[rpoz-29]

My Camaro has been a body shop for two weeks getting the top painted under warranty. It's a hardtop and this is the second time. I shouldn't have told them I was in no hurry. Anyway, I was griping about it during lunch at a "Street Survival" school I was helping with. Another club member overheard me and offered me a ride in his '02 Z06. WOW. I'm just kicking the idea around right now, but is there a year to stay away from? Any preferred years? Is a Z06 that much better than a standard Corvette? Just wondering!

[1qwikbird]

Another thing to consider is maintenance/upgrades/consumable costs. F-body stuff is cheap compared to Vette stuff. Race rubber/shock upgrades etc. are more expensive and doing a clutch in a Vette is no small feat from what I have seen. I noticed similar price drops and have seen some real nice C5Z's with lower miles for just over 20-22k. FRC's are tough to find and are almost as much when you do find them.
Good luck with whatever you decide.

Chris

[CrashTestDummy]

Another thing to consider is maintenance/upgrades/consumable costs. F-body stuff is cheap compared to Vette stuff. Race rubber/shock upgrades etc. are more expensive and doing a clutch in a Vette is no small feat from what I have seen. I noticed similar price drops and have seen some real nice C5Z's with lower miles for just over 20-22k. FRC's are tough to find and are almost as much when you do find them.
Good luck with whatever you decide.

Chris

And replacement parts. The headlight motors on C5's are a problem, and expensive to replace, and are almost a 'consumable' item. I think there was a recent post here where someone went in to order a $300+ headlight bucket for his wife's C5 and drove off with a new C6 vert. C6's don't have hideaway headlights, which is a BIG plus for me. If you want to change the color of the car, you have to replace the headlight bucket on a C6, but if you don't do that, you should have no need to replace unless you smack the thing in the front end.

With the prices these days, you can get a gently-used C6 Z06 for less than $50K. And the way the stealerships are hurting, you can almost haggle that price for a new one.

This post has been edited by CrashTestDummy: Nov 18 2008, 03:06 PM