Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Roadtrip / Car review / testing , god i don't know how you need to call this post . Just read it , i hope you like it .
It is something completely new , I have not seen anything simular on these forums so its also a test to see if there is
any positive responds to this way of reviewing
( edit : apperantly it ain't new at all so i appoligise seeing there is a complete review thread with pictures and etc at
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=215557 )
So i got a call a couple of days ago from a guy called MrGardo from the Aardvark garage .
This guy with his funny Australian accent had a car that needed to be deliverd to the Monza circuit ,
only catch it had to be picked up at London . Not really to happy with the idea of having to take the Eurostar to London I still agreed ,
So upon arriving i took a cab to the Aardvark Garage , little funny looking garage .
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So when i asked wich car i had to take we went to the back of the garage walking past a Suzuki Cappuccino
and a '62 Volkswagen Sambabus
...
God no was my first reaction , but upon entering the second part of his garage a smile appeared upon my face
... There they we're the type of cars i was hoping for ...
Autin Martin , Ferrari's , Lotus , and even a TVR cerbrera 12 speed .
No smiled the little funny Aussi guy , this is the one he said ....
A bright yellow Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Trying to avoid drooling
all over this car i recieved the keys and made my way .
After phoning home saying i wouldn't make it back for dinner
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i got ready to burn some rubber and rev-ing the engine trough the streets of london
.
( London circuit best lap 0:52:721 )
I was amazed
, i mean american muscle isn't suppose to turn let alone beeing fun to drive , but this big american handled the streets of london like it was build for it , so after pulling over on a parking space i decided to give this car a quick look .
This car wasn't stock , it was tuned , racesuspension , stage 3 engine tuning
and a superchargerkit that was bigger then a a hatchback
.
This might become a fun roadtrip
. After leaving London i took the M20 to folkesone i arrived at the eurotunnel , where kids and their dads just had to come over and look at the car .
After some great comment on the looks of the car ( not that i had anything to do with that ) i drove trough belgium heading towards germany at a
nice and comfortable 120km/h ( 75miles/h ) yes this car was a tourer as well , offcourse when i saw the sign of Circuit du Spa-Francorchamps ....
well i mean you understand i had to give it a go .
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After 3 laps i managed a time of 2.24.247 👍.
But all good times have to come to an end
, and it was time to continue my journey .
Looking for a stop to eat i took some B-roads along the countryside and got utterly lost
( yes the GPS in this car is useless this is the only bad thing i can say about the car ) i found myself on the Nürburgring ,
not knowing this track to well and actually hating it with everybone in my body i managed a 7.25.532 while having fun
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Yet so many distractions had a negative effect on my deliverytime so it was time to take the autobahn and floor it ....
With a top speed of 394 km/h i got flashed
, not to worried as the license plates belong to MrGardo ( yes you remeber the funny Aussi guy
)
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I came back on schedule
Trough the Swiss mountens , where yet again this Corvette showed that is was tuned perfectly for twisty roads as well .
to finally arrived at Monza , to my surprise there was the funny Aussi guy as well , he took the plane 👎.
After inspecting the Corvette and finding not even a scratch 👍 he allowed me a lap on the Monza circuit to test out the car ( If only he knew
)
Still accepting a try at monza i put down a solid 1.37.403
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After sitting in the plane ( my loading screen ) on my way home i tried to think of one word to driscribe the corvette , and a lot came to my mind but
Godlike is the one i would like to use ....
Thank for allowing me the use of so much space in you're garage thread , i know it is a lot to read ,
and even tho i wasn't planning on making it this long ,
then again it was more fun for me to do it this way then just say " good job "
Maybe some people won't like the review because it is to long and i am sorry if that is the case .
Also do not i drove this car with a control pad , no helping aids , only abs1 , and i consider myself a medium skilled driver at best so these times would be faster if the car was in the hands of a skilled driver , this said the car is very suiteble to drive for any type of driver as it is that well based