[oh_sigh]

It was funny to see the transition gear heads went through with electric vehicles. 15 years ago they loved to race and had a "fastest wins" mindset. But now that their $300k ICE cars are blown out of the water by a $50k consumer car, it's now "your car needs to be LOUD and fast"

[Hamuko]

>But now that their $300k ICE cars are blown out of the water by a $50k consumer car

The Tesla Model 3 Performance goes around the Nordschleife in pretty much the same time as a 2005 Volkswagen Golf GTI. "Blown out of the water" seems a tad bit generous.

[oh_sigh]

Maybe it is just the gearheads in my area of the northeast, but no one drove on tracks and everyone wanted to drag race down the highway after meeting up in a grocery store parking lot late at night.

[simondotau]

Source? Is the Golf GTI stock or modified?

[Hamuko]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IHb8RFV_g

https://fastestlaps.com/tests/92pk54hhz8sl

You could probably try to push a faster lap out of the Model 3 if you dare. However it seems like the brakes are a bottleneck, so emphasis on the word "dare".

>A total of two laps, less than half of the first lap of the brake alarm temperature is too high, but also can feel the obvious thermal attenuation