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^^ yup done well it's fine. I'm at almost 9000 miles this year at over 500rwhp greddy with uprev combo and i am not very nice to my car at

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Old 11-21-2011, 01:53 AM   #16 (permalink)
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^^ yup done well it's fine. I'm at almost 9000 miles this year at over 500rwhp greddy with uprev combo and i am not very nice to my car at all
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Okay, you guys convinced me. I'll hold onto my Z with the intent of installing a supercharger down the road. Now, time to save up for that, engagement ring, house down-payment, etc.

Anyone have $50k laying around they don't want?
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Okay, you guys convinced me. I'll hold onto my Z with the intent of installing a supercharger down the road. Now, time to save up for that, engagement ring, house down-payment, etc.

Anyone have $50k laying around they don't want?
Yea just give me your pay pal, but your paying the 3% fee

glad your keeping the car, smart man
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Yea just give me your pay pal, but your paying the 3% fee

glad your keeping the car, smart man


I'll take that.. LOL
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plus a c6 interior will make u wanna punch yourself in the face every time u get in. also u will get confused in a parking lot when u go to try and unlock 4 identical c6's before u find yours.


plus... do we really need another vette on the road...
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I was actually looking into the new Mustang 5.0

but changed my mind after seeing 7 guys I know buying the car!!! So I kept the Z
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C6s are nice cars, but a TT 370z is most likely going to be much more satisfying than the Corvette. The 370's interior isn't the best in the industry, but it's light years above the Corvette. In addition, the visibility and usability of the Corvette is compromised versus the Z. Since you use your Z as a DD and you intend on doing the same for the Corvette, I think you might be overall dissatisfied.
I find the C5 and C6 Vette interior to be pretty nice actually. People forget these are sports cars. not luxo cruisers. The interior in a C5 or C6 is better than the 350Z but not as good as the 370Z. I mean whats not to like about:



I actually changed the shifter to a C6 shifter and it dresses it up a bit more too. Can't wait for a touch screen in there though. Maybe for Christmas?

This isn't bad though either:



In some ways I like the Vette interior better.

If you change the head unit it upgrades the vette quite a bit as well. Same goes for the Z. I hate the looks of C6 steering wheels. Well, it's OK....



Heck I actually don't like the looks of a C6 as much as a C5.

I did buy my Z S7 to use as my daily driver because I can drive it a long long time (over 200K mi) without issue and I know a Vette starts needing a lot of care about $150K. Plus a stick in traffic sucks on a daily basis. Plus the width and the large doors on a Vette make it a pain to get in and out of when your in tight parking. Doesn't help when SUV's park the compact spots either.

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Yeah, thats kind of my concern -- FI with a daily driver. I do have a 2nd car my girlfriend drives most of the time, its a 2006 Accord, so worst comes to worst, that can always be a backup car for me.
Yeah, that was the decision I've made.... You can't get any speed up on your daily drive anyways. So, I'd keep the Z stock and by a Vette and SC that. I don't dare to do that to my 50th Aniversary Car though. But, I'd like to get a 2004 Le Mans Corvette Z06 and throw a SC on that. Can you see I'm into C5's? It would kill stock ZR1 and GTR for pennies on the dollar. Beyond that.... Lingenfelter TT for the Vette. Can you say 750RWHP? That would lay waste to anything shy of $500K

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I was actually looking into the new Mustang 5.0

but changed my mind after seeing 7 guys I know buying the car!!! So I kept the Z
You know that Mustang is not a bad car. I think it has the worst interior of them all though. Plus, I couldn't use it for a DD because I'd have to get a Mustang in stick because Ford hasn't perfected their auto yet.
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plus a c6 interior will make u wanna punch yourself in the face every time u get in. also u will get confused in a parking lot when u go to try and unlock 4 identical c6's before u find yours.


plus... do we really need another vette on the road...
Well, I don't know about this Vettes aren't that bad to own. Girls love them and they are fun ... plus some have a targa top.
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^^ yup done well it's fine. I'm at almost 9000 miles this year at over 500rwhp greddy with uprev combo and i am not very nice to my car at all
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Okay, you guys convinced me. I'll hold onto my Z with the intent of installing a supercharger down the road. Now, time to save up for that, engagement ring, house down-payment, etc.

Anyone have $50k laying around they don't want?
Sounds like a good idea. Enjoy your car. Get a couple of track days in (road course) then come back and tell us you need more power right away.
Going fast in a straight line isn't the main purpose of the Z. It was really meant to run the twisties. Can you say Togue. Same goes for Ferrari, Lambo, Etc....


Sorry if I'm hogging the thread guys but, you guys had a lot of good things I could relate to.

Thanks .... I'll stop now
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C5 interior... its not really the overall shape/lines that make it feel cheaper. I think that if you squint your eyes so tight that its hard to see, that the C5 interior looks as great as any other.

Its more of the final feel. The knobs, buttons, handles... the feel of the materials to the touch. Something about the C5 interior makes it feel very play-skool to me. Like it was designed to be easy to wipe clean in the event of projectile vomiting. Every last detail is so rounded off on the edges that it feels like being in a padded room for crazy people.

its overall shape and look is pleasing... just lacks any refinement. I used to daily drive a 2003 S10 ZR2. The C5 interior is like a sporty shaped version of that. Its also rather crickety and creeky if I recall, but its been a while since Ive been in a C5.

Being a sports car for the purpose of being fast and fun to drive, the interior is not a killer for me. I have thought many times about building a twin turbo C5 Z06. I cant really explain why I never did, I really like a nice dark blue C5 Z06... I love them. Its just, for some reason, not me.
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not for me either. just looks like too american.
gauges are big differences, and there are something I can't really explain,, more like a feeling

But would I take Z06 over 370z? hell ya, if someone wants to do a even trade
but I would rather get a GTR if I am paying for it.
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I can't shake the red-neck feel of a corvette when I drive one. I just always think of the overweight guy with a wife-beater, gold chain, and comb-over driving one. With that being said, can't argue with their track prowess or speed.
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