed off the so-called 'professional series', which was a stripped down version specifically intended for off road, instead adding more bling & gimmicks & power to the 'pavement series'. It really doesn't matter in the big picture; the G is a boutique car that very very few people buy; sales are excruciatingly low.
