Traded in 2006 350Z for 2010 Corvette

Mag350Z · 10-10-2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600

If you don't go on the race track, get the C6 as it is a much better daily driver with almost everything better (room/fuel mileage/power). On the other hand, the Z is much easier to drive close to its limit than the Corvette at the track. With all that said, the C6 is still a faster car at 85%

I went from an 04 350 to 05 C6, now back to a 370.

I've never been on a racetrack, but still so far the 350 was more fun for me to drive..maybe I just need to get used to the size and handling of the Corvette

280z/300zx · 10-10-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mag350Z

I've never been on a racetrack, but still so far the 350 was more fun for me to drive..maybe I just need to get used to the size and handling of the Corvette

the Z will always be more fun to drive because the Vette has numb steering. Hoepfully Chevy fixes this for the next gen Vette. We used to have an 06 Vette and that was my only complaint about the car, the steering input was very bad. As for the handling of the Vette it is no where as good as the Z. I've done autocross with both my 370z and the C6 vette and Z just blows it away. The steering of the Z is much better and for tight corners the Z is just much better. Now on long sweeping turns that you would see on a road course or ....um.. fwy.... the Vette is very comfortable there.

I'll say this, the Vette does a lot of things better than the Z, but what the Z does better than the Vette makes up for it. Driving the Z just feels so much better. I still miss the explosive power of the Vette though. And if Nissan doesn't do something like FI for the next gen Z I'll be getting the next gen Vette.

ImportConvert · 10-10-2010, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 280z/300zx

the Z will always be more fun to drive because the Vette has numb steering. Hoepfully Chevy fixes this for the next gen Vette. We used to have an 06 Vette and that was my only complaint about the car, the steering input was very bad. As for the handling of the Vette it is no where as good as the Z. I've done autocross with both my 370z and the C6 vette and Z just blows it away. The steering of the Z is much better and for tight corners the Z is just much better. Now on long sweeping turns that you would see on a road course or ....um.. fwy.... the Vette is very comfortable there.

I'll say this, the Vette does a lot of things better than the Z, but what the Z does better than the Vette makes up for it. Driving the Z just feels so much better. I still miss the explosive power of the Vette though. And if Nissan doesn't do something like FI for the next gen Z I'll be getting the next gen Vette.

They already fixed it. 2008.
Yeah, it could probably be fine-tuned some, but with the size of the tires they are running up front, I dunno how much. The Z runs a lot narrower tire up front, so of course it will feel like it gives more feedback. They did re-tune the steering, though.

280z/300zx · 10-10-2010, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

They already fixed it. 2008.
Yeah, it could probably be fine-tuned some, but with the size of the tires they are running up front, I dunno how much. The Z runs a lot narrower tire up front, so of course it will feel like it gives more feedback. They did re-tune the steering, though.

Yeah, I know they revised the steering in 2008 but it's only marginally better. I'm hoping it will be Z-like for the next Gen Vette. Then again I also hope Nissan gives a 400+hp FI version soon too, which if thats the case it doesn't matter what the Vettes like.

Mag350Z · 10-10-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 280z/300zx

Yeah, I know they revised the steering in 2008 but it's only marginally better. I'm hoping it will be Z-like for the next Gen Vette. Then again I also hope Nissan gives a 400+hp FI version soon too, which if thats the case it doesn't matter what the Vettes like.

If Nissan comes out with a forced induction Z any time soon, that will be my next car.
I've owned a 300ZX and a 350Z and so for the Corvette ranks behind both of those car in terms of the enjoyment I get from driving. The motor of the Vette is ridiculous, but the driving experience is less intimate. With the Z's I felt like part of the car.
Anway maybe the Corvette will grow on me.

ZPirate · 10-11-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by 280z/300zx

Yeah, I know they revised the steering in 2008 but it's only marginally better.

I had a 2006 C6 and I got to drive Modshack's 2008 C6 several times and the steering was better in the 2008, but nothing close to the steering in my 350Z much less my 370Z.

cossie1600 · 10-10-2010, 08:42 PM

It's not the steering, it's the way the rear suspension is on the Corvette. You feel like you are in control of the 370, the Corvette can snap loose at any moment. The Z has quicker steering, but it doesn't hold the road much better than the Corvette. On the non Z06 C6, the suspension is way softer too.

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Originally Posted by 280z/300zx

the Z will always be more fun to drive because the Vette has numb steering. Hoepfully Chevy fixes this for the next gen Vette. We used to have an 06 Vette and that was my only complaint about the car, the steering input was very bad. As for the handling of the Vette it is no where as good as the Z. I've done autocross with both my 370z and the C6 vette and Z just blows it away. The steering of the Z is much better and for tight corners the Z is just much better. Now on long sweeping turns that you would see on a road course or ....um.. fwy.... the Vette is very comfortable there.

I'll say this, the Vette does a lot of things better than the Z, but what the Z does better than the Vette makes up for it. Driving the Z just feels so much better. I still miss the explosive power of the Vette though. And if Nissan doesn't do something like FI for the next gen Z I'll be getting the next gen Vette.

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