Upgrade to C5 Z06 or keep Trans Am WS6?

[JulesMaximus]

Pretty sure that was his point?

Although I don't keep cars long enough for salt to be a concern.

Maybe it was. Hard to tell from just the pic and a LOL for the comment. :biggrin:

 

[smackababy]

I'd be hard pressed to find a car that a C5 would be an upgrade from. Those are the worst looking vettes of all time IMO.

 

[Sluggo]

I'd be hard pressed to find a car that a C5 would be an upgrade from. Those are the worst looking vettes of all time IMO.

Nope the 73 corvette is the most horrid, with the mix of chrome and plastic bumpers.

The C4 corvettes ain't no beauty queens either.

 

[Pandasaurus]

My opinion? Keep the WS6. They are relatively rare (at least, around here they are), and I love that body style in particular. It also helps that I don't really care for the C5 'vette.

Now, if you asked me to talk you out of a new Stingray... I'd be singing a different song.

 

[smackababy]

Nope the 73 corvette is the most horrid, with the mix of chrome and plastic bumpers.

The C4 corvettes ain't no beauty queens either.

You're crazy! C3s were the best. C4s weren't bad either, just more angular like everything else in the 80s. C5 was just ugly.

 

[exar333]

Pretty sure that was his point?

Although I don't keep cars long enough for salt to be a concern.

This. It's 'doable' but pretty ridiculous to drive a Corvette around in the snow IMHO.

 

[smackababy]

This. It's 'doable' but pretty ridiculous to drive a Corvette around in the snow IMHO.

Corvette? That's nothing! I saw a McLaren MP4-12C driving around in the snow in like November. Wtf is up with that?

 

[eng2d2]

Just because someone owns a mclaren does not mean he wont drive it or drive only in good weather.

 

[lavaheadache]

You're crazy! C3s were the best. C4s weren't bad either, just more angular like everything else in the 80s. C5 was just ugly.

I think your just looking for attention

 

[smackababy]

I think your just looking for attention

You're* and the C5s are about the most boring Corvette's released.

 

[Sluggo]

Yep, I'm the crazy one.

 

[Railgun]

What's funny about that? If I owned a car like that there is no way I'd drive it in the snow and salt. That just destroys cars. I grew up in upstate NY and I knew plenty of people with nice cars who put them up for the winter.

Not to mention the fact that a Corvette isn't exactly the best choice for driving in the snow.

It's a Corvette=dime/dozen. It's not some ultra rare thing. This is why car washes were invented.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

It's a Corvette=dime/dozen. It's not some ultra rare thing. This is why car washes were invented.

Uhm....no, but valiant troll effort, here's a cookie. dime/dozen is CamCord not Corvette. U.S. car sales were around 15 million last year. Less than 10K corvettes were built in 2013. Some of those went overseas. You do the math. Just because you've seen a few in the wild does not = dime/dozen. It would be a stretch to even call Camaros and Mustangs "dime/dozen"

Driving such a nice car in the salt and then subjecting it to the scratch-fest auto wash would be a dang shame. What are you, some 1% who uses a Vette for your winter beater so the Ferarris don't get dirty?

 

[Zargon]

You're crazy! C3s were the best. C4s weren't bad either, just more angular like everything else in the 80s. C5 was just ugly.

no. the c5 was the best since the c2 sorry!

 

[smackababy]

no. the c5 was the best since the c2 sorry!

No thanks. I prefer to just pretend the C5 never happened. It is stupidly round, ugly, and just not good to look at. They fixed this with the C6, thank god. The C3's were just amazing. Curves and sharp. The C4 was everything the 80's car design stood for. Boxy and still sharp. The same guy that designed the Contour looks to have had his input on the C5...

 

[Zargon]

No thanks. I prefer to just pretend the C5 never happened. It is stupidly round, ugly, and just not good to look at. They fixed this with the C6, thank god. The C3's were just amazing. Curves and sharp. The C4 was everything the 80's car design stood for. Boxy and still sharp. The same guy that designed the Contour looks to have had his input on the C5...

the c3 and c4 were utter crap dude.

c3s looked neat, but they are and were shit compared to their bretheren

the c5 was so awesome that GM hating Motor Trend made it car of the year when it released, the C4 was only OK late in life, and only the over priced exclusives were beastly at all(GS and Zr-1)

looks aside, performance wise, the C5 made it a 'everymans supercar' again instead of a 'car that beats up on mustangs'

 

[smackababy]

I agree the performance wasn't there in the C3s and C4s and was back again in the C5s, but looks are what matters the most in car. It doesn't matter how fast it is (to me, at least) if it looks like shit, which the C5 did.

 

[exdeath]

Uhm....no, but valiant troll effort, here's a cookie. dime/dozen is CamCord not Corvette. U.S. car sales were around 15 million last year. Less than 10K corvettes were built in 2013. Some of those went overseas. You do the math. Just because you've seen a few in the wild does not = dime/dozen. It would be a stretch to even call Camaros and Mustangs "dime/dozen"

Driving such a nice car in the salt and then subjecting it to the scratch-fest auto wash would be a dang shame. What are you, some 1% who uses a Vette for your winter beater so the Ferarris don't get dirty?

This is AT. Anything that isn't a $150,000 Mercedes or BMW is crap and dime a dozen

 

[lavaheadache]

This is AT. Anything that isn't a $150,000 Mercedes or BMW is crap and dime a dozen

much truth to this....

 

[lavaheadache]

You're* and the C5s are about the most boring Corvette's released.

c'mon, really? It was my day off, I just got done burning... I know proper English. Internet grammar Nazi's kill me and I think c5's are sexy... Not as sexy as my whip though =)

 

[jlee]

Buy my CTS-V.

 

[sgrinavi]

Your W6 is much nicer looking than the C5 - save the money, wait and get an LS3 C6 in a couple years.

 

[Fritzo]

Get rid of it and get the Vette. That TransAm was probably the worst looking car on the road the year it came out

 

[96Firebird]

After much consideration, I've decided to keep the Trans Am. I'm going to be smart and keep saving for a house that I plan to purchase next spring. I also need to put some work into my '76 C10 project truck, but that might wait until after my house as well. There is a local ad for an LS1/4L60E combo for $2500 that I was contemplating for my truck, but I really need a house first. I can't rent forever.

I would love to get a CTS-V, but would have to get the LSA in the '09+. And I really can't afford that.

Maybe further into the summer I will re-evaluate everything, as I'm sure I'll get the itch again.

 

[Railgun]

Uhm....no, but valiant troll effort, here's a cookie. dime/dozen is CamCord not Corvette. U.S. car sales were around 15 million last year. Less than 10K corvettes were built in 2013. Some of those went overseas. You do the math. Just because you've seen a few in the wild does not = dime/dozen. It would be a stretch to even call Camaros and Mustangs "dime/dozen"

Driving such a nice car in the salt and then subjecting it to the scratch-fest auto wash would be a dang shame. What are you, some 1% who uses a Vette for your winter beater so the Ferarris don't get dirty?

I'm sorry...there's nothing "special" about a C5 Z06. But whatever floats your boat. Fun on a track, sure... Good value for $? Yeah...but to be ultra pampered? No. You do know what a touchless wash is, don't you?

As for your build number...

The total production of 13,466 2013 Corvettes built in a 9 month build

and

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/specs/c6/2013/2013-corvette-production-numbers.html#.UwTaceSu82I

...and sales...

2013​

17,291​