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Z06 or go home IMO. Base C6 = domestic version of a BMW 318/325/328/etc

Depends on your location. Tucson = full of old people who don't appreciate anything about the car expect how much it cost, having the latest one every year even though nothing changed (can't have their neighbor or coworker having a 2011 when they only have a 2010 after all), and only use them as parking lot trophies, and none of them are ever Z06s 🙁 Because of that environment here I would never buy a C6 that wasn't a Z06 and then promptly modified. YMMV
 
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Buy yourself a C6 Vette (damaged is preferable), tear out the drivetrain, buy Miata.

I think you all know where this is going.
 
exdeath said:
Z06 or go home IMO. Base C6 = domestic version of a BMW 318/325/328/etc
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Not sure if serious?

C6=400hp
328 = 240hp

If your point is that the Z06 is the only performance-oriented model...well that's certainly arguable as well. I know you personally wouldn't settle for less than the Z06 but that doesn't make the C6 a poseur by any stretch.
 
SearchMaster said:
Not sure if serious?

C6=400hp
328 = 240hp

If your point is that the Z06 is the only performance-oriented model...well that's certainly arguable as well. I know you personally wouldn't settle for less than the Z06 but that doesn't make the C6 a poseur by any stretch.
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Base model is fine in and of itself as far as the car goes. It's just that where I live they are an eyesore everywhere like your token prize wife trophy car BMW 328/Merc C200/etc that most park outside in front of their house even though they have two empty garage bays. Dare I say base C6s here outnumber all versions of Mustangs like 2 to 1. It's pretty much the "look at me I accomplished something" BMW 328 of the domestic crowd.

Then again AZ is like snow bird retirement capitol of the USA.

Knocking the people rather than the car. If I had a penny for every stock base C6 driver that rolled up on me with a dumb grin on their face asking what my speedometer goes up to...

Therefore, if only for that reason alone, I choose Z06 or go home to distance myself from that crowd.
 
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AdamK47 said:
I'm use to parking in first gear. I'll try reverse.
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Why are you parking for a month without using a battery tender? If I expect the Viper to stay in the garage for more than a week or so I hook it up. That way I never need to worry about it, it's always ready to go.

Viper GTS
 
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Knocking the people rather than the car. If I had a penny for every stock base C6 driver that rolled up on me with a dumb grin on their face asking what my speedometer goes up to...
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When will people learn. Peek under a car, see the tires. When the tires are a foot across and have basically nothing for channeling/siping, leave them alone.
 
Viper GTS said:
Why are you parking for a month without using a battery tender? If I expect the Viper to stay in the garage for more than a week or so I hook it up. That way I never need to worry about it, it's always ready to go.

Viper GTS
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It's only a month. I shouldn't have to. The GTO can sit for a few months without it and it starts right up.
 
If this is a toy, buy the nicest C2 ( 59-67 ) you can afford instead, in ten years you will have not lost a dime and still have a cool car. Buy C6 and in 10 years you'll have a C6 worth 1/3 of what you paid for it and it will look like you just couldn't afford a new one.
 
If someone has a C6, I'm dying to see this work:

Reportedly, you can go from 0-110mph in 3rd gear because of the massive torque in these cars. Someone film themselves doing it and post it (in a safe location).
 
Fritzo said:
If someone has a C6, I'm dying to see this work:

Reportedly, you can go from 0-110mph in 3rd gear because of the massive torque in these cars. Someone film themselves doing it and post it (in a safe location).
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You can do this in any recent corvette, they all have 300-400ftlb just off idle; the beauty of displacement.

Even 5th gear as TG demonstrates here in a Z06. 0-170mph in one gear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko9kzyqW-l8
 
Don Karnage said:
How am i being cheap? GT500 and LS3 vette will run comparable times. The C6 will also just get a crapload better gas mileage
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I don't think you're really going to see that huge a difference between the two in real life. You don't buy a car like this to hypermile, you're going to use the power and you'll end up getting nowhere near the ratings (unless you drive a ton of highway miles with cruise set to 70).

Buy what you like, the difference in fuel costs will be trivial compared to the rest of the ownership equation.

You are aware of what a set of tires will cost for either of these cars right?

Viper GTS
 
exdeath said:
Z06 or go home IMO. Base C6 = domestic version of a BMW 318/325/328/etc

Depends on your location. Tucson = full of old people who don't appreciate anything about the car expect how much it cost, having the latest one every year even though nothing changed (can't have their neighbor or coworker having a 2011 when they only have a 2010 after all), and only use them as parking lot trophies, and none of them are ever Z06s 🙁 Because of that environment here I would never buy a C6 that wasn't a Z06 and then promptly modified. YMMV
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well that's simply not true, the LS3 motor is a great one with good potential, even when adding FI it holds strong to 650rwhp.

