[jhall1957]

Someone please do a comparison video! I had a C8 and very fast but G87 feels as strong.

[Ravenseal]

Those two cars are completely unrelated, lol.

[Squidget]

Originally Posted by Ravenseal

Those two cars are completely unrelated, lol.

Yeah.

One is a relatively refined 4-seater, daily driver with front engine RWD. MT available. Reasonably practical.

The other is a freakin Vette. 2 seats, mid-rear engine RWD. DCT only. Not a daily driver, nor practical in any way.

Not sure why you would cross-shop these two cars.

[Tag]

Originally Posted by Squidget

Yeah.

One is a relatively refined 4-seater, daily driver with front engine RWD. MT available. Reasonably practical.

The other is a freakin Vette. 2 seats, mid-rear engine RWD. DCT only. Not a daily driver, nor practical in any way.

Not sure why you would cross-shop these two cars.

I wouldn't discount the C8 as not being a good daily driver. It's not as practical as the G87, sure, but the suspension tuning on the C8 is very refined for a sports car.

[Humdizzle]

the only place the M2 gets close is 1/4 mile trap speed. So if all you do is just punch in a straight line from a roll.. i guess the M2 might feel as fast?

otherwise the C8 Z51 is better everywhere. even has the mag ride. better engine placement. dct box. broader power band. lighter. etc etc.

[Squidget]

Originally Posted by Tag

I wouldn't discount the C8 as not being a good daily driver. It's not as practical as the G87, sure, but the suspension tuning on the C8 is very refined for a sports car.

For sure, ride has improved on vettes (yay, GM magnets!), but cabin space, storage, visibility and engine/road noise have not.

I'd say it's pretty marginal as a daily driver. Tolerable, but not "good." IMO of course.

[Squidget]

Originally Posted by Humdizzle

the only place the M2 gets close is 1/4 mile trap speed. So if all you do is just punch in a straight line from a roll.. i guess the M2 might feel as fast?

Probably depends on how you define close. C8 traps at 123 stock, M2 probably is gonna trap closer to, what, 115-118 ish? (Unfortunately we don't have any properly instrumented runs yet. AFAIK)

The C8 is gonna beat the the M2 on every track metric I can think of. As it should! It's a mid-engine 2 seater optimized more for the track than the street.

The M2 is the car for me, but I'm not gonna pretend it's a C8. That would be silly.

[Humdizzle]

Originally Posted by Squidget

Probably depends on how you define close. C8 traps at 123 stock, M2 probably is gonna trap closer to, what, 115-118 ish? (Unfortunately we don't have any properly instrumented runs yet. AFAIK)

The C8 is gonna beat the the M2 on every track metric I can think of. As it should! It's a mid-engine 2 seater optimized more for the track than the street.

The M2 is the car for me, but I'm not gonna pretend it's a C8. That would be silly.

motortrend ran a 11.8 @ 120mph with the M2
they got 11.1 @ 123mph with the C8 z51

3mph still means your getting walked on a roll. but not terribly.

[M_Tune]

One gets tuned and it will be game over for the other.

[zero21]

Originally Posted by Tag

I wouldn't discount the C8 as not being a good daily driver. It's not as practical as the G87, sure, but the suspension tuning on the C8 is very refined for a sports car.

And it has a two trunks like a Boxster. Multiple buddies in my neighborhood own them - they are comfortable cars.

[ourlee]

The htc c8 I build (weekly) comes to $84k. The M2 I build comes to $68k. I’m empty nesting and can daily anything. That $16k is a nice chunk of change to me but do yourself a favor and try out a few C8s I really love them.