Went to a chevy dealership today...

kannibul

OK, comparing the two...

Power...vette hands down. The comparison there is the same as when I drive my wife's civic and then would drive the Z. The vette flat out just puts a LOT the power to the ground...they let us test drive it just me and the wife, and when I punched it on an enterance ramp (1st through 2nd, into 3rd) she couldn't stop giggling for 2 minutes. She did the same thing with the Z but it's at most a 10-20 second deal...lol...

Handling wise, the vette is smoother/softer by a notable margin. I prefer this over the Z's immediacy...you hit a bump, you lose a filling with the Z...if you happen to be turning at the moment, you will lose traction...the vette is more forgiving in that it just sticks to the road.

I hate to say it but really the vette is closer in many ways to what I was expecting out of a sports/performance car than the Z.

That said, one area the Z seems to have the vette beat, is in brake feel...I had the sports package brakes, and you can stop that car in an insane level of quickness. I've not yet jumped hard on the brakes for the vette, so I can't tell you anything there, however, I can say they aren't as "immediate" feeling.

The vette I got was an LT1 - the bare-bottom vette.

Interior wise, the vette I think is a touch better just because I like the seats/seating position more - the door panels are "worse" in that they don't have the fake suede inserts that I liked, but the dual zone climate controls, and I hate to say it but the factory radio sounds a bit better than the bose one...or at least it will

Blind spots aren't anything to write home about, unlike how I lost a foxbody mustang off the passenger side of my Z at night...


Going from the sport/touring Z, to the LT1, there are three things I miss, 1) Mirror-garage door opener deally, 2) Bluetooth phone interface, and 3) 6-disk wma/mp3 reading cd changer.

So, here's my deal...I'm sure I'll get shreaded over this quite a lot, but, the bottom line is, I can always pay it off earlier...

I owed on my Z, 33834.74.

First night they came in at me with $31750 for trade in - sounds great, except they left the car at MSRP. I saw it on paper that another dealship offered 28K...so they were inflating that rather than decreasing the price on the vette. I made sure they noted the mods...so that's what got it. I guess they work off a "buy bid" from other dealerships...I dunno. Once I drove the vette, I was sold on it, it was just a matter of trying to work out the best deal in the end.

I had them redo the deal, and they did it at 23K, and knocked the Vette down to 43999...(so my TT&L will be less) - give me 2K to cover TT&L, tack on the difference betwen trade in value and what I owe, then there's a 3K cash-back incentive, and I added GAP coverage...

I'm financing the crap out it (facepalm 84mo @ 4.75%) - and I opted to get a warranty (84mo/56K miles) (I know GM can be hit or miss, and when they went over the factory warranty and that there are no goodwill repairs...), 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.

Modshack

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

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kannibul

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

Modshack

Same place I bought mine a few years back...No games, no BS, No Doc fees...Great guys to deal with..

Coupe, Vert & Z06-$3,000 Rebate OR ZER0 % Finance up to 60 Months at MacMulkin Chevy! - Corvette Forum

Stock #5225
VIN # 1G1YA2DW3A5102089

Equipment/Options Include:
1LT Equipment Group
MN6 Manual 6-Speed Transmission
NPP Dual Mode Performance Exhaust
QG6 Split-Spoke Silver Painted Aluminum Wheels

MSRP $51,075
MacMulkin Discount $5,880
GM Rebate Discount $3,000
OUT THE DOOR PRICE $42,195 - OVER 17% OFF MSRP!!

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kannibul

I got mine for 43999...it became 53/54K because I added an 84/56K warranty, wanted 2K in my pocket to cover TT&L, and I was upside down on the Z. Maybe I didn't get a great deal...but no reason to rain on my happy moment any more than what the dealer already had done with jacking up the door, a-pillar, chip on the fascia, scars on the headlight lens and whatever else I find between now and Monday night when I turn it in to get fixed...