More Z06 Corvette 'Ring Controversy
On the other hand, I'm not aware of any other street tires that are made in the Z06's sizes, so I'm not sure what to conclude...
Jul 27, 2005 4:34:37 PM
Jul 27, 2005 5:10:42 PM
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JimFlat6 said:
Carlos, the only tires to be offered will be run flats.
Jul 27, 2005 5:44:21 PM
Jul 27, 2005 6:01:17 PM
Jul 27, 2005 6:07:29 PM
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Will corvette offer those "normal" tires as an option (like the F430) or will onwners have to buy it with run flats and then ditch them for normal ones?
Jul 27, 2005 6:09:59 PM
Jul 27, 2005 6:24:26 PM
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Carlos from Spain said:
I see, thats a shame I think. Thanks Jim & Grant.
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JimFlat6 said:
...they have poorly handled the entire affair. I suspect that they are more naive than deceptive.
Jul 27, 2005 6:43:35 PM
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Carlos from Spain said:
I see, thats a shame I think. Thanks Jim & Grant.
I think the stock tires can be considered the "break-in" tires. Just as the motor can't be redlined when new, these can be the training tires.
I imagine the owners of Z06's will be changing tires rather often with such a torquey and powerful car, so they'll likely be used up in short order, so you can replace them with real rubber![]()
Jul 27, 2005 6:51:28 PM
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LowPolarMoment said:
Is it really a given that you can't make a run flat tire that offers truly high performance?
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JimFlat6 said:
...they have poorly handled the entire affair. I suspect that they are more naive than deceptive.
It does have the appearance of being poorly handled by GM, but I'm not so sure.
For several weeks, the press have been posession of accurate information about Magnussen's run but GM asked them not to release it until a certain time, to ensure that weekly and Internet publications wouldn't have an unfar advantage over monthly publications and the information would be released from all sources simultaneously. Most likely members of the press were present to witness Magnussen's run and we'll all hear about it soon.
So far all we've seen is speculative spy reports from a few in the automotive press. It is these inaccurate spy reports, with varying information, that have caused this confusion and controversy. David Hill made mention of the time only becuse the information was already out.
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JimFlat6 said:
Hoosier will be the first to offer track tires for it.
Since Corvette plans a 7000 car run for 2006,Im sure that other tire companies will offer non run flat street tires for it.
The reason it comes with run flats is to save weight from having a spare tire and wheel. The distances in the US are much greater between towns, so to many, run flats makes sense.
Who wants to be stranded 100 miles from any town with a flat Michelin Pilot Cup tire and no spare? At least thats what GMs lawyers tell them.
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666 Z06 said:
When it comes to exclusivity, you have to pay to play.
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Grant said:
Porsche sold around 8,000 911-based models last year (including 997, 997S, TT, TTS, TTSCab, C4SCab, GT3, GT2, etc.). How many total Corvettes were sold?
If you compare 7,000 Z06's to the top tier of 911's (GT2 and GT3), then I think there are at least 12:1 more Z06's (or monthly totals of Z06's equal annual total of GT2/3), Nick...
Jul 27, 2005 10:09:54 PM
Jul 27, 2005 10:20:29 PM
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Grant said:
Nick - This is my source:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/07/27/porsche_panamera/index.html
"The company expects to sell at least 20,000 Panameras per year, according to the announcement, which would make it the company's most popular model by far. Porsche is currently on track to sell about 9,600 Boxster sports cars this year, about 14,000 Cayenne SUVs and about 8,000 911 sports cars."
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JimFlat6 said:
Nick Nick Nick .......
Oh yes....tar Porsche with the platform engineering brush as if they are just comon rubbish. You can paint Aston Martin with that also if you wish. Big deal.
I think you are a tad over obsessed with "exclusivity." If you are sooooo concerned with exclusivity, you could always get divorced and then marry Dennis Rodman and drive around town in a custom stretched yellow Mini Cooper convertible.
Would that be exclusive enough for you???![]()
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nberry said:Quote:
JimFlat6 said:
Nick Nick Nick .......
Oh yes....tar Porsche with the platform engineering brush as if they are just comon rubbish. You can paint Aston Martin with that also if you wish. Big deal.![]()
I think you are a tad over obsessed with "exclusivity." If you are sooooo concerned with exclusivity, you could always get divorced and then marry Dennis Rodman and drive around town in a custom stretched yellow Mini Cooper convertible.![]()
Would that be exclusive enough for you???![]()
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Comrade Jim quit thinking like a proletariat. Those that do envitably become one.![]()
Exclusivity is what distinguishes the important and rare from the common. Porsche suffer horrendous depreciation because they are VERY common. Porsche as a company made a conscious decision to make it so. What they did not do was adjust prices accordingly. Thus their owners pay a steep price for their Porsche ownership.However Porsche as a company makes a lot of money.
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