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BMI`s principal tester is Matahoru Kurosawa aka Gan San a very experienced driver and Ex F1 pilot. They test on real circuits :wink: even Formula 1 like Suzuka, and when they test non japanese cars they are objective , unlike their european counterparts. Probably St Anger our Porsche expert wasn`t happy at all to see Porches beaten on track by older Ferrari`s , in circumstances defavourable for the cars produced in Maranello . meaning the car with the fastest time had the last position on the start grile. But hey , just watch the video :mrgreen: |
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Listen, as you probably know, I LOVE Ferrari, and its not like I'm trying to diss them. All I'm doing is being completely objective. The numbers do not lie. And don't believe this "german magazines are completely biased" crap, because blaming others never really gives much weight to an argument. |
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I always saw BM as entertainment but little to non reference like top gear? :? |
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I cant believe you even mention the F430 Vs. Clubsport "battle". Did you watch that even? Did you follow the discussion when that video was posted? lol man..... And when did that rappage of the 360 take place? Damn all I remeber is them having a slight difference but to the eye a car length or two looks like something major. You say a second difference at short track somehow makes a car that much faster? Do you know what goes into setting a proper lap time? Some two auto mag reviewrs going at it having only 20 hours experiance in each car = nothing. Like RC once said.....damn Im quoting RC here.......all the new sports cars Z06s, 991s, F-Cars are run so close together that its all down to the driver to make up the difference. |
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However it is completly wrong to put BM in the same boat as Top Gear. BM can give you a good idea of a cars performance but nothing concrete. |
hmmm, whenever i see a BM "comparison" thereīre......i donīt know 4 to 6 different drivers....... and all in all itīs more or less only show - i mean RAMMIUS i donīt know how skilled u are at the track meaning how many kmīs your have done in sportscars - i can tell u i have done some 100k km in cars like they test there therefore i think i can rank a driver just seeing him driving quite good as iīm not the worst driver myself - and when i see some of their sliding around and just catastrophic car control and feel - well sorry but they should better attend a decent racing school first and then try again.
i donīt know if uīd be in but i bet any youngster out of our motorsport program would beat them head to head easily........easily!!! uīre talking like uīre quite into all that stuff but unfortunately i donīt see your point why u rate them so high? can u please comment on that in your upcomming post, donīt get me wrong, i definitely donīt just want to prove u wrong iīm only interested on the details of your estimation :) another thing i clearly remember - their chief test driver Kurosawaīs been to date the only tester complaining in that form on the CGT - well, what a pitty when he can only handle the soft boiled cars with all their el. aids - itīs always quite funny seeing that they ALL leave PSM / TC on and not off :wink: quite a good indicator on how ambitious they are when they want to lap a clocked time :lol: - what he criticised on the GT is just ridiculous and then he even bought one for himself........ :roll: itīs been just a pain in the ass when i saw his clocked lap at Suzuka, heīs been FAR away from the limit of the car especially on the brake !!! personally i donīt have a problem when they do......whatever...... and when EVERY Porsche would loose even against a Ford Transit in their tests :lol: itīs like that, that industry donīt care at all and so do we, the only independent respected source for comparison is Sport Auto and their Supertest and i couldnīt think of any argument against that. of course iīm open for all questions on all this and would be more than happy to participate in that discussion further :P |
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What the hell are you saying????? They are professional racers. Some of them have won at Le Mans, others have won the GT500 and the Super Taikyu. |
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it is simple whait is yellow and comes from the rising sun is banned on jabba
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personally i think the main aim of BM should be entertaining track driving - and whatīs so bad about that anyways - but again - this driving and the result is far away from a decent test and a decent test is ONLY a valid lap time when talking about such cars... compare this with e.g. a lap of TGīs "Stigg" i mean this guy is also a bit too much sideways for my taste in their videos - therefore slower...but well... in the end they may be all good drivers and even when theyīve been F1 drivers (which has nothing to do with sports car driving :wink: ) - in their "shows" their hard work for a good lap time ranking cars is more or less only show... :) |
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There are some medium drivers there , but they only get the toys , the real cars are driven by competent drivers , in Japan this is how stuff works .
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I`ll give him credit :wink: And I think he bought the car before testing that one . Quote:
Maybe he knows a little bit more than you , especially on that track , maybe the brakes didn`t reach the optimum temperature , or maybe he was just trying to know the car . First you said Quote:
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so these japanese drivers are quite good , if they manage to powerslide with PSM/TC put ON. :lol: Not to mention that some don`t have nothing to switch off : the F40 and F50 that beat the crap out of Porsche . Of course St Anger , youi`re a Porsche employee , very good for you , I don`t expect you to be objective :wink: Take care |
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