Hay guys and gals,

Last weekend my wife and I took a cruise through the mountains of North Georgia with some of my corvette buddies. I also own a Corvette and we are all members of Mountain City Corvette Association but I chose to drive the Xfire. It was the first time my friends had seen my new Xfire. Their response was just what I expected. They would give a compliment but then brag about how well the Corvette accelerated or cornered and that I would have a hard time keeping up with them in the curves. Well, I love Corvettes but I’m here to tell you not a one of them could keep up with me when we hit the curves. A matter of fact I lost sight of them and had to slow down so they could catch up. No doubt they can out run me in the straights but there are very few straight-aways in the mountains.



I really didn’t buy the car for performance even though it does perform quite well. It caught my eye because it just looks darn good, doesn’t waste gas, drives good and is unique. I was basically tired of same old run of the mill boring vehicles! The Xfire is not boring!

BTW mine is Blaze Red

Great forum I will visit it often but I promise not to be so windy

Wayne1992

 

Wayne:
Interesting storey, I to, have owned a number of Vettes and I can see what you mean. In all fairness, my Vettes were 1972 and older though. Just think, all that fun and good gas mileage too.
I hartely agree with your assessment. Welcome to the forum!
PS: What does the 1992 represent?

 

i had a late c4 ('95) vette and the crossfire handles slightly better. the short wheelbase and lighter weight give the crossfire more "tossability" in tight turns. on wide radius turns (like entering a freeway) the corvette had an edge because in addition to the grip you had the ability to accelerate faster. now if you compared the crossfire to a c5 or c6 vette, it probably wouldn't handle quite as well.

but i also bought the crossfire for its looks more than performance.

 

Yes, you are correct. The C5 and C6 would probably out perform it. My corvette is a 1992 and the vett that was behind me was a 1994. I must also say the driver has a lot to do with it as both of us more caught up in drag racing than anything else.

 

Dittos ,,except I have never owned a Vette ,NSX91 and others but no Vettes.
I do want to drive the new C6 2005 cpe though ! I'm just wondering if it will feel like an exspensive Camaro.

 

Oh no, it a fantastic ride. Very little frame flex and powerful but one of my friends owns a C6 and has had a few problems. The harmonic balancer worked its way off during normal driving. He tends to break belts and his headlights are getting water behind the lense. These things should never happen on a $52,000 car. Also we just fould out that even when you turn the traction control off the computer will close tha throttle body when it detects tire spin. Some times you just want to spin the tires! - no what I mean - but it wont unless you get the computer reprogrammed.

 

Wayne: That's a biggie! I think that when you turn off the baby sitter, it should be turned completely off! Do the after market chips turn these off or is it a seperate issue?

 

Well it is more than a chip, as you have to flash the OBDII engine management computer. The answer is yes you can turn it off. There was some track testing I was told about where the C6 with a pair of MT streets ran the 1/4 in 13.30's (no tire spin) after the computer was flashed it ran into the mid 11.00's but the trap speed was about 126mph on both runs. GM is certainly limiting the torque off the line. Must be a liability thing.