i had no problem with the OP's paragraph. it was 1-slow-z's ignorance that pissed me off.

 

the z looks a lot more expensive than it is....I was a major fan when the new design cam out and even I thought I couldn't afford it...i'm glad I was wrong...lol

 

lol

 

+1 on la herba tip

 

So....that red/black interior is inside that silver car? Yuck. Hate the interior, hate the bra, hate the rims...... at least it's kind of fast.

 

Quit hatin'......start participatin'.

 

lol jealous much?

and rofl @ "kind of fast"

 

Thanks...you said what I was thinking!

I'd forgotten how many idiots there are out there who make banal comments based more on their own self-worth (or lack of) than any real knowledge or passion for sports cars.

Well, I hope some people found the Vette stuff of interesting. I love reading about all sports cars, but I know there are those who can't see past their own brand or bank account.

 

Kind of fast? Why make silly comments? Unless the Z is FI there is no way it's going to be even close to beating a C6, and most people here are not. So I guess the Z is a slow turtle then if the vette is kind of fast?

 

Wow talk about jealous hater.

 

honeslty imo i would take a Z over any bently myself

 

^^^

That's because none of us here can afford one.

 

That's a nice color...

 

Vette's have too many issues in my opinion. I sell them for a living. The tops leak on the coupes (was a recall issue). The battery is dead in a week of not driving it, and it takes a ton of power to turn that thing over. Skip shift is annoying, but can be removed easily. Power could be a lot better as well (will be with the 2008 6.2 liter engine). Also, they don't hold their value that well (in this area at least). Just my 2 cents. I'm sure I would disapprove of the 350 if I worked at a nissan dealership instead. On a good note though, I love the new headlights, the HUD on the 3lt package, and the active handling system. makes it so almost impossible even for a novice driver to completely lose control in a corner.

 

The tops did not leak....the FRP skin would blow off while driving. GM is very lucky no one was injured by this bad design. Thankfully, the roof has been redesigned from mid '06 and newer.

The DBS (dead battery syndrome) was an issue only with the '05 manual cars, although a few early '06 cars did have this problem as well.

The car needs more power? Hmmmm....I'm averaging about 4.2 0-60 with my G-Tech on this new coupe....and the engine is barely broken in. I will be adding more power via Lingenfelter, but that's just me.....too much is never enough. As the car sits on the showroom, IT DOES NOT LACK POWER. Unless you do a side-by-side comparison, you'll never feel the extra 35 HP in the '08.

I drove a C6 convertible for over a year, and I've had the new '07 for about two months. Neither car had any issues,.....no rattle, squeaks, or mechanical flaws. I can't say the same for any of the dozens of cars I've had over the years....not even the 350Z. My wife drives an '05 Audi A8....that car has been the shop almost a dozen times for all kind of issues. The latest one is that it's blowing black smoke when you get on it....and it only has 6000 miles on it. The car is a POS.

All cars have issues, and if that's the best you can do to put down the Vette, I'll take one. No...wait...I already have one.

 

the 07's still have the same issue with the battery dying...i have 5 on mty showroom floor right now, and only 2 will start without the jump box. Manuals and auto's. The manual's just die faster if not in reverse. To my understanding, the top used to leak, can check with service though on tuesday, but i dont think it is that important. All in all, the vette is a great car for the money. Look what it is compared against...Cayman, boxster S, Z4 (why? i dont know). I drove my friends cayman, and compared to the vette, the vette has more ***** to it, but the cayman just felt like it had a lot better craftsmanship. Everyone has their own oppinions though. I almost bought a vette, but I decided to pay 1/2 the price for a 350z. That, and I am only 24...I haven't had my mid-life crisis, or gotten divorced yet.

 

Based on what has been posted on the Corvette Forum (several hundred thousand members) there have been no DBS issues on any autos, and the issue for manuals was solved by 2006. My car sits for weeks at a time and I've never had a DBS issue. My buddy has an '05 auto that he drives about once a month, and never a DBS issue.

I paid almost $38,000 for a track model Z in 2003 (no discounts at the time). I just paid $43K for an '07 vette ($500 UNDER invoice). A comparably equipped 350Z is not half the price, and a for only a few thousand more (if you can work the deal right), the Vette feels like twice the car.

BTW, you don't have to have a mid-life crisis or been divorced to own and love the Corvette. I've done neither. All you need is a true passion for the car. To sterotype as you have done shows true ingnorance.

 

Somehow I doubt you sell Vette's for a living, because you sure wouldn't be talking about how bad the cars on your stealership's floor are. So basically, I could come up to your stealership and ask about the Vette and battery problems and you would pretty much tell me right in my face that there are no problems to acquire my business even though you say here that there are indeed plenty of problems? Believe me, you wouldn't be going off posting about how bad Vettes are if you sell them for a living, especially on a forum where many owners of the subject car (Z in this case) generally aspire to owning a car like a Vette. Hopefully no one from the NW thread reads this, so they will know to stay away from all the Chevy dealerships in the Seattle area. Smart.

And the midlife crisis problem... I bet you tell all your buyers how awesome they are that they're buying a Vette, even though you're lying right in their face right? Smart.

Sorry, I just don't buy it.

 

This is the exact opposite of what I have read by many Vette owners here on the site. Just visit the OV section (plenty of Vette owners now hang out there) and you'll know what I am talking about. It's interesting because if I were to ever make a comment there about the Vette having problems there would be tons of flames coming my way... but strangely here there seems to be a lot of hate going on. Don't really know what's up.

 

If he's telling the truth about selling cars, I doubt he sells very many Corvettes.

The funny thing is, for the most part, no one knows less about cars than a car salemsan. If you want the wrong information about upcoming cars, go ask someone at a car dealership. These guys are the bottom of the food chain in the car business, like flounders grazing on the ocean floor.

The moron I bought my '07 from has been selling the C6 for three years now. I asked him a few basic questions (which I already knew the answers to) and he didn't have clue...and this guy was the dealership's "Corvette Specialist." No wonder GM is in trouble. $hit rolls downhill.

I dread taking my car to the dealership for any service work, so I found my own Corvette mechanic: