10-18-2007, 10:29 PM
yikes, somebody has been reading way too many jdm magazines 
awd has little performance advantage on dry pavement. the weight penalty for an awd system at least cancels out its benefits.
spend a weekend in a c6 z06 sometime. there is no sliding. even on the stock tires. my (female) student with 5 track days experience drove the shit out of that thing, they are most definately not hard to drive.
like i said, there really is no comparison. skyline is a platform car with the compromises it entails. it weighs a ton more, makes less power, and has terrible aero by comparison which means after 60mph it falls even further behind. i could go on... suspension, cg, etc but i think you get the point.
awd has little performance advantage on dry pavement. the weight penalty for an awd system at least cancels out its benefits.
spend a weekend in a c6 z06 sometime. there is no sliding. even on the stock tires. my (female) student with 5 track days experience drove the shit out of that thing, they are most definately not hard to drive.
like i said, there really is no comparison. skyline is a platform car with the compromises it entails. it weighs a ton more, makes less power, and has terrible aero by comparison which means after 60mph it falls even further behind. i could go on... suspension, cg, etc but i think you get the point.