Anyway, I have a lightly modded 08 that I drive as much as I possibly can (I work from home).

Daily driving is fine, I have F55 suspension (pretty neato shit), so leaving it in "tour" mode around town is good. it doesn't drive harsh at all honestly.

if you care about performance, get an LS3 (08+), if you are a track nut (not 1/4 mile) get the Z51 handling package.

what do you want to know?
 
Viper GTS said:
I don't think you're really going to see that huge a difference between the two in real life. You don't buy a car like this to hypermile, you're going to use the power and you'll end up getting nowhere near the ratings (unless you drive a ton of highway miles with cruise set to 70).
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I never said i was going to hypermile but this car is going to be a DD so i want respectable gas mileage and the GT500 doesn't offer that to me on a daily basis.

Right now i DD a C32 and average around 20mpg so the vette's 26-28 is very appealing to me.
 
Those kinds of numbers are basically cruise control on the highway. I can get 27 in my Mustang GT under those circumstances. I average more like 15. Same with the Viper - 18 vs 9.

I'll be the first to admit I have a major leadfoot but still:

http://www.fuelly.com/car/chevrolet/corvette

Either car will be a gas hog, my point was just that the delta isn't worth worrying about. The total cost of ownership on a car like this is so high that $1000 extra a year on gas is noise.

Viper GTS
 
I currently drive an '08 C6 Z06 that I've had for the past couple of years or so.

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My dad currently owns an '09 Z06, and previously owned an '08 C6 LT3.

The most common ridiculous complaint I hear is that they are terrible daily drivers, can't be driven on the interstate, etc. Someone in this thread mentioned it (not from firsthand experience, of course), and I remember the Top Gear review, where Clarkson adored the car on the track, but was reduced to a blubbering baby when driving the car on the road.

Total hogwash. The car is actually more compliant and comfortable cruising than my MX-5 (you can see in the background). That is to say, it's a firm, sportscar ride, but it is far and away from being jarring, uncomfortable, or any of the other millions of hyperbolic adjectives thrown around by people who have never driven the car outside the dealer lot.
As a fun little story, my father purchased his Z06 in Ohio, and drove, with my 94 pound, 63 year old mother, back to AZ where he works. 1500+ miles, across gloriously dilapidated U.S. interstates and highways. They both thought it drove like a dream, very comfortable. After that, I always laugh when I hear people find it "too harsh".

The only other complaint is the "cheap interior", which is nothing fancy, but isn't particularly "cheap" either. That's something I personally don't get. It's the car equivalent of having a loving supermodel wife, but complaining about her "pointy elbows"; it's just looking for something to bitch about.
Everything is well laid out and solid, nothing impedes my driving and enjoyment of the car, although I will say that the seats are FAR too unsupportive if truly aggressive driving. I would like higher and more useful bolsters on the seats.
Still, stuff like the HUD and G-Meter IMO are fun little gimmicks that make up for having a less-than-elegant emergency brake, or an unflattering glovebox that doesn't meet Her Majesty's standards
 
Don Karnage said:
I never said i was going to hypermile but this car is going to be a DD so i want respectable gas mileage and the GT500 doesn't offer that to me on a daily basis.

Right now i DD a C32 and average around 20mpg so the vette's 26-28 is very appealing to me.
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you will NOT average 26-28mpg in a vette, unless you literally jump on the highway right out of your neighborhood and throw it in cruise and don't press the gas down.

I get about 20mpg combined
 
Viper GTS said:
I don't think you're really going to see that huge a difference between the two in real life. You don't buy a car like this to hypermile, you're going to use the power and you'll end up getting nowhere near the ratings (unless you drive a ton of highway miles with cruise set to 70).

Buy what you like, the difference in fuel costs will be trivial compared to the rest of the ownership equation.

You are aware of what a set of tires will cost for either of these cars right?

Viper GTS
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GT500 is a big heavy non aerodynamic pig with two overdrive gears and big fat heavy brakes and tires to compensate for the mass. Being supercharged also means it's running a richer tune. A N/A Corvette will out-mpg a GT500 all day. Not that a few gallons of gas should really be a concern for anyone looking at either car.

Keep in mind that while you won't likely attain the listed MPG in the Corvette, you won't for the GT500 either, which already has lower MPG figures on paper. 9-16 MPG is pretty realistic in a GT500.
 
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Anyone have a general idea what kind of MPG the GT500 pulls with a mix of city/highway? Fueleconomy.com lists 14/20 for the GT500 compared to 16/26 for the Vette.

With my 85% of my daily driving on the Interstate the vette just looks like the better overall choice.
 
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