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that's faster than their Giulia / C63 AMG lap by far and close to the M3 that was DCT.
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These days it's been unfair any car's track time (for comparison use) set by manual. Why not using m3/4/5 manual, just because m2 is more "driver involving" and "fun"? That does make a significant difference in track time especially when it is all the journalists behind the steering wheel.
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If the lap times matter to you so much that you feel the need to criticise a journalist then that is fine as well. But like I said sometimes I wonder if the hardware just isn't there to get the optimistic times some expect.
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Are journalist above criticism? Does criticizing a journalist require a 2 paragraph response from you? The time is there. The optimistic times you expect are reality. The M2 hangs with the M3 ZCP. WE are interested in it. It was done on a slower manual. It is natural to expect that the same driver would do a few ticks better. Putting the M2 in the top 10. Why are you allowed to go on about your surprise that the car is doing so well, yet us believing it can do even better on a even playing field is a bad thing? Last edited by OSee; 08-05-2017 at 11:13 AM.. |
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I see nothing wrong with questioning what a DCT would do to that time. Top 10 quite possibly. |
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The difference in times among #s 14 through 17 is interesting, to say the least. The M4 GTS is .28 of a second faster than an M2 on a 1:40 track?? The primary purpose of a GTS is as a track machine. Double the price gets you .28 seconds?
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If that difference was added to the M2 time That doesn't move it very far. |
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Not trying to say m2 DCT is that good, but really you need a pro to close the DCT-manual gap if ever possible at all. And you've made a very wrong point.
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08-05-2017, 10:37 PM | #19 |
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While the laps were done on the same track, they were also done on different days. Different days in an area on the coast of Wales.... That alone negates comparing laps times before we have a chance factor in the other variables.
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This can be said about every time on every track in existence.
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