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Subject: [Leica] Was: a serious question - now all kinds of VWs
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Fri Sep 26 07:31:45 2008

It weighs 1.7 tonnes. That is -very- heavy in my book. FWIW an extra 10kg is 
a loss of around 0.35 secs per lap on a typical GP circuit, to put this in a 
little perspective this is about the same effect as 20 bhp.
There is no doubt the GTR is fast. It would be really fast if it weighed 
less!
Frank

--- On Fri, 26/9/08, Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net> wrote:

> From: Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Was:  a serious question - now  all kinds of VWs
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Friday, 26 September, 2008, 3:18 PM
> Really quick???  It set the record on the Nurburgring course
> beating the 
> old Porsche record by 3 seconds. It does 0-60 in 3.2
> seconds.  That is 
> quick in my book.  When I rode in it and we rocketed up to
> about 100 
> then down to zed in a  short distance my head was
> spinning...and I do 
> not get motion sick.  That bloody car was a RIDE.  On a
> curvy road it 
> was a ton of fun...it is the kind of car if I had I'd
> be dead very 
> quickly. LOL
> 
> BTW if anyone wants to read about a shoot I did for it and
> Snap-On see 
> my blog:
> 
> http://mcclary.net/blog/?p=625
> 
> 
> 
> FRANK DERNIE wrote:
> > It is still too heavy, it would be really quick if it
> weighed a bit less,
> > and the brakes and tyres would degrade less.
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 26/9/08, Harrison McClary
> <lists@mcclary.net> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Was:  a serious question -
> now  all kinds of VWs
> >> To: "Leica Users Group"
> <lug@leica-users.org>
> >> Date: Friday, 26 September, 2008, 2:11 PM
> >> What about the Nissan GTR?  That thing is a
> screamer.
> >>
> >>
> >> FRANK DERNIE wrote:
> >>     
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> And Bugatti and Lamborghini
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> these are hideously overweight too. Not proper
> sports
> >>>       
> >> cars. One of the most important aspects of a
> sporting car is
> >> a low weight, only Porsche and Ferrari still make
> light
> >> sportscars, the rest are 2 seat limos.
> >>     
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> -- 
> >> Harrison McClary
> >> Harrison McClary Photography
> >> harrison@mcclary.net
> >> http://www.mcclary.net
> >> ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography
> >> http://www.imagestocksouth.com
> >> Tobacco Road: Personal Blog:
> >> http://www.mcclary.net/blog
> >>
> >>
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