Jag XK8 vs Corrado VR6 .. a draw!

[dr_mat 0]

I was surprised to find that a hard driven Jag XK8 couldn't leave me standing in the dust this morning on my way to work. (I know it was hard driven cos I could see puffs of black smoke from the exhaust on his gear changes ..)

 

I stopped accelerating at about 110 (on a private racetrack on my way to work), and we were within a couple of car lengths of each other, had been like that all the way from 30 ish. I think he was a little annoyed that some scruffy old VW (it needs a wash!) had refused to budge..

 

I just thought I'd share .. nobody at work is a petrol head, sadly... :)

[Toad 0]

That's good going! Was it one of the new ones?

 

The XK8 must look pretty huge compared to the corrado.

 

On the other hand I had an XR2i (I think, although it could have been RS 1800 or turbo) keep with me in my 16v up to about 80 at the weekend :( I just put my foot down in 3rd after a sharp corner, and he didn't fall any further back.... I thought that when I hit 4000rpm I'd start to pull away...

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

thats good going, look at the peice difference prob the same size difference as the smile on his face to yours :lol:

[Guest]

hehe, nice work Doc! :D

 

always brings a smile to my face when you can keep up with something you wouldn't expect to.

[G60SC_Stoney 0]

might be able to keep up with an XK8, but those are the posh hairdressers car, the real one to try against is the XKR!!

[herisites 0]

Nice one mate :D The slowest model XK8 has 290bhp 0-60 in 6.4 secs and a top speed of 155 so its understandable that the vr could keep with one of them, if it was a better model then even better :D

[dr_mat 0]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was the 290bhp XK8. That makes sense, similar performance to the VR.

 

It's just that you get so used to driving a car, it doesn't really feel *fast* any more until something like this happens and you just realise you stuck to the back end of a £40k car..

[herisites 0]

Yeah i know what you mean, i keep thinking mine isnt that fast but i dust most executives in their BM's and Audi's in it and i have kept with a 350Z which you expect to be a lot faster but isnt.

 

Mines going to be an animal when i charge it :twisted: :D

[joebloggsVR69 0]

I stopped accelerating at about 110 (on a private racetrack on my way to work)

 

:lol:

 

I had similar thing the other week, but up against one of those Prosche Cayennes (the Gargoyle looking 4x4)

We were side by side, he couldnt lose me :lol: (Same racetrack, of course)

 

Must have been one of the slower Cayenne's, as I think the top end ones have 400bhp and hit sixty in 5.5 secs..?

[ZippyVR6 0]

It would have been the Cayenne, as opposed to the Cayenne S or turbo.

 

the standard cayenne is a 3.2 V6 pushing 250 BHP and 0-60 in 9.1 so you should be leaving them behind.

 

just dont take on a Turbo S beacuse they will leave you behind in a flash.

[StuartFZR400 0]

might be able to keep up with an XK8, but those are the posh hairdressers car, the real one to try against is the XKR!!

Nice one mate :D The slowest model XK8 has 290bhp 0-60 in 6.4 secs and a top speed of 155 so its understandable that the vr could keep with one of them, if it was a better model then even better :D

.. if it was the better model then it was a Hairdresser driving it, LOL. Unless Doc carries some goodies under the bonnet.

 

Now the 2006 onwards model is lovely, I get to see these on the way to work every day - have done for the past 12 months.

[Walesy 0]

I had a little 'play' with an XK8 on the A303 acouple of weeks back, I was in a 2.0 16V, he left me for dust :cry:

[Yandards 0]

Nice one Doc, always good to have a healthy reminder that despite the age of all our cars none of them are that 'slow' even by modern standards (Unless you have an 8v of course ;))

[Lippy 0]

290 bhp in the jag and the rado kept up?? erm, how?

[herisites 0]

The Jag is about 400Kg heavier :wink:

[Walesy 0]

...and is generally driven by a balding midle aged accountant.

[herisites 0]

...and is generally driven by a balding midle aged accountant.

 

:lol: True, although a throttle is still just a throttle :wink:

[joebloggsVR69 0]

It would have been the Cayenne, as opposed to the Cayenne S or turbo.

 

the standard cayenne is a 3.2 V6 pushing 250 BHP and 0-60 in 9.1 so you should be leaving them behind.

 

just dont take on a Turbo S beacuse they will leave you behind in a flash.

 

I think there's 4 types (I did some reading up that night :wink:)

There's the one you mention, plus one that does 0-60 in about 6.5 secs, and 2 other types that are in the 5 second range, which I know would have annihilated me

[ZippyVR6 0]

your right, 4 of em,

 

Cayenne

Cayenne S

Cayenne Turbo

Cayenne turbo S

 

but the Turbo S is the one to have if you have a spare 85K kicking around. I was lucky enough to be taken for a spin in one and the acceleration (5.1 to 60) and braking 60-0 in 2.6 seconds did some interesting things to my insides.

 

Working for Porsche has its benefits.

[G60SC_Stoney 0]

and all xk's are auto as well. jag dont do manual boxes well (neither do mercedes, come to think of it!!)

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

the lower baby merc engines defo have manual boxes if you want it

[G60SC_Stoney 0]

im not saying they dont exist, im saying the build is crap, my dad used to swear by mercs, but would never touch a manual, always complained they couldnt ge the ratios right and kept breaking. (sounds like auto vr6's!!)