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My GT350R Initial Impressions
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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15484038" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>That's stuff that can be remedied with aftermarket parts. I was referring to just the chassis itself, not its attachments and body panels.</p><p></p><p>Anyway...</p><p></p><p>I was finally able to take it out of the garage yesterday for a second drive. This time I was able to fiddle around with the settings to try to find a sweet spot. Setting the steering to Comfort helped a lot with the "unsettled" feeling as it wanders all over the road. I'm not a fan of excessively heavy steering. Steering feel and steering <em>weight</em> are not the same thing. It still wandered, just not as severely. </p><p></p><p>I set the suspension to Sport to see if it would get worse, but to be honest, I couldn't really tell a difference over bumpy surfaces. If I was forced to give a difference, I'd say Sport mode felt <em>more compliant</em> than Normal mode. I hit a bridge joint at about 77MPH in Normal mode, and it literally bucked me up out of the seat. I'm saying my butt came up off the seat. And I'm not a small man! Good thing I always wear my seat belt. </p><p></p><p>Since it was still daylight out, I made sure to pay attention to rearward visibility. Through the rear glass is a little better. I still can't see anything out of the rear quarter windows. Which I think that's just an S550 thing. It seems they made outward visibility worse. Can't poke fun at the Camaros anymore.</p><p></p><p>The Cup 2 tires are AMAZING!! The only other time I've ever felt a tire stick so hard was on the high banks of Charlotte Motor Speedway in a NASCAR race car. I wish they came in the right size to fit the front wheels on my GT500. I have to "settle" for the Super Sport tires on the GT500. Which is also a great tire. Back to the steering for a second, the R does take a set <em>much</em> sooner than my GT500. You just hint at a direction change and it just goes! My GT500 hesitates a little bit with direction changes. It's like the front goes, then the back goes, then the rear tires join the party. I'm hoping a Watts link will clean that up. (It would be nice if I could speed up the steering ratio.)</p><p></p><p>Attention-wise, it got a lot of attention as I was leaving Baltimore. Here, not so much. It could've been because people were too preoccupied with getting home from work to notice it. My GT500 garners more attention, even in rush hour traffic. I think that's also an S550 thing. I haven't come across too many people who are fans of it. If the weather holds, I'll take it out again this weekend (when car enthusiasts are usually out) and see if anybody notices it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15484038, member: 121775"] That's stuff that can be remedied with aftermarket parts. I was referring to just the chassis itself, not its attachments and body panels. Anyway... I was finally able to take it out of the garage yesterday for a second drive. This time I was able to fiddle around with the settings to try to find a sweet spot. Setting the steering to Comfort helped a lot with the "unsettled" feeling as it wanders all over the road. I'm not a fan of excessively heavy steering. Steering feel and steering [I]weight[/I] are not the same thing. It still wandered, just not as severely. I set the suspension to Sport to see if it would get worse, but to be honest, I couldn't really tell a difference over bumpy surfaces. If I was forced to give a difference, I'd say Sport mode felt [I]more compliant[/I] than Normal mode. I hit a bridge joint at about 77MPH in Normal mode, and it literally bucked me up out of the seat. I'm saying my butt came up off the seat. And I'm not a small man! Good thing I always wear my seat belt. Since it was still daylight out, I made sure to pay attention to rearward visibility. Through the rear glass is a little better. I still can't see anything out of the rear quarter windows. Which I think that's just an S550 thing. It seems they made outward visibility worse. Can't poke fun at the Camaros anymore. The Cup 2 tires are AMAZING!! The only other time I've ever felt a tire stick so hard was on the high banks of Charlotte Motor Speedway in a NASCAR race car. I wish they came in the right size to fit the front wheels on my GT500. I have to "settle" for the Super Sport tires on the GT500. Which is also a great tire. Back to the steering for a second, the R does take a set [I]much[/I] sooner than my GT500. You just hint at a direction change and it just goes! My GT500 hesitates a little bit with direction changes. It's like the front goes, then the back goes, then the rear tires join the party. I'm hoping a Watts link will clean that up. (It would be nice if I could speed up the steering ratio.) Attention-wise, it got a lot of attention as I was leaving Baltimore. Here, not so much. It could've been because people were too preoccupied with getting home from work to notice it. My GT500 garners more attention, even in rush hour traffic. I think that's also an S550 thing. I haven't come across too many people who are fans of it. If the weather holds, I'll take it out again this weekend (when car enthusiasts are usually out) and see if anybody notices it. [/QUOTE]
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