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1986stangfan
09-24-2018, 02:22 PM
Just wondering if anyone else here has crossed over to the dark side?

Post a pic and list of mods


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Raider
09-24-2018, 04:32 PM
My Dad's got an 03' Z06 with 16,000km on it. It's ridiculous. Does everything extremely well. And it pains me to say that because I'm not a fan of GM.

Pictures to follow.

Raider
09-24-2018, 05:11 PM
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1986stangfan
09-24-2018, 05:43 PM
Nice Z06!!! I was looking for a z06 but I couldn’t pass the low mileage yellow c5


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Raider
09-24-2018, 05:46 PM
They're fantastic cars. I made the mistake of driving my Dad's a few times. Killed my desire to drive my Mustang. It's that good of a car. Also regularly drive a 2008 Aston Martin DB9. No question the Z06 takes it.

Laffs
09-24-2018, 06:05 PM
Hard to ignore the performance to dollar factor of these cars, anyone who hates just because it's a GM or a vette needs to relax.

stangstevers
09-24-2018, 06:22 PM
Just can’t stand the interior... it’s a Corvette with Pontiac Sunfire interior. Even the areonose fox has a nicer interior.

Raider
09-24-2018, 06:47 PM
Just can’t stand the interior... it’s a Corvette with Pontiac Sunfire interior. Even the areonose fox has a nicer interior.

You're right. But drive one once and it doesn't matter.

1986stangfan
09-24-2018, 06:49 PM
Just can’t stand the interior... it’s a Corvette with Pontiac Sunfire interior. Even the areonose fox has a nicer interior.

I’ve owned a fox and driven many vettes. For me the vette interior is far nicer than the fox, although that isn’t saying much because fox interiors are trash.


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Gerbie28
09-24-2018, 07:09 PM
I had a 07 Z06 and I loved that car, sold it when I got married in Nov 2010 but bought my 2011 Shelby GT500 in April of 2011 LOL [emoji23] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180924/5f90330bdaedcf87cfa976000dcf374d.jpg


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Raider
09-24-2018, 07:11 PM
I had a 07 Z06 and I loved that car, sold it when I got married in Nov 2010 but bought my 2011 Shelby GT500 in April of 2011 LOL [emoji23]


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Seriously? How do you find it compares? My 02' GT is obviously nowhere near the level of your GT500 but still....

Laffs
09-24-2018, 07:21 PM
Seriously? How do you find it compares? My 02' GT is obviously nowhere near the level of your GT500 but still....

this X2.

Also I like Pontiac Sunfire interiors (shrug)

Would love for my next ride to be a 996 TT or a C6Z/V2

Gerbie28
09-24-2018, 07:29 PM
Compares it doesn’t, the Vette was a totally different car from the Shelby! But fun factor for me Shelby hands down just a fun car to drive!


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Raider
09-24-2018, 07:31 PM
this X2.

Also I like Pontiac Sunfire interiors (shrug)

Would love for my next ride to be a 996 TT or a C6Z/V2

We must be the same person..... I've been looking on www.bringatrailer.com for a 996 Turbo for awhile now...

I'm leading this at the moment, https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mazda-rx-7-39/

So gorgeous.

Laffs
09-24-2018, 07:38 PM
We must be the same person..... I've been looking on www.bringatrailer.com for a 996 Turbo for awhile now...

I'm leading this at the moment, https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mazda-rx-7-39/

So gorgeous.

Hi uh, ya we might be. I'm on BaT literally everyday. A little bit ago I bid/watched a designo SL55 that I ended up deciding wouldn't fill the need. A silver 996 TT 6spd went for 37k last week which is a BARGOOOOOON but with our terrible dollar would have been near 50k with import. I need parity again so I can go full dumb and reckless.

Also that FD is gorgeous. Great taste you/me/we.

Hutch
09-24-2018, 08:15 PM
Just can’t stand the interior... it’s a Corvette with Pontiac Sunfire interior. Even the areonose fox has a nicer interior.

I could not agree more. I had a 95 z28 t top that I really enjoyed driving. The interior did feel like I was driving a sunfire. I hated it. The C5 vettes are the same way. I like the C6 z06 the best. Even more than the newer ones.

ZR
09-24-2018, 10:03 PM
Stem to stern, inside and out, love the C5 Z06.
Not sure why you guys don't like the interior, guess it's a menu in restaurant kinda deal

Laffs
09-24-2018, 10:57 PM
Stem to stern, inside and out, love the C5 Z06.
Not sure why you guys don't like the interior, guess it's a menu in restaurant kinda deal

You can get the car for 15-20k and it will cruise all day, run mid/low 12s at the strip, and handle a road course like a champ. If you really hate the interior another $3000 will get you a padded flat bottom wheel, some new seats, and upgraded stereo with a little left to spruce up some trim and give er a good detail. I mean I love Mustangs the same or more than the next guy but you can't really even get in to a 03/04 Cobra for the same money and the Vette just gives a slight nod in baseline performance and has a slightly more robust driveline.

Either one is a slam dunk home run if you can get your hands on one, to go more inline with the thread purpose however for the value to money a base C5 coupe absolutely DUNKS on a GT new edge or even S197 for dollar to dollar performance and potential.

ZR
09-25-2018, 06:39 AM
In the last two or three years, actually watching C5 ZO6s bounce back up the price scale a fair bit, still a ton of car for the money.

stangstevers
09-25-2018, 06:56 AM
You can get the car for 15-20k and it will cruise all day, run mid/low 12s at the strip, and handle a road course like a champ. If you really hate the interior another $3000 will get you a padded flat bottom wheel, some new seats, and upgraded stereo with a little left to spruce up some trim and give er a good detail. I mean I love Mustangs the same or more than the next guy but you can't really even get in to a 03/04 Cobra for the same money and the Vette just gives a slight nod in baseline performance and has a slightly more robust driveline.

Either one is a slam dunk home run if you can get your hands on one, to go more inline with the thread purpose however for the value to money a base C5 coupe absolutely DUNKS on a GT new edge or even S197 for dollar to dollar performance and potential.

or spend a little more and get a 2008+ interior... much nicer.

http://www.hdcarwallpapers.com/thumbs/2010/2008_chevrolet_corvette_interior-t2.jpg

The early 90's big rounded buttons that GM carried over into the 2000's is a shameful thing. I don't care if the car can runs 12's and whatnot... I will not drive this:

https://d39qw52yhr4bcj.cloudfront.net/catalog/product/cache/9/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/-/w-sw-9531633-1.jpg

The rest is nice though... but you own a car from the inside and if it looks like a sunfire/cavalier... meh.

Laffs
09-25-2018, 09:11 AM
it looks like a sunfire/cavalier

You say this like it's a bad thing.

stangstevers
09-25-2018, 12:38 PM
Let's leave it as "a thing"... my venture into "old-fartism" is changing my tastes. LOL

DELZZZ
09-25-2018, 06:08 PM
I love my daily 18 GT. I also love my 99 C5. I'm currently looking for a cam to slide into the LS1. It's hard to argue with approximately 400 rwhp with a full exhaust, cam and tune.

Screw
09-25-2018, 06:49 PM
I love my daily 18 GT. I also love my 99 C5. I'm currently looking for a cam to slide into the LS1. It's hard to argue with approximately 400 rwhp with a full exhaust, cam and tune.

Nice collection, I like the Vettes don’t know enough about them to distinguish years .