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      06-20-2013, 08:28 AM   #7
jphughan
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Drives: '16 Cayman GT4
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Nice color!! I've ridden in a few Z06es at the track and they are stunning performers. Although if you think you went through brakes fast on the M3, just wait until you start tracking the Vette. I thought that the Vette being so much lighter would help in that regard, but my mechanic/instructor buddy and several Vette people at the track say that the low weight benefit is vastly outweighed by the fact that Vettes are so fast that you're always carrying so much more speed into turns, so the brakes have to work that much harder. I hear that Cool Carbon pads are the way to go on Vettes.

And screw the midlife crisis stigma. It's like the stigma of BMW drivers being pricks (though Top Gear says that's shifted to Audi ). The people who know you should understand that you're a car enthusiast who bought the car because it's a fun car, same with the M3. And life's too short to consider what people who don't know you think about your car. Congrats again!!
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'16 Cayman GT4 (delivery pics, comparison to E92 M3 write-up)

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'11.75 M3 E92 Le Mans | Black Nov w/ Alum | 6MT (owned 5/2011 - 11/2015)
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