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RC45 · 02-08-2006, 05:07 PM

...been scanned and posted yet?

yg60m · 02-08-2006, 05:42 PM

LOL, not yet to my knowledge

I think TT should receive it soon ...

1zippo1 · 02-08-2006, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by RC45

...been scanned and posted yet?

I've just read it. But I won't give away any spoilers, I'm interested in your reaction however.

I've got a scanner but the quality sucks compared to TT's scans and it's detached from the pc now.

I can try to scan it first thing in the morning (makes to much noice, I may wake the rest up).

EDIT: tried it anyway and I did wake my dad up. So I'm going to continue in the morning.

No.1 · 02-08-2006, 06:32 PM

Not read it yet - its in a pile waiting to be read.

ops:

It will be very interesting to see how it fares againt the carss that they have selected it to compete with - they found it hard to pick a set of cars, but disregarded price to see if it could be the best.

RC45 · 02-08-2006, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by 1zippo1

Originally Posted by RC45

...been scanned and posted yet?

I've just read it. But I won't give away any spoilers, I'm interested in your reaction however.

I've got a scanner but the quality sucks compared to TT's scans and it's detached from the pc now.

I can try to scan it first thing in the morning (makes to much noice, I may wake the rest up).

EDIT: tried it anyway and I did wake my dad up. So I'm going to continue in the morning.

I've already seen the text content - and it is a semi-positive report that does it's best to bad mouth the car where possible - except in cases where they had to compliment it.

It pretty much says "Not bad - for an American car"

But we have to accept that it will never be possible for a Euro-mag to ever come right out and say "this American car is awesome" - which they often do for Euro cars...

But as always, the proof is on the street for people to witness

1zippo1 · 02-09-2006, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by RC45

I've already seen the text content - and it is a semi-positive report that does it's best to bad mouth the car where possible - except in cases where they had to compliment it.

It pretty much says "Not bad - for an American car"

But we have to accept that it will never be possible for a Euro-mag to ever come right out and say "this American car is awesome" - which they often do for Euro cars...

But as always, the proof is on the street for people to witness

No offence but you're getting a bit predictable.

I must agree on the fact that the arguements aren't so clear. If you read the text you would think the GT3RS would only get like max 4 stars and the Noble a 5 star rating.

On the other hand, in general I quite thrust EVO's oppinion. I'm just waiting for other reports to confirm this.

Oh and they did praise one american car: The Ford GT, car of the year remember.

PS: no time to scan them now, got to go.

RC45 · 02-09-2006, 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by 1zippo1

No offence but you're getting a bit predictable.

Predictable because I tell it like it is - not like you want to hear it?

1zippo1 · 02-09-2006, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by RC45

Originally Posted by 1zippo1

No offence but you're getting a bit predictable.

Predictable because I tell it like it is - not like you want to hear it?

good reply, I'll give you that

You know what I mean. If they say it's not perfect, they're wrong.

RC45 · 02-09-2006, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by 1zippo1

You know what I mean. If they say it's not perfect, they're wrong.

Not at all - they don't even criticise the correct areas..

nthfinity · 02-09-2006, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by RC45

Originally Posted by 1zippo1

You know what I mean. If they say it's not perfect, they're wrong.

Not at all - they don't even criticise the correct areas..

of course the Z06 crap below 5000 revs

BTW... whats with your current costom title?

1zippo1 · 02-09-2006, 12:58 PM

As I promised: here are the scans for the article, that's till TT gets the time to scan it properly.

IMO you can't compare to the autocar review.

RC45 · 02-09-2006, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by nthfinity

BTW... whats with your current costom title?

Figured I would like to see what it looks like - since when yyou're banned from a site, you can't log in to see you banned title. hehe

TNT · 02-09-2006, 01:35 PM

missing three pages for me... but that nobel is sick.

Shinigami · 02-09-2006, 01:57 PM

I like the look of the Z06 engine. The red bits look quite pleasing to me. Dunno why, but I really like engines where red is blended in with black, and the dual red covers give it even more of a muscle look.

Do those covers come off easily? Are they hollow?

RC45 · 02-09-2006, 02:53 PM

The red fuel rail covers are just a plastic shield protecting the fuel injector solenoids and associated hardware.

Simple to take off and replace.

I find this bit quite funny...

In fourth, the Z06 will haul relentlesslt from walking pace right the way through to 170mph

Why would you do that? The entire point of a free revving 6-speed manual transmission to start in the lowest gear and tear a whole in the space-time continuum as you rush towards your goal.

Only old geezers in frigging Mercedes Benz's are interested in how long it takes to go from stop to not stopped in top gear

I guess the uninitiated are obsessed with "letting big engines run at low rpms" and do not realize the modern V8 is an RPM hungry nutter - that is simply begging to be thrashed through the gears at red line.

This may explain the other testers saying it felt gutless below 5,000rpm.. um in 4th and 5th gear in probably did... I guarantee you I could have that tester peeing his pants if we did the same excercise from 1st