German Car Zone

Sunny · 10-23-2007, 01:18 PM

Couple of points, one, I think even if SLK BS weighed 100kg or even 200 Kg lighter, IMO, it would still be slower than GT3. See how GT3 is even faster than a super light Caterham R400 in some recent test.

Second, to say a car A would be better than B if it weighed lighter is just childish.What is next? if it had 700 more HP, it would be better than Veyron??

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Originally Posted by drronh

BTW where I come from we use PS Cups as rain tires. Hoosier R6, Bridgestone R1, and Pirelli P Zero Corsa are some dry tires.

You have some big balls. I have cups on my car and while they are ok to tip-toe back home when wet, I dare not push.

Tarek · 10-23-2007, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bmer

Well, I just feel it's somewhat pointless to keep on arguing that SLK could beat GT3 if it only was lighter, had more power... etc. etc. After all, the GT3 is car in the 911 range that Porsche has refined to perfection and it knows how to build cars like this. SLK was never meant to be a similar pure sportscar from the beginning. It's a small hard-top roadster for cruising and that's why it's inferior to the 911 on the basis alone. I would almost say that there is some magic that Porsche puts to the GT3.

I guess u misunderstood me,i did mean that the SLK55 would have performed better with the mentioned reasons,the GT3 is the ultimate 911 which is very hard to beat,it takes supercars to match it's performance.

Tarek · 10-23-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunny

Second, to say a car A would be better than B if it weighed lighter is just childish.What is next? if it had 700 more HP, it would be better than Veyron??

That's not the point at all,every kid outthere knows how much weight can affect the handling,a more stripped out SLK55 would definitely perform better than the current SLK55.

Sunny · 10-23-2007, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by atuv

That's not the point at all,every kid outthere knows how much weight can affect the handling,a more stripped out SLK55 would definitely perform better than the current SLK55.

Yes it would perform better. But like you your self said, saying a car would perform better if only it weighed lighter is stating the obvious - doesn't really add anything to the discussion.