2023 C&D Lightning Lap

[TiGeo]

GR Corolla looking good. The Z06 is insane.

Lightning Lap 2023: The Hottest Cars on America's Toughest Track

This is the 16th time we’ve migrated to Virginia International Raceway to judge cars by nothing more than what they can do on America’s most challenging 4.1 miles of racetrack.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[MrHorspwer]

Strong eye roll at all the cars showing up wearing r-compound tires.

Z06, M4 CSL, Cayman GT4? An r-compound makes absolute sense.

Civic Type-R, GR Corolla, RS3? Purely an exercise in generating magazine numbers. I bet the take rate for those tires is already in the single digit percentages and I'd say the number of people who actually buy a second set (after they're worn out in 6,000 miles) is even less.

The reality is seen in the Supra, CT4 Blackwing, and M240i. A competent performing summer tire that won't cause a code brown when you take a highway off-ramp too quickly in the rain.

 

[RhondaHonda]

$50k for a Corolla!?! Granted, it’s a quick one but that’s more than I’d have guessed.

I love the Lightning Lap articles and that Z06 is bad!

 

[Vercingetorix]

Ouch!
“we would have run a Model S Plaid by now, but we don't believe the stock brakes are up to the task”

 

[DuckRyder]

Double ouch

(i4) "...barely faster than the Kia Carnival mini van we lapped just for fun"

 

[E365]

Ouch!
“we would have run a Model S Plaid by now, but we don't believe the stock brakes are up to the task”

Even worse, it was Nov 2021 when Tesla announced the carbon-ceramic brake option for the Plaid. It’s now Feb 2023 and they still don’t exists.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Isn't that crazy? It was Nov 2021 when Tesla announced the carbon-ceramic brake option for the Plaid. It’s now Feb 2023 and they still don’t exists.

Modern day Cobra. I bet the carbon brakes aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. To make the brakes work would require brake vents, which reduce range. Range sells more Teslas than braking or handling do.

 

[Pew]

Even worse, it was Nov 2021 when Tesla announced the carbon-ceramic brake option for the Plaid. It’s now Feb 2023 and they still don’t exists.

I'd avoid a tesla with CCM brakes more than I'd avoid one with iron rotors; at least the owners of the Tesla with iron rotors has enough sense to not waste their money on CCM brakes!