DD Track Burn: "Get Off My Lawn"

"PRBot II" (prbot2)
11/08/2013 at 11:41 • Filed to: dd track burn, 911, r8, c7

OK, two questions: 1) Are you under 55 years of age? 2) Do you want to burn the C7 Stingray?

Chevy wants you to love the C7 Stingray - but only if you're too young to gain membership to AARP. Have they been successful in tearing you away from the likes of the 911 and R8?

From !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :

"The Corvette has become known as an old man's toy. About 46 percent of Corvette buyers in 2012 through October were 55 or older compared with 22 percent of Audi R8 and 30 percent of Porsche 911 customers. The head of Chevy marketing, Chris Perry, acknowledges that too many people see it as the car of "the successful plumber." John Fitzpatrick, Corvette's marketing manager said "It's the old saying, 'Nobody wants to be seen driving an old man's car, but everybody wants to be seen driving a young man's car."

Damnnn. So, is Oppo young and hip enough for the new Corvette?

2014 Porsche 911 Carrera

Max. Power: 350 hp

Acceleration 0 - 60 mph: 4.6 sec

Top Track Speed: 179 mph

Fuel Consumption Highway (est): 27 MPG

MSRP: $84,300

2014 Audi R8 V8

Max. Power: 430 hp

Acceleration 0 - 60: 4.4 sec

Top Track Speed: 188 mph

Fuel Consumption Highway (est): 20 MPG

MSRP: $114,900

2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Max. Power: 460 hp

Acceleration 0 - 60: 3.8 sec

Top Speed: 186 (est)

Fuel Consumption (est): 29 MPG

MSRP: $51,000

Top Gear — Audi R8 V8 vs. 911 Carrera 2S (from 2008)

And of course, remember:

DISCUSSION (23)

Brian Silvestro > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 11:43

Track - R8

DD - 911

Burn - Stingray (against those cars, they have not convinced me)

Casper > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 11:45

DD: R8

Track: Corvette

Burn: 911

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 11:46

DD - 911

Track - Le Stingray

Burn - The union that never was

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 11:47

Burn: R8
DD: 911
Track: Corvette

dogisbadob > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 11:48

DD: C7 (lowest operating cost by far, removable glass roof, perhaps they've finally made the interior worth the price of the car)

Track: Lambo

Burn: 911 (jealous of the Boxster and Cayman that they actually have to cripple!)

Mikeado > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 11:48

DD 911

Track R8 (very nearly picked this for DD)

Burn Corvette

CKeffer > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 11:55

As much as I like the Porsche, my list has to go like this:

DD: Corvette Stingray because that interior is just awesome, and it's hard to beat the sound of an angry V8

Track: Audi R8 Because of it's MR balance and monstrous levels of grip.

Burn: Porsche, I love it, but something has to go and the regular 911 to me, in this company just isn't that special.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:00

Flip flop DD/Track between the 911 and C7, burn the shit out of the R8.

The Transporter > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:03

DD: C7 because 'Merica, freedums, 9/11, turrism, 9/11, freedums, 'Merica.

Track: 911 because... seriously, do I have to explain this shit to you?

Burn: R8 because being a freedom loving, terrorism hating 'Merican, Audis do nothing for me.

carcrasher88 > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:05

DD the Stingray, Track the 911, Burn the R8.

As much as I love the R8, it's technically my least favorite of the three.

Especially when you can get the Z51 package on the Stingray, and you can take the 911 to RUF or any similar company and get the 911 tuned up, possibly for less money than a stock R8 (if it does end up cheaper, the margin will likely be very slim).

Plus, the 911 and Stingray are both better on gas.

Joe_Limon > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:05

DD: C7

Track: R8

Burn: Beetle

Turk > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:06

Excellent DD/track/burn.

All three of these are supposed to be very easy to live with as DD's, by sporty car standards anyway. However, as you've selected a 2wd 911, and the stingray's the fastest (and likely to have great aftermarket support)...

DD: R8. Reasonably reliable as quasi-supercars go, easy to handle (with some help of course from Quattro AWD), and haven't sat in one myself but probably a great interior.
Track: Stingray. I bet I still won't feel too terrible about gutting the interior for weight reduction :).
Burn: 911. If I actually had all three in my driveway of course I'd offer the wife the 911 (and she'd probably take it) so I may have a good backup plan for this.

pdish > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:07

DD: R8 (AWD)

Track: C7 (RWD V8)

Burn: Do I really have to?

PRBot II > pdish
11/08/2013 at 12:13

Kinja'd!!!

Yes.

Jayhawk Jake > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:17

DD R8, Track C7, burn Porsche.

This one is easy...

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:26

DD C7

Track C7

Burn everything else.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:34

19 y/o

DD - 911

Track - C7

Burn (with pleasure) - R8

Team6.1 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/08/2013 at 12:36

I agree. The R8 does nothing for me. The C7 still has some old man image but stoplight drag fun all day = DD. Which leaves the 911 for track duty. Could easily be the other way though.

Party-vi > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 12:36

DD: Porsche, because dem MPGs and dat interior.

Track: Chevy, because no one cares about the interior in a track car and dat V8 rumble.

Burn: Audi, because Gallardo in a fat suit.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Team6.1
11/08/2013 at 12:46

R8 just hasn't aged well. And the C7 image bothers me, but too much performance for too cheap to ignore.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 13:08

I'm 26.

DD) 911.

Track) R8

Burn) the Vette.

Sorry, I'm still not over getting mistreated at the Chevy dealer. Both the Audi dealer and Porsche dealer near me are far more pleasant to deal with.

The one thing GM can't change about the Vette is the fact you are stuck with the GM dealer network.

William Byrd > PRBot II
11/08/2013 at 13:17

Age: 37.

I would actually want to DD and track the Vette. Because American V8.

But I'll go DD R8, Track Vette, Burn the Beetle.

Wonk Unit > PRBot II
11/13/2013 at 15:02

DD: 911

Track: Stingray

Burn: Audi