96redLT4

Lets hear some more, and see some pictures!
Jim

Terrence

Here you go!

512bb

Very nice, congrats!

96redLT4

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

Runner

Best looking corvette since 1963.

Terrence

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.

997s07

Nice car. Looks dangerous.

skxf430

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.

jenk12m

this is insane for a stock car

NAM VET

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...

Marine Blue

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.

Terrence

Small cars are great for the canyons. That why I always take the 911 to the canyons and the bigger cars to the track. The short front is easy to judge, and the overall size easy to place on narrow roads. The track usually doesn't have that problem, and thats when the power, braking, downforce and high speed handling becomes a factor.

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.

skxf430

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.

Terrence

Yep. I never even drive the Ferraris in the canyons. Way too big. Same as the Vette.

Petevb

And this, right here, is why Porsche needs to stop handy-capping their "little" cars. I get it: value-based pricing means if you spend more, you get more. In Porsche's case more of everything: speed, weight, space, comfort, luxury, traction. The Turbo S is ridiculously capable of doing everything well... Everything except having fun on a tight, curvy back-road, or even dare I say an autocross.

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.