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Beautiful Vette and in my FAVORITE COLOR TOO!!!!
More pics of the Vette and IS-F together before you sell the USB please.....
My dad has always been a Vette guy but ironically enough I have never even thought about buying one. Not to go too off topic but we were discussing car widths on another site and someone posted this info which I find fascinating:
NSX width = 71.3 inches
S2000 width = 68.9 inches
RX 7 FD width = 68.9 inches
EVO 7-9 width = 69.7 inches
STi width = 68.5 inches
E46 M3 width = 70.1 inches
E92 M2 width = 71.2 inches
Supra TT width = 71.3 inches ( everyone calls this car fat looking )
lambo murcielago lp640 width 81 inches
lambo gallardo width 74.8 inches
First Gen chevy envoy width 71.4 inches ( as wide as our NSX )
2nd gen MR2 turbo width 66.9 inches
C6 Z06 = 75.9 inches wide
So that makes your Vette as wide as a Lambo
More pics of the Vette and IS-F together before you sell the USB please.....
My dad has always been a Vette guy but ironically enough I have never even thought about buying one. Not to go too off topic but we were discussing car widths on another site and someone posted this info which I find fascinating:
NSX width = 71.3 inches
S2000 width = 68.9 inches
RX 7 FD width = 68.9 inches
EVO 7-9 width = 69.7 inches
STi width = 68.5 inches
E46 M3 width = 70.1 inches
E92 M2 width = 71.2 inches
Supra TT width = 71.3 inches ( everyone calls this car fat looking )
lambo murcielago lp640 width 81 inches
lambo gallardo width 74.8 inches
First Gen chevy envoy width 71.4 inches ( as wide as our NSX )
2nd gen MR2 turbo width 66.9 inches
C6 Z06 = 75.9 inches wide
So that makes your Vette as wide as a Lambo
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The fabulous seats in the IS-F are a tough act to follow. The IS-F seating surface is firm and flat, and communicates feedback. The Vette seat is decently appointed, but more of a pillowy cushion for the seating surface. The heater in the Vette seat is faster and warmer. But where the Vette (with 3ZR package) is maybe ahead of the IS-F, is the extensive leather wrap of the dash, instrument panel, arm rests and door panels. There, I feel the IS-F could use an upgrade from the rubbery vinyl materials used. You sit lower in the Vette, and the sills and tunnel are wide, so the seats are narrow. I have a 32 inch waist but I'm fairly squeezed even without prominent hip bolsters. The seatback bolsters are fairly prominent and supportive.
But what else is there to knock? The mags have to pick on something because finally the general is on to something, it's beating virtually all its challengers on the track, from Ferrari to Lamborghini to Porsche, Aston Martin, Mercedes, Audi, Nissan GTR, even the Ford GT and Viper. They have to pick on something because it's undercutting much more expensive supercars that traditionally have owned the lowly Vette, which is doing its work on run flats, even licensing it magnetorheological shocks to Ferrari and others, borrowing carbon ceramic brakes from the Enzo, making extensive use of carbon fiber and thus undercutting its competitors on weight, yet doing it all with lowly pushrod 2 valve and manual transmission simplicity, no exotic mid engine yet nearly 50/50 weight distribution due to ingeniously moving the transmission to the rear, a decent sound system, best in the world GM hvac climate control system, abundant trunk space, easy and relatively cheap to service and insure, it all adds up to GM finally getting a package so right the renowned European automakers have met their match from across the pond, finally. I'll hand it over for your LFA though..
But what else is there to knock? The mags have to pick on something because finally the general is on to something, it's beating virtually all its challengers on the track, from Ferrari to Lamborghini to Porsche, Aston Martin, Mercedes, Audi, Nissan GTR, even the Ford GT and Viper. They have to pick on something because it's undercutting much more expensive supercars that traditionally have owned the lowly Vette, which is doing its work on run flats, even licensing it magnetorheological shocks to Ferrari and others, borrowing carbon ceramic brakes from the Enzo, making extensive use of carbon fiber and thus undercutting its competitors on weight, yet doing it all with lowly pushrod 2 valve and manual transmission simplicity, no exotic mid engine yet nearly 50/50 weight distribution due to ingeniously moving the transmission to the rear, a decent sound system, best in the world GM hvac climate control system, abundant trunk space, easy and relatively cheap to service and insure, it all adds up to GM finally getting a package so right the renowned European automakers have met their match from across the pond, finally. I'll hand it over for your LFA though..
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The fabulous seats in the IS-F are a tough act to follow. The IS-F seating surface is firm and flat, and communicates feedback. The Vette seat is decently appointed, but more of a pillowy cushion for the seating surface. The heater in the Vette seat is faster and warmer. But where the Vette (with 3ZR package) is maybe ahead of the IS-F, is the extensive leather wrap of the dash, instrument panel, arm rests and door panels. There, I feel the IS-F could use an upgrade from the rubbery vinyl materials used. You sit lower in the Vette, and the sills and tunnel are wide, so the seats are narrow. I have a 32 inch waist but I'm fairly squeezed even without prominent hip bolsters. The seatback bolsters are fairly prominent and supportive.
But what else is there to knock? The mags have to pick on something because finally the general is on to something, it's beating virtually all its challengers on the track, from Ferrari to Lamborghini to Porsche, Aston Martin, Mercedes, Audi, Nissan GTR, even the Ford GT and Viper. They have to pick on something because it's undercutting much more expensive supercars that traditionally have owned the lowly Vette, which is doing its work on run flats, even licensing it magnetorheological shocks to Ferrari and others, borrowing carbon ceramic brakes from the Enzo, making extensive use of carbon fiber and thus undercutting its competitors on weight, yet doing it all with lowly pushrod 2 valve and manual transmission simplicity, no exotic mid engine yet nearly 50/50 weight distribution due to ingeniously moving the transmission to the rear, a decent sound system, best in the world GM hvac climate control system, abundant trunk space, easy and relatively cheap to service and insure, it all adds up to GM finally getting a package so right the renowned European automakers have met their match from across the pond, finally. I'll hand it over for your LFA though..
But what else is there to knock? The mags have to pick on something because finally the general is on to something, it's beating virtually all its challengers on the track, from Ferrari to Lamborghini to Porsche, Aston Martin, Mercedes, Audi, Nissan GTR, even the Ford GT and Viper. They have to pick on something because it's undercutting much more expensive supercars that traditionally have owned the lowly Vette, which is doing its work on run flats, even licensing it magnetorheological shocks to Ferrari and others, borrowing carbon ceramic brakes from the Enzo, making extensive use of carbon fiber and thus undercutting its competitors on weight, yet doing it all with lowly pushrod 2 valve and manual transmission simplicity, no exotic mid engine yet nearly 50/50 weight distribution due to ingeniously moving the transmission to the rear, a decent sound system, best in the world GM hvac climate control system, abundant trunk space, easy and relatively cheap to service and insure, it all adds up to GM finally getting a package so right the renowned European automakers have met their match from across the pond, finally. I'll hand it over for your LFA though..
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