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01-13-2013, 11:05 PM
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R1, "A Superior Addiction"
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Location: NJ
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Originally Posted by BrnEyzR1
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Well they must be stupid then, lol... there is not one year I could say I don't like. If I wasn't a poor sucker I'd own any year. 
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01-14-2013, 12:45 AM
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It's got pegs, shocks...LUCKY!
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Jax, FL
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I am suddenly hating Australia right now. I bet for the price that is going to cost in the US, you can't even buy a new STi here.... and to get one over here would probably be well over $200k for the lowest model.
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01-14-2013, 12:46 AM
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It's got pegs, shocks...LUCKY!
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Jax, FL
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Originally Posted by cyclepsycho7
Well they must be stupid then, lol... there is not one year I could say I don't like. If I wasn't a poor sucker I'd own any year. |
I LOVE Corvettes, but I wouldn't own a late 80's/ early 90's model. They are bland to me.
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01-14-2013, 05:20 AM
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Hacked up R1s rock!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Bikes: 2003 YZF-R1
Location: Upstate, NY
Posts: 8,484
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I hate ...................... that I can't afford one. lol
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01-14-2013, 05:39 AM
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I eat my R1
Join Date: Feb 2012
Bikes: 2004 R1
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 644
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Wow..not one bad review from y'all? Well I'll be the devil's advocate. I'm not a fan...it might grow on me after I see it in person. But so far I can't decide if I like it. The rear is mediocre, the side view is ok, and the front looks ugly as fook. Looks too much like a Ferrari...maybe even a little bit like a Lotus. Performance wise I'm sure its amazing. I think I read that its the most aerodynamic vette ever made. And the engine has x million hrs of technology put into it.
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01-14-2013, 05:48 AM
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I eat my R1
Join Date: Mar 2005
Bikes: 08 R1
Location: Upstate NY
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Looks pretty sweet to me? For that price you could buy that, mod the f)ck out of it and kill everything else.
I love vettes!!!
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01-14-2013, 05:50 AM
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my girlfriend likes girls
Join Date: Jul 2005
Bikes: Vman1300's 05 R1
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 10,338
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Originally Posted by ClayB_R1
Wow..not one bad review from y'all? Well I'll be the devil's advocate. I'm not a fan...it might grow on me after I see it in person. But so far I can't decide if I like it. The rear is mediocre, the side view is ok, and the front looks ugly as fook. Looks too much like a Ferrari...maybe even a little bit like a Lotus. Performance wise I'm sure its amazing. I think I read that its the most aerodynamic vette ever made. And the engine has x million hrs of technology put into it.
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apparently you didnt read either one of my posts... allow me to clear up any confusion... corvette im sure is amazing... unlike lotus which has looks but underwhelming performance.... maybe a picture would help... yeah?
here we have corvette vs. lotus... vette on the left... lotus on the right
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01-14-2013, 05:53 AM
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I eat my R1
Join Date: Feb 2012
Bikes: 2004 R1
Location: Charleston, SC
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These pics make it look a little better, imo
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01-14-2013, 06:23 AM
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SuperMod Abuser
Join Date: Nov 2004
Bikes: 2000 R1; 1999 R1 trackwhore; Sold: 1999 R1, 2000 Ducati 996, 2007 R6r, 2008 R6s
Location: Central Texas
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Looks like they ripped off the body lines of a GTR. 
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01-14-2013, 06:24 AM
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INSTIGATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE
Join Date: Apr 2009
Bikes: 2003 R1 SPECIAL EDITION
Location: Pflugerville, TEXAS
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Meh, vette is a bad ass platform just not my cup o tea
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01-14-2013, 07:13 AM
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Take the red pill
Join Date: Oct 2008
Bikes: '09 R1
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by Gearheaded
You copy and paste that directly from "Chevy hating" Car and Driver?
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Nope. Posted my thoughts. I don't read that rag or Motor Trend either. 
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01-14-2013, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Bikes: 2012 Yamaha R1 Raven - 2006 Yamaha R1 50th Anniversary (sold)
Location: Southern Cali
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Originally Posted by BrnEyzR1
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...And the quite a few that don't are driving something comparable like it's italian counterparts? Maserati? German competitors? Nah, they are probably hopping in their WRX's, EVO's, and 350Z's 
I'm looking to purchase a vehicle within the next 6 months around this price range, however, it will not be the vette, but to say I don't like the 2014 is #lies
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01-14-2013, 09:04 AM
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MummyMan
Join Date: Dec 2003
Bikes: 1999 r1, 07 GSXR 1k
Location: Austin, TX y'all
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Sucks the engine is smaller as well, but hopefully with weight reduction and technology it will still be a better platform for a performance car then the C6 was. C6 was a badass platform as well.
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01-14-2013, 09:08 AM
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Bikes: 2012 Yamaha R1 Raven - 2006 Yamaha R1 50th Anniversary (sold)
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Originally Posted by gsxcorey
Sucks the engine is smaller as well, but hopefully with weight reduction and technology it will still be a better platform for a performance car then the C6 was. C6 was a badass platform as well.
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01-14-2013, 09:20 AM
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my girlfriend likes girls
Join Date: Jul 2005
Bikes: Vman1300's 05 R1
Location: Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by gsxcorey
Sucks the engine is smaller as well, but hopefully with weight reduction and technology it will still be a better platform for a performance car then the C6 was. C6 was a badass platform as well.
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thats the govt running shit over at GM... by 2020 the corvette is gonna be a fvckin hybrid at this rate
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01-14-2013, 12:32 PM
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Take the red pill
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Originally Posted by InkedR1Pilot
thats the govt running shit over at GM... by 2020 the corvette is gonna be a fvckin hybrid at this rate
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Maybe I'm missing something but the new shortblock has more power, the car is faster, and the MPG is supposed to be better so if that is hybridization then it's pretty got damn good.
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01-14-2013, 12:52 PM
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The "Wog" and only
Join Date: Mar 2010
Bikes: Less than I want
Location: Fort Myers, FL.
Posts: 2,325
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Not too bad, still rather have a GT-R.
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01-14-2013, 12:54 PM
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my girlfriend likes girls
Join Date: Jul 2005
Bikes: Vman1300's 05 R1
Location: Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by drjak
Maybe I'm missing something but the new shortblock has more power, the car is faster, and the MPG is supposed to be better so if that is hybridization then it's pretty got damn good.
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good catch... i was reading the wrong specs.... still cant convince me it looks good though 
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01-14-2013, 12:55 PM
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#39
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I got stanky on my hang down
Join Date: Apr 2004
Bikes: 2004 R1 Silver #1673 (fastest color)
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 9,554
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I got to watch it go around the proving ground in Milford a while back. It sounds amazing and looked like one of those tyco race cars from when I was a kid. The ones you put on the electric track and raced around. It's glued to the track. They make me leave my phone in my truck so I can't take video or photos while I'm there. I wish I had the coin to buy one.
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01-14-2013, 02:28 PM
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#40
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I eat my R1
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Posts: 1,508
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Originally Posted by SPanega SS
Not too bad, still rather have a GT-R.
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So would I, but wouldn't mind saving $40k. Aren't going to find a GT-R for less than $100k.
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