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    705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel

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    02/26/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    What happened to my Brian Fellows Edition comment?
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    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    Totally unrelated:


    Swedish newspapers are reporting that Saab is being denied credit by customs, which means that most of their parts supply and many finished cars are embargoed.


    /back to the Hennessey (although I prefer Delamain XO)

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    Image of sinikl sinikl
    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    i can never get used to watching people drive hi-po V8s that handle, having grown up on crapcan 4 bangers. They always seem not to be shifting nearly enough, but i guess when the car actually has, you know, torque, you can stay in a higher gear.
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    02/25/09

    @sinikl: I was thinking that at 1:09, where he pulls from 38mph to 120mph in one gear, in the time it takes my lump to get to 60-65.
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    02/25/09

    @tenbeers: When he tested the Z06, Jeremy Clarkson did a 0 to 100MPH in fifth gear that was still quicker than some entry level car he mentioned.

    Low end torque indeed.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    That car seems to handle 705hp just fine.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    Soon as Congress finds out GM's been letting their people get all Skip Barber on our dime, they'll want that $18 billion back.


    Doesn't GM know that in order to keep the bailout money, their executives must only be seen eating gruel, walking to work while at the same time delivering government cheese to the impoverished, and wearing only clothes they were able to barter for extraneous organs?


    BTW, that car sounds magnificent.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    I'm not sure the car really gets to stretch its legs on that course. Seems like he's tiptoeing a little there, especially through the tighter corners.
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    02/25/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:


    How many courses in the world are their where a 200+ mph gets to stretch its legs?


    That's what cracks me up about cars like the Veyron. Sure, you can go 50 mph faster under ideal conditions with a clean body and a big enough track to wind the car out, but unless you actually have that kind of room (which doesn't tend to exist anywhere in LA or Orange County), then you are no faster than the dude with his Z06, 911 Turbo, or GT-R.


    And you paid more than 10 times the price.


    For that reason alone, despite the inherent awesomeness of 700, 800, 900, or 1000 hp, and the engineering genius that went into it all, it still amounts to precisely dick (or dicklessness, as the case me be).

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    02/25/09

    @pauljones-Jo Schmo's saintly and opposite twin.: Not near enough tracks. Tis a pity.


    I don't begrudge folks cars that can hardly be used close to their limits. There is something to be said for having the best or the most of anything. But I would find it very frustrating to have a car that never came into its own. It would probably be very boring and unsatisfying. Of course, you'll need to loan me your Veyron so I can confirm this theory.

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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    That car sounds so good I'm typing this on the run with my phone. You see, dragons were circling my cubicle.


    That race track needs a new surface.

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    02/26/09

    @joshman: Ooh - brand new, freshly paved surface, a passel of Formula Vee, and rain.


    That'd be some serious bare-knuckle racin' there - and an excerpt from the new hit movie Keystone Kars.

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    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    For all his flaws, Hennessey still knows how to put together a car. Sometimes you have to deal with the devil to get what you want, and if you are looking for over 700 hp in a 'Vette that can still handle, this man is the devil.


    Me? I like the other kind of Hennessy. It can be a devil, too.

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    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    I think even the most Clarksonian europhile would have to agree that is a most excellent engine note.
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    02/25/09

    Also, I am looking forward to seeing what LPE can do with the zed are one.
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    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    Can I get a relaxation CD made with that car purring to me?
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    02/25/09

    @Saboth: Yes, just send 10 low payments of $49.99 to autoinsider@jalopnik.com and I'll send one out to you upon final payment.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/25/09

    @The Auto Insider: I just emailed you my money now email me the CD.
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    02/25/09

    @Jo Schmo, Pauljones evil and opposite twin:


    Hold on, he can't email it without the proper postage.

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/25/09

    @pauljones-Jo Schmo's saintly and opposite twin.: whoa he didn't say nuthin about no postage
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    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    They should just throw real Hennessey on it, then flick a lit cigarette at it.
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    02/25/09

    @shenanigans: It would probably just go faster. It is a devil ya know.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    02/25/09

    @The Auto Insider: Switched back again, huh?
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    02/25/09

    @pauljones-Jo Schmo's saintly and opposite twin.: I can't wear the same thing every day, can I?
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    02/25/09

    @The Auto Insider: That hasn't stopped Captain Picard.
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    02/25/09

    @pauljones-Jo Schmo's saintly and opposite twin.: Yeah, but he looks so ashamed. He must really stink.
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    02/25/09

    @The Auto Insider: Of course he stinks, he's not James T. Kirk!
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    02/25/09

    @The Auto Insider: It might speed up the day you get to become The Auto Outsider.
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    02/25/09

    In reply to 705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel
    A ZR-1 with more power? That sounds good to me.
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