Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 555429)

Damn, so unless you pay it off early you are paying $65k for a base 'Vette. Hope it's worth it! :facepalm:

Originally Posted by rj45 (Post 555459)

Congrats! As long as you're happy with the trade, that's all that matters. The Corvette and Z are both nice cars, really can't go wrong with either. Hope the dealer makes good on the paint issues.

Just a word of advice...take your time and get used to the Corvette's power and handling before driving it hard. My Z06 would get a bit loose in the rear when really getting on it, especially in the lower gears. Plenty of guys who "knew what they were doing" have lost control by not respecting the car's power.

Anyway, good luck and post some photos!

Originally Posted by FuszNissan (Post 555481)

Soooo...does this mean goodbye??

Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 555524)

Yep

Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 555523)

Yeah, I pretty much have learned what-not-to-do with the Z, so I have about as much respect for this as a loaded shotgun pointed at my head, with my foot on the trigger...the safeties stay on! :)

Even then, I'm trying to get used to the clutch - quite a bit different than most other cars...and not quite as stiff as I was thinking it would be - just touchy/twitchy towards the early part of the travel, which happens to be the zone that it starts to grab.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 555525)

I'm not your financial advisor so I won't yell at you. ]

Originally Posted by rj45 (Post 555530)

Yeah, I'd leave the traction control on, definitely. Head over to C6 Corvette General Discussion - Corvette Forum , there's a lot of info there, and good guys.

You'll get used to the clutch, just give it some time. Once you put some more miles on the clutch, it may loose some of its touchiness and smooth out a bit.

Originally Posted by frost (Post 555540)

His financial advisor would bury him in the desert

Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 555395)

so I signed papers for around 56K...which works out to about 767/mo payment, which is $120-$130 more than what I was paying for the Z, which I really was liking less everytime I would drive it.

Originally Posted by Modshack (Post 555632)

So you paid $56K for a $42K car?.........Very shrewd deal....:ugh2:

Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 555672)

42K...really? Where....

Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 555613)

That's fine, I still am tossing $400/mo into savings...

Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 555339)

On the camaro, it felt like it had a boat anchor attached to it. Smoother ride though, but "felt" sluggish.

Vette to me feels more confident in turns - my big complaint about the Z was it's sharp ride, and when cornering over bumps (clover-leaf interchanges most notably), that you'd hit a bump and the rear would skip over towards the outside of the turn - here in Oklahoma, the roads are pretty poorly maintained on the interchanges...so, bumps are common...every 10ft or so. That leads to a lot of corrective steering, or, going well under the posted speed...

Once the vette is corrected, and I get to work with "knowing my Porter Cable" on another vehicle (3, actually, each with different levels of help) - I'll hit the vette with it and turn it into a black mirror.