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Old 01-25-08, 06:22 PM
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I was thinking about this today; this car might have too much horsepower for too little $$. You always hear about guys wrapping Ferraris and Lambos around trees - too much power, too little time behind the wheel. Now, we have access to a supercar for under $70k - my guess is that we'll see a lot more of this. Having this kind of power out of the box, within reach to the masses [relatively speaking], is going to be interesting.

Lots of guys have wrecked their 1st Gen V's with only 400hp. Everyone calls their 04-07's beasts, but those cars are relatively tame compared to the '09's.

That being said, if I get an '09, I will certainly be modding the hell out of it
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Re: Too much horsepower?

Ill be wrapping mine around a tree
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One can never have to much horsepower !
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Re: Too much horsepower?

No such thing as too much POWER!!!!!

Just dont let Urby buy one right away! BWHAHAHAAHAHAH!!
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Re: Too much horsepower?

I'm sorry, English is my mother tongue. But what is this "too much horsepower" that you speak of?
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Re: Too much horsepower?

Point well taken - I also am a HP addict. However, I think there are going to be some rookies that buy this thing and are going to be out of their league

I shouldn't have brought this up
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Re: Too much horsepower?

Haven't seen much of this with the Z06. Low $ + High Performance = magnified mistakes. Reminds me of what my instructor told me day 1 at VIR.

"OK Chris. Your car is extremely fast. Your car is extremely heavy. Those are two very bad things to have together. We will go 'off' this weekend and when we do, we aren't going to stop for a very long time. So let's make sure that we're very careful with where we decide to go 'off'. OK?"

We did go off. Twice as a matter of fact. Once in the hog pen when I tried in vain to make up time on a GT3. Bad decision. Once again as we explored how late we could brake at the end of the front straight. We found out. Roughly 20 feet less than we thought.

Great fun on a track where you have run-off room and everyone (well most) respects the speed that we're traveling at. On a public street though, potentially deadly and definitely stupid.
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Re: Too much horsepower?

There is no such thing as too much horsepower...EVER!!! If people can't drive responsibly, they shouldn't be driving!

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Re: Too much horsepower?

Most sold will be autos and the ECU will upshift if you start getting into trouble. With all the driver's aids, the auto version of this car will be a lot easier to handle than the gen I. Picture something just as docile as an STS-V in terms of driveability, but better than CTS-V gen I limits and performance.
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State Farm looks forward to collecting my money every month.
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Re: Too much horsepower?

was there a point to this thread other than getting people riled up?

this is like going to a prius thread and saying "too much mpg?"
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Re: Too much horsepower?

I can't wait to buy one! Of course many people will wreck these cars, just like, well no, even more than the rest of the V8 rear wheel drive Caddies. Can't wait for the first thread complaining about how poor it drives in the snow. No kidding!

If you want to see a market where people really get over their head quickly, try the over 150hp race bike market.

My favorite vehicle to date was my 97 YZF1000 155HP, 20K safe miles. Training and common sense goes a long way with this stuff. Light on the throttle, stay off the rear brake, and look as far down the road as you can. when in doubt, stay on the gas, and look where you want to go. And having an overworked guardian angel helps!

I will be going for driving lessons again....

Have fun, be safe, and keep the really extreme stuff on the track.

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Re: Too much horsepower?

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was there a point to this thread other than getting people riled up?

this is like going to a prius thread and saying "too much mpg?"

Take it easy there, hotrod. This is a discussion forum. I was discussing an idea. It's nothing like a Prius thread; I can't see a Prius being prone to accidents because of it's fuel efficiency.
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Re: Too much horsepower?

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I can't wait to buy one! Of course many people will wreck these cars, just like, well no, even more than the rest of the V8 rear wheel drive Caddies. Can't wait for the first thread complaining about how poor it drives in the snow. No kidding!

If you want to see a market where people really get over their head quickly, try the over 150hp race bike market.

My favorite vehicle to date was my 97 YZF1000 155HP, 20K safe miles. Training and common sense goes a long way with this stuff. Light on the throttle, stay off the rear brake, and look as far down the road as you can. when in doubt, stay on the gas, and look where you want to go. And having an overworked guardian angel helps!

I will be going for driving lessons again....

Have fun, be safe, and keep the really extreme stuff on the track.

CG
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1999 STS 155K gone

No question - you're right. Motorcycles are a great analogy to the point I was trying to make. They're relatively cheap, and kids get them with more balls than talent, and end up crashing them very quickly after purchase.
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Re: Too much horsepower?

Okay. Now we have heard every possible complaint about the redesigned CTS.

I had thought nothing would top the "no parking sensors on the front of the car" thread, so congratulations.
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