[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!

[Sam Strano]

When they first came out I drove a lot of them, and HATED them all. Nobody knew what they were doing setting them up, and usually messing them up from stock. Still to this day there is great debate of how to set them up, and you just can't convince some folks. All I can say is the proof is in the pudding. And I went from hating them to loving them.

[BigEnos]

When they first came out I drove a lot of them, and HATED them all. Nobody knew what they were doing setting them up, and usually messing them up from stock. Still to this day there is great debate of how to set them up, and you just can't convince some folks. All I can say is the proof is in the pudding. And I went from hating them to loving them.

'01s had stiffer rear springs, too. That can't help things.

[Sam Strano]

When they first came out I drove a lot of them, and HATED them all. Nobody knew what they were doing setting them up, and usually messing them up from stock. Still to this day there is great debate of how to set them up, and you just can't convince some folks. All I can say is the proof is in the pudding. And I went from hating them to loving them.

'01s had stiffer rear springs, too. That can't help things.

I've done '01's that were fine, you can easily tune around that with the range of adjustment and bars. The only thing that I hate about '01's is the throttle is a lot more touchy and top-loaded. It's hair-trigger, and the '02+ cars were recalibrated...