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Originally Posted by BlackinBlack

M3 vs ZL1

ZL1 faster in a straight line.
Cornering ZL1 1G and M3 0.98G
Braking the ZL1 will be more fade resistant but I believe the M3 will stop 60-0 in a shorter distance.

Overall they are not even close when run on the track.

I DD my car and here is my experiences after 14 months and 10K miles:


1) Supercharger isolator rattles but only can hear while standing beside the front of the car or with the radio off and strain to hear it.
2) My brake reservoir cap leaked initially but stopped. My guess was it was a little overfilled.
3) Mylink system AC display sometimes does weird stuff and songs don't always display on the HUD. Hope for a software update to fix.
4) Brake dust is insane. The bright polish wheels look great but literally can see dust just driving 2 miles up the road.
5) I am getting 14.2 MPG average. So the car drinks fuel.
6) Tires are wearing quickly but still have tread. For me traction has not been too much of an issue but in FL it never really gets cold. I personaly never had issues in the wet.

Were I drive there are tons of M3s. Rarely see another ZL1.

Speaking of brake dust.... The GT3RS I had, you could just look at the red wheels and dust would appear. Then on a drive a guy with a Vette... his wheels were just about spotless. He uses (and I use now) that Armoral Wheel Protectant. Truth-be-told its not "snake oil" and does work. The key is clean the wheels real good, put a slow and constant spray mist on the wheels and DO NOT TOUCH OR MOVE THE CAR/WHEELS for 24hrs. (I had since, with the RS, gone on two pretty spirited drives, 400 miles in total....about ZERO dust). In fact the dust, if any, would hide in a corner where it could not escape. Air would blow it off. (So I've used on the black ZL1 wheels). The excess will flow to the bottom and on your tire at 6pm...just wipe it off. The overspray will also semi-protect the wheel barrel...the rotors and calipers are fine as-well.