[QUOTE=Todd in Vancouver;8351265]
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Originally Posted by ST1LE
I do enjoy the hell out of my ZL and also use it as my DD so I am certainly getting my monies worth and have 30K miles on it in just over a year. It is my current weekend track toy and I mean no disrespect for the 1LE but as some others have chimed in this thread does come across as ZL1 bashing. While some may feel the 1LE is a better track car because the "think so" by all standards we can use, mainly time, it just isn't so. Picking subjective criteria doesn't make it fact. I can understand the weight argument but at the end of the day it doesn't add up to a less capable track car, it is still well balanced and with PTM very fast and controllable.
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I agree, and that is why I have never said the ZL1 was less capable. IMO, the ZL1 is faster and more capable but is also more difficult to handle, and by that I mean needs a more experienced driver to handle and drive it like it can be driven. It is heavier and more powerful, both of which increase the difficulty level, and again this should be taken as a compliment to you and all others that are out there kickin ass in their ZL1's at the track.
The 1LE is more subdued power wise, and more balanced, which makes it an easier car to handle and to track at the limit as well as to learn on for less experienced people. This is why I feel it is better suited for track duty. Not because it is faster, or more capable, because neither are true.
I hope I am getting my point across, because I feel like you think I am saying the 1LE is a better car or that anything I am saying is a negative against the ZL1, because I TRULY do not mean it to come across that way. I am pretty sure if I could afford a ZL1, I would have one, so trust me when I say I dont see the 1LE as better. It was just an amazing car that I am lucky enough to have been able to afford.