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05-26-2011, 10:42 PM
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Drives: 2013 SS Join Date: May 2011
Location: Tennessee
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Took the SS for a drive to the Dragon today
By Dragon I mean The Dragon, see www.tailofthedragon.com for reference. 318 turns in 11 miles. My initial impression is that this car is heavy and it shows up when you push it hard. In normal or anything less than 9/10ths it hides it weight very very well. I only took it to 9/10ths today. A public road is no place to go 10/10ths anyways. That said, GM did a very good job in balancing this car. I really thought it would plow alot more and understeer than it did. The AH in competetive mode is a little bit intrusive for my tastes but as I become more comfortable I'll go off the nanny alltogether. I had my DIC showing tire pressure and it went from 37 at the start to 42 towards the end when I started cooling things off. I do love the deep torque that allows you to steer with the throttle and the car does this very well. I dislike the pedal placement simply because I'm used to a C4 corvette setup that was easy to heel/toe downshift. For reference I've had 2 C4 vettes that I tracked/autox and a string of 4th gens that I autoxed.
Overall I'm very pleased with the way the car performed and with a new set of pedals it'll be better. That, and some really sticky tires  Obligatory pic 
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05-26-2011, 10:44 PM
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I wish there was a place like that around here.
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05-26-2011, 11:11 PM
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Its the best place to take a bike hands down. ill get the camaro up there later this summer
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05-27-2011, 05:40 AM
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Drives: 2000 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Louisville, Ky.
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 Now that is a good time.
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05-27-2011, 06:02 AM
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Sounds like that was a good time. I'm going to the dragon in July
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05-27-2011, 06:06 AM
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That looks like an awesome day.
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05-27-2011, 06:08 AM
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Drives: 2013 2SS/RS BRM 1LE, 05 Trailblazer Join Date: Oct 2009
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last October a small group of us rode the dragon on our way down to hang with MTI, we had a blast running the curves.
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05-27-2011, 06:12 AM
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Drives: Camaro LS M6, Fiero, Ford F100 Join Date: May 2010
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I drove the Dragon a couple of months ago. What a rush! I will be going back. Please post about any pedal modifications you do, I'm very interested.
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05-27-2011, 06:45 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS LS3 Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Eastern MO
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Nice review. I'm going to be driving the Dragon and Cherohala Skyway within the next couple of weeks. I've done the Dragon 4 times on my motorcycle and once in a Chevy Venture. The Venture was the last time. Needless to say I won't have any complaints about handling
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05-27-2011, 06:46 AM
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Drives: 2011 SS?RS Vert LeeLoo Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: South Carolina
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I had the opportunity to take my TL through the dragon several years ago. Christmas morning, going from Chattanooga to Raleigh. Not another car on the road. It was a blast! Had the ex-wife and dog flying around the cockpit. Have taken it on bikes several other times, but to much traffic. I gotta get my Vert up there!
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05-27-2011, 06:48 AM
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Drives: 2010 IBM Camaro 1LT / RS Join Date: Jun 2010
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+1 I'm in RI for the summer and that would be a great way to spend the afternoons and evenings.
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05-27-2011, 07:08 AM
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Drives: ...and they're both wrong Join Date: Aug 2009
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Did anybody else see the pictures of the two V-16 Bugatti Veyrons?
 The things I would do to spend an hour behind the wheel of one of those girls. Hint: most of these things are illegal in Southern states.
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05-27-2011, 07:28 AM
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Drives: 2010 RY 2SS/RS Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Miami
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Um....Video attachment?
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05-27-2011, 07:49 AM
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Drives: '22 Z71 RST Silverado Join Date: Feb 2011
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Our 5th gen club is going to the dragon at the end of July
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