2015 Z06 Reviews
#16
Agreed. Just got my Z06 3 weeks ago. I love it. Manual transmission and 650 hp with a removable roof. Carbon everywhere. And the quality and fit and finish is so much better than before. Leather dash, perfect stitching, alcantara and carbon interior, etc. I don't see much difference between it and my GT3 interior. Porsche wouldn't give me a manual, and they wouldn't give me Bose. I have both here, and its fast as hell! Sounds really good too.
Jim
#19
That is a great looking car Terrence! I am trying to decide whether to trade my old 997.1 C2S for a newer better P car, or keep it as I really enjoy driving it, and for the same money, add a Z06 to the stable. Were you able to get this car for sticker or did you have to pay over? I looked at the website for San Jose Chevrolet and they had 1 of these new-asking 128K.
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J
#21
Burning Brakes
That is a great looking car Terrence! I am trying to decide whether to trade my old 997.1 C2S for a newer better P car, or keep it as I really enjoy driving it, and for the same money, add a Z06 to the stable. Were you able to get this car for sticker or did you have to pay over? I looked at the website for San Jose Chevrolet and they had 1 of these new-asking 128K.
J
J
The Z06 would be in a different league altogether. I doubt you would be disappointed.
I paid MSRP, but I had a "special" deal with the dealer here. However, I believe dealers outside California are often selling them at list already.
Good luck.
#22
If I were you, I would keep the 997S and get a Z06. The 997S in some ways was a more fun drive for me than a 991.
The Z06 would be in a different league altogether. I doubt you would be disappointed.
I paid MSRP, but I had a "special" deal with the dealer here. However, I believe dealers outside California are often selling them at list already.
Good luck.
The Z06 would be in a different league altogether. I doubt you would be disappointed.
I paid MSRP, but I had a "special" deal with the dealer here. However, I believe dealers outside California are often selling them at list already.
Good luck.
#23
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Manual trannies are getting discounts now and auto trannies will follow soon. By end of the year, expect to see some sizable discounts. GM does not limit the production of these cars, and you can routinely get discounts on them.
Look at the Z28 which is somewhat limited, and GM was discounting those by 20%.
If you are in Norcal, check out Boardwalk Chevy as they will sell at MSRP or less.
Look at the Z28 which is somewhat limited, and GM was discounting those by 20%.
If you are in Norcal, check out Boardwalk Chevy as they will sell at MSRP or less.
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I really admire the big, fast cars from Chevy and Ford, and even Chrysler. Sat in one of the Z28's at the Rolex a week ago. I know it is a very potent car on a race track, likewise the big engined or any 'Vette. But I have always had diminutive cars, other than my '69 Charger R/T, that I took to Germany when I was a young Lt back in that year.
But on the tight, narrow back roads where I live, Upstate SC, where many of the roads have no shoulder, just trees, and the winding roads often follow old trails, a wide car takes up the whole narrow lane. I just like a relatively svelte, petite car where I live. But any recent ' Vette is a formidable car.
My son moved from a 996 to an even smaller Elise, daughter has a Turbo Mini, so in our family, we are just small car folks.
All the best...
But on the tight, narrow back roads where I live, Upstate SC, where many of the roads have no shoulder, just trees, and the winding roads often follow old trails, a wide car takes up the whole narrow lane. I just like a relatively svelte, petite car where I live. But any recent ' Vette is a formidable car.
My son moved from a 996 to an even smaller Elise, daughter has a Turbo Mini, so in our family, we are just small car folks.
All the best...
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After watching the Corvette's at the Rolex and seeing how consistent and well they performed I have a huge level of respect for them.
I would be very curious to see how these drive and if Corvette has finally moved past the "disconnected" feeling in the rear due to the leaf spring rear suspension.
I would be very curious to see how these drive and if Corvette has finally moved past the "disconnected" feeling in the rear due to the leaf spring rear suspension.
#27
Burning Brakes
I really admire the big, fast cars from Chevy and Ford, and even Chrysler. Sat in one of the Z28's at the Rolex a week ago. I know it is a very potent car on a race track, likewise the big engined or any 'Vette. But I have always had diminutive cars, other than my '69 Charger R/T, that I took to Germany when I was a young Lt back in that year.
But on the tight, narrow back roads where I live, Upstate SC, where many of the roads have no shoulder, just trees, and the winding roads often follow old trails, a wide car takes up the whole narrow lane. I just like a relatively svelte, petite car where I live. But any recent ' Vette is a formidable car.
My son moved from a 996 to an even smaller Elise, daughter has a Turbo Mini, so in our family, we are just small car folks.
All the best...
But on the tight, narrow back roads where I live, Upstate SC, where many of the roads have no shoulder, just trees, and the winding roads often follow old trails, a wide car takes up the whole narrow lane. I just like a relatively svelte, petite car where I live. But any recent ' Vette is a formidable car.
My son moved from a 996 to an even smaller Elise, daughter has a Turbo Mini, so in our family, we are just small car folks.
All the best...
I think the new Alfa 4C would be a great car for the canyons. Never had a Cayman, but I am sure it will be great too.
#28
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My Z06 isn't much fun in the canyons like my old GT3, because it is just too wide and big. I had more fun in a Mini Cooper S in the canyons.
The Z06 in the tight canyons is like trying to cut bread with an axe.
The Z06 in the tight canyons is like trying to cut bread with an axe.
#30
Sometime less really is more. My (slower) 912 is 13" narrower than a 918, nearly 15"narrower than a Z06. Which doesn't sound like a lot until you realize it means you've got 50% more space between the centerline and the edge of a normal back-road to play with. And what we need most on the street is exactly that: more street means a bigger playground.
This idea that little cars (Cayman) get less of everything means we're deprived of the time-tested recipe for a great sports car: small car, big motor. A 991 Turbo S and Cayenne Turbo S are two of a kind: both hugely impressive, hugely capable cars that I can't properly enjoy where I live and like to drive. I'll gladly pay whatever's asked for a small, light, playful little monster, a 4/5 scale RS 4.0 with the power and poise to get frisky in that extra lane width. What I won't pay for is another big car: this chase for more of everything might work on the Autobahn and keep 'Ring records tumbling, but in my world it's no fun when the cars get bigger but the roads don't.