Spent the weekend on track in the Maser, i haven't done it since 2010, so several thoughts were made and i want to share them here.
We had the racetrack reserved for us, it was me, some BMWs(M3,M4, 335, M2), a 458, a 360 and an F430, four or five Porsche turbo, an S65 amg and 4 GTRs, half of them with over 600 hp, plus a heavily tuned impresa, which seemed the fastest of all.
I wasn't faster than most of the cars, but i was fast for myself, which i am very happy of. I cannot take seriously people having AWD cars and beeing faster. I have owned an S3 for one year which showed me that anyone could drive this car extremely fast. Same, in my point of view was for the nissans and porsches, as long as for the beemers.
The 4200 is not a supercar, it's a grand tourer, so it cannot handle like the others, but it needs an experienced driver to be driven fast and this is what i do like. German cars, even if fast ones, can be driven from everyone.There were times i wish i got an 997 turbo, or a nissan, that could handle better, but it won't be a 4200, not a hand built interior, not a ferrari engine, not an elegant appearance. I have to admit though, that i need to make a trofeo suspension(conversion maybe?), in order to turn in in a more stable way.
But that's enough with comparisons, the 4200 herself only once did give me a brake fade, after repeated braking, brakes are very capable, not impressive though (550 discs, SS brake lines, ebc red). Did not expect them to perform that well, and to be honest this was my concern before tracking her.
I had the chance to replace tyres in the last months, trying for the first time the Pirelli corsas. They look to wear, but their performance were b r e a t h t a k i n g , without understeer, and sticking like glue on the asphalt. On the way back, i tried them on wet as well, that was another surprise.
I had the chance to make some play on track with the 360, which could never overtake me, no matter if speed was 60 or 200 km/h. Mainly at high rpm it was very difficult for the fezza to be close, and this must have been due to the additional hp (ecu, exhaust, filter). It would be nice if there are some pics taken, i need to ask.
And a last one...the sound....no porsche or nissan or bwm can have such a passionate sound. Sometimes i wish that i could sit outside and listen to the engine rising to the redline.
Would love to hear your feedback of your car on track.
We had the racetrack reserved for us, it was me, some BMWs(M3,M4, 335, M2), a 458, a 360 and an F430, four or five Porsche turbo, an S65 amg and 4 GTRs, half of them with over 600 hp, plus a heavily tuned impresa, which seemed the fastest of all.
I wasn't faster than most of the cars, but i was fast for myself, which i am very happy of. I cannot take seriously people having AWD cars and beeing faster. I have owned an S3 for one year which showed me that anyone could drive this car extremely fast. Same, in my point of view was for the nissans and porsches, as long as for the beemers.
The 4200 is not a supercar, it's a grand tourer, so it cannot handle like the others, but it needs an experienced driver to be driven fast and this is what i do like. German cars, even if fast ones, can be driven from everyone.There were times i wish i got an 997 turbo, or a nissan, that could handle better, but it won't be a 4200, not a hand built interior, not a ferrari engine, not an elegant appearance. I have to admit though, that i need to make a trofeo suspension(conversion maybe?), in order to turn in in a more stable way.
But that's enough with comparisons, the 4200 herself only once did give me a brake fade, after repeated braking, brakes are very capable, not impressive though (550 discs, SS brake lines, ebc red). Did not expect them to perform that well, and to be honest this was my concern before tracking her.
I had the chance to replace tyres in the last months, trying for the first time the Pirelli corsas. They look to wear, but their performance were b r e a t h t a k i n g , without understeer, and sticking like glue on the asphalt. On the way back, i tried them on wet as well, that was another surprise.
I had the chance to make some play on track with the 360, which could never overtake me, no matter if speed was 60 or 200 km/h. Mainly at high rpm it was very difficult for the fezza to be close, and this must have been due to the additional hp (ecu, exhaust, filter). It would be nice if there are some pics taken, i need to ask.
And a last one...the sound....no porsche or nissan or bwm can have such a passionate sound. Sometimes i wish that i could sit outside and listen to the engine rising to the redline.
Would love to hear your feedback of your car on track.
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