Jul 4, 2007 3:16:55 AM
- Ron (Houston)
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Jul 4, 2007 3:16:55 AM
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TT Gasman said:Quote:
nberry said:
It is slowly morphing from a sport car to a full blown GT to compete with the SL's and BMW's.
Rest assured Nick, the Turbo will still eat your Ferrari alive!
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nberry said:Quote:
TT Gasman said:Quote:
nberry said:
It is slowly morphing from a sport car to a full blown GT to compete with the SL's and BMW's.
Rest assured Nick, the Turbo will still eat your Ferrari alive!
Most tests by various magazines have found the cars very close in performance. Not bad for a car that was introduced in 2005. The 997TT has been put out to pasture by the Z06, GT3, GTRS and soon the GT2. Wouldn't 997TT owners be better off with a SL? I am told the SL55 eats up the tt in straight line acceleration.
On a track, the SL and TT are clumsy, heavy and dare I say "disappointing".
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eclou said:
"suffers from an overly stimulating amount of midcorner lift-throttle oversteer" - think about those words for a minute. Does that sound like someone who has any clue about high performance driving, or someone trying to string a few fancy sounding terms together?
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aah986 said:
Today was the annual PCA parade autocross here in SD where there was a total of 400 cars running. The course was long and very very curvy with a lot of off-camber turns and I am happy to report that my luxo TT got me second place in my class, beating all kinds of 996 GT3s, 997 GT3s, GT3RSs, GT2's and others. I was beat by a 996 GT3 fully prepared and driven by a driving instructor and only by a few tenths on a 1.5 minute course.
For a car this heavy, the TT is as good as it gets, never mind what journalists say
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nberry said:
It is slowly morphing from a sport car to a full blown GT to compete with the SL's and BMW's.
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MKSGR said:Quote:
nberry said:
I am told the SL55 eats up the tt in straight line acceleration.
That is incorrect. I have recently heard of a (private) comparison where even the SL65 (!) was not faster than the 997TT.
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nberry said:Quote:
TT Gasman said:Quote:
nberry said:
It is slowly morphing from a sport car to a full blown GT to compete with the SL's and BMW's.
Rest assured Nick, the Turbo will still eat your Ferrari alive!
Most tests by various magazines have found the cars very close in performance. Not bad for a car that was introduced in 2005. The 997TT has been put out to pasture by the Z06, GT3, GTRS and soon the GT2. Wouldn't 997TT owners be better off with a SL? I am told the SL55 eats up the tt in straight line acceleration.
On a track, the SL and TT are clumsy, heavy and dare I say "disappointing".
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VGA18 said:
No way SL55 can be faster than TT.
A stock SL55 mk1(500hp one) is one car behind my M5 when i try it on autobahn a few months ago. we hang out abot 80 to 240. And the SL was 1 car behind me. But i know mk2 ones slightly better than mk1. I saw a test it beat up M6.(517hp one)
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nberry said:Quote:
VGA18 said:
No way SL55 can be faster than TT.
A stock SL55 mk1(500hp one) is one car behind my M5 when i try it on autobahn a few months ago. we hang out abot 80 to 240. And the SL was 1 car behind me. But i know mk2 ones slightly better than mk1. I saw a test it beat up M6.(517hp one)
Here is what I read from the Ferrarichatsite
We were both very surprised that my SL55 AMG in a straight line was able to outrun the Turbo with no difficulties at all. This was performed with a start from stand still, both cars at idle.
Some context. A race was held between two Egyptians one owning a 997TT and the other 430F1. They concluded that in most performance test the two cars were virtually the same.
What surprised both was when Tarek who also owns a SL55 spanked the 997TT badly. The owner of the 997TT Intouch also posts here and he confirmed the SL55 eat up the 997TT.
Guy's I am only the messenger. Deal with it.
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nberry said:Quote:
VGA18 said:
No way SL55 can be faster than TT.
A stock SL55 mk1(500hp one) is one car behind my M5 when i try it on autobahn a few months ago. we hang out abot 80 to 240. And the SL was 1 car behind me. But i know mk2 ones slightly better than mk1. I saw a test it beat up M6.(517hp one)
Here is what I read from the Ferrarichatsite
We were both very surprised that my SL55 AMG in a straight line was able to outrun the Turbo with no difficulties at all. This was performed with a start from stand still, both cars at idle.
Some context. A race was held between two Egyptians one owning a 997TT and the other 430F1. They concluded that in most performance test the two cars were virtually the same.
What surprised both was when Tarek who also owns a SL55 spanked the 997TT badly. The owner of the 997TT Intouch also posts here and he confirmed the SL55 eat up the 997TT.
Guy's I am only the messenger. Deal with it.
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nberry said:Quote:
VGA18 said:
No way SL55 can be faster than TT.
A stock SL55 mk1(500hp one) is one car behind my M5 when i try it on autobahn a few months ago. we hang out abot 80 to 240. And the SL was 1 car behind me. But i know mk2 ones slightly better than mk1. I saw a test it beat up M6.(517hp one)
Here is what I read from the Ferrarichatsite
We were both very surprised that my SL55 AMG in a straight line was able to outrun the Turbo with no difficulties at all. This was performed with a start from stand still, both cars at idle.
Some context. A race was held between two Egyptians one owning a 997TT and the other 430F1. They concluded that in most performance test the two cars were virtually the same.
What surprised both was when Tarek who also owns a SL55 spanked the 997TT badly. The owner of the 997TT Intouch also posts here and he confirmed the SL55 eat up the 997TT.
Guy's I am only the messenger. Deal with it.
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KresoF1 said:Quote:
nberry said:Quote:
VGA18 said:
No way SL55 can be faster than TT.
A stock SL55 mk1(500hp one) is one car behind my M5 when i try it on autobahn a few months ago. we hang out abot 80 to 240. And the SL was 1 car behind me. But i know mk2 ones slightly better than mk1. I saw a test it beat up M6.(517hp one)
Here is what I read from the Ferrarichatsite
We were both very surprised that my SL55 AMG in a straight line was able to outrun the Turbo with no difficulties at all. This was performed with a start from stand still, both cars at idle.
Some context. A race was held between two Egyptians one owning a 997TT and the other 430F1. They concluded that in most performance test the two cars were virtually the same.
What surprised both was when Tarek who also owns a SL55 spanked the 997TT badly. The owner of the 997TT Intouch also posts here and he confirmed the SL55 eat up the 997TT.
Guy's I am only the messenger. Deal with it.
Nick,
As far as I remember Intouch1 said here that SL55 was faster from standstill if he did not torque-brake his 997TT TIP. When he used turque-brake start method he smoked SL55.
Use a search function... Belive me SL55 is not faster at all form standstill then 997TT, manual or TIP version.
Jul 6, 2007 5:12:50 AM
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nberry said:
However, we should not forget the 430 is three year old technology.
Jul 6, 2007 7:33:25 AM