Went to a chevy dealership today...

rj45

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!

kannibul

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.

rj45

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.

kannibul

Yeah, I'm already registered over there

As for the clutch - that's what I'm thinking will happen. Same thing happened on my bike - after about a hundred miles on it, it wasn't so grabby.

I was driving around a bit tonight and noticed I'm already getting a bit more used to it. Mostly it stems from me not wanting to crank up the RPM's enough...then dumping the clutch to save it, then hitting it again.