dangerz

Soo I just called the cabin people. After viewing the place on google maps, the road didn't look paved. I spoke to the owner and he said the final road to the cabin is definitely not paved and has stone and gravel all along the way. That pretty much rules out me taking my car. I don't want to kick up all those rocks.

Thank you for all the advice though. Fortunately I've been to the museum before. It would've been neat to take the z06 there, but it'll have to wait for next time.

LSxFTMFW

aw that sucks man. lol when I bought my car I drove it back for 23 hours straight. Didn't think twice about it. Best day of driving of my life and really was able to get used to my car. hopefully you will be able to take it on trip in the near future!

dangerz

I'm still tempted to take it. I think it'd be a lot of fun. It's going to be a last minute decision honestly. Which keys do I grab...

Thing is that I'm planning a Florida trip this winter in which I'll be driving, so I can always take my car on that. I've ridden my motorcycle all over the Eastern USA. I love long trips.

dangerz

Ok I'm back to thinking I'm going to take it.

|Take it ------- X ------------------------------------------------------- Don't Take it |

Here's what the road looks like:

vettefred

Go for it....my son and I took a road trip from NC through Tennessee hills into Ky to the Museum. Went to Mammoth Caves for a day, BeechBend dragway one night, the Museum (whole day) then south to Nashville, then on to the Jack Daniels distillery just outside of Tullahoma, TN.
On the way home hit a TN Muscle car museum and the Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC.

We had a wonderful time...my son is thirty four lives in NYC and really learned all about Corvettes on the trip and gained an appreciation of how well built the Z-06 is.

Wishing you a great trip!

Fred

Ajaste

spoolin7

the C5 is a great road trip machine. the wife and I took the Z06 on several road trips (it's currently down at the moment). one trip was 3,000 miles over the course of 5 days. one was to DC and back. been to chicago with it a couple of times.

luckily, the only issue we ever encountered was having the shifter bolts come loose while in Texas. lost all ability to shift into 1st or 2nd. limped it to a parts store, got some cheap sockets and some loctite. did a parking lot repair and it was good to go.

i have a plug kit and 12v air pump i keep in the car at all times just in case of a flat.

edit: one of our chicago trips entailed delivering a set of wheels to a guy up there. we fit four 18" z06 replicas, in boxes, in the trunk area and drove all the way up there. you'd be surprised what you can fit in there.

63Corvette

In my opinion, the C5 Z06 is a GREAT road trip car. I drove 4200 miles in 2006 (on Michelin PS2s) and a 2400 mile trip (Washington to Texas) in 2009 (on Nitto NT-05s) without any problems, although on both trips I encountered some snow..............

C5Longhorn

So, which car did you take?

93civEJ1

enjoy. ...what part you staying at up here with us? Any trips to Dollywood?

oldvtr

Have made a number of trips from central Illinois to South Carolina with two golf bags, duffels with clothes for two for two weeks and a cooler with room to spare. Even drove Tail-of-the-Dragon with all of the above in the trunk!
Load up and go!

dangerz

Ended up taking my wife's car. I was going to take the z until I decided that I didn't want to risk all the rock dings from the driveway. Turns out I made a great decision. The rest of the road would've been great and I would've had a blast in the mountain roads up there, but the driveway to the cabin was about 3/4 mile long, all rocks, lots of dips and then a very steep hill up to the cabin itself. Once up there, it's still rock and we had the kids all running around kicking rocks all over the place. If I would've had my car, I would've wanted to move it and it would've been a hassle. We're going to Florida to see my grandparents over Christmas.. I'll take my car then.

We stayed in a cabin near Townsend. I actually didn't like Pigeon Forge very much, sorry . It was really really touristy. Gatlinburg was a lot of fun though. We really stayed around the cabin though and explored trails. No bears were spotted unfortunately.

Z06_Chris

I drove my 03 Z06 from Tampa FL to San Diego Ca and not a single problem. Just to add to that I had my wife and her miniature cocker spaniel too and the trunk was fully loaded to include the deck behind are seats. Still was a fun trip

93civEJ1

yeah ...pigeon forge sucks. Its like a wanna be beach strip without the beach. We do get some decent car shows up in that area though.

JETninja

Mine has Clear Bra on Nose, Mirrors, Rocker Panels inside and out, behind each wheel, around the Brake Duct and under the door handles. (No Nail scratches!) I have no issues driving it anywhere, other than the height of the car...

bikeriderga

I love to take my Z on a road trip.

Have only had one opportunity in a 350 mile trip, but the Z was AWESOME to drive on that trip. Smooth as silk!

Only regret is that it put me over the 25K mark.