GEoMaNTiK Member 179 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Location: Melb (Mexican) Posted 25/10/06 01:59 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 01:59 PM (edited) Okay I've had enough of bullsh*t in Mags, this time I wanna know whats going on...I went out and grabbed Motor Mag the other day because it had a 25 Car Super Test and I just wanted to read up on what opinions they had about these but also bcoz it featured the new VE SS.Just when I started getting a bit excited about the prospect of owning an awesome priced machine and being able to pull 13.4's on the 1/4 and 5.2 to 100, I decide to have a read of Wheels mag which states a very different picture...So Wheels has the new VE SS hitting 0-100 in 5.8 and the 1/4 in 13.9, that's a big difference from Motors claims, how is this possible?Also in Wheels is the HSV which pulls 5.2 to 100, which sounds more like it, otherwise why would you need to spend the extra $$$'s if an SS went so hard.Did Motor stuff it up or do they get paid lots of coin for a bullsh*t review? Edited 25/10/06 02:14 PM by GEoMaNTiK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 20y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 25/10/06 02:39 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 02:39 PM yeah I seen MOTOR's claim of 13.4 today and I said to myself "BULLsh*t!!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/10/06 02:41 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 02:41 PM Hot motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killbot Member 160 Member For: 20y 9m 26d Posted 25/10/06 02:49 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 02:49 PM Mabey they are just better drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 20y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 25/10/06 02:59 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 02:59 PM Mabey they are just better drivers←do the maths peen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTjake Member 46 Member For: 19y 6m 15d Location: Geelong, VIC Posted 25/10/06 03:03 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 03:03 PM Maybe they get a special car. Hand tuned by HRT or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 20y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 25/10/06 03:07 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 03:07 PM Maybe they get a special car. Hand tuned by HRT or something.←or maybe its fudged figures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEoMaNTiK Member 179 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Location: Melb (Mexican) Posted 25/10/06 03:16 PM Author Share Posted 25/10/06 03:16 PM or maybe its fudged figures!Exactly!!!So whats the price Motor???Feel a bit sorry for those influenced by those figures and expecting to achieve them.If confronted, either Expensive Daewoo or Motor could just explain that all cars out of the factory are not the same and you can't pin the same figure to all cars off the assembly line.Which is true, but not by this big amount.Boycotting Motor from here on - not that one person will make any diff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme F6 Team Xtreme Donating Members 1,680 Member For: 19y 11m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 25/10/06 03:18 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 03:18 PM in the past they have been caught out supplying cars that have had...... tweeks......... for the media... it would just be hapening again..... geo r you thinking of buying a new VE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicksy still kicking around Member 1,789 Member For: 21y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Mackay Posted 25/10/06 03:36 PM Share Posted 25/10/06 03:36 PM yeh its bullsh*t,motor and Expensive Daewoo are always seem to be teaming up togetha over years, big headed idiots at motor need to wake up to themselves and start actually doing even testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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