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Old 31st May 2006, 18:17   #6 (permalink)
iraghava
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Well 1Day I agree with you on many counts about the Z06 & JC too but I think his reasoning about on-road drivability has some merit too. Consider this:

1. On narrow bylanes which are very common on the UK road system the width of the Z06 & the fact that it is LHD combine to provide a difficult driving experience. The roads are barely wide enough for two normal cars and driving a substantially more wider car can prove to be difficult. I doubt you woild be really able to find that narrow roads in the US even if you tried.

2. I am sure most of us would not like to be behind the wheel of a Z06 in rainy weather. If from what I have seen & read about its power & the resulting powerslides I am sure it will be quite a handful to drive in rainy weather. And I am sure you know about the state of the English weather

3. About the interiors yes as you say they are still some way off the European machines but consider this the Z06 sells for about 65,000GBP in Britain and that is a lot of money for a car there. Agreed that no car in that range has the performance to match the Z06 but the Europeans have been used to much better quality interiors in cars way cheaper than the Z06 and that is why they complain about it.

4. About the state of the roads in UK you know as well as everyone else that there's not really much that people can do about the roads and that's true no just for India but UK & the US too. If you want an example have a look at the state of the roads in New York if you compare it to places with good roads like Germany it's pathetic.

But anyways I agree with you the Z06's performance is phenomenal, the price is shocking and it is a truly great VFM product. Let me put it this way I wouldn't mind having one in my garage if it was RHD and if I had the money of course!!

P.S. I also think you car looks absolutely fantastic Keep up the good work!
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