Why All The Drama
08-01-2007, 03:37 PM
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It is a 5EAT (wish I had gotten the 5MT but I drive in too much traffic). I put about 4k into it and it went from 190 whp stock to 290 whp now. And that is all wheel drive HP. It will run high 12's for a family sedan in an auto. Not bad for a 2.5 liter 4 banger
Before I did my turbo swap I was at 255 AWHP and I pulled a 60 ' of 1.72 at the track lol
08-01-2007, 03:55 PM
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The original question asked - "Why all the drama?"
Answer: Because there are guys here that make statements like I read above - "a corvette with an automatic is a woman's car, etc etc"
So, if that is true, we are saying that this great machine called a corvette is primarily made for women, since 55% of all 2007 vettes were equipped with an A6. So guys, you are driving a woman's car.
Any guy who would sell their A6 because they think only real men drive an MN6 has a real issue with himself. As has been said many times, 98% of guys shifting an MN6 cannot do it near as efficiently as the A6. If ya like to shift, go for it! But don't say the A6 is a slushbox cuz that slushbox may be way better at it than you are....
(55% guys, 55%. So most are made for women, right? Think about it).
Answer: Because there are guys here that make statements like I read above - "a corvette with an automatic is a woman's car, etc etc"
So, if that is true, we are saying that this great machine called a corvette is primarily made for women, since 55% of all 2007 vettes were equipped with an A6. So guys, you are driving a woman's car.
Any guy who would sell their A6 because they think only real men drive an MN6 has a real issue with himself. As has been said many times, 98% of guys shifting an MN6 cannot do it near as efficiently as the A6. If ya like to shift, go for it! But don't say the A6 is a slushbox cuz that slushbox may be way better at it than you are....
(55% guys, 55%. So most are made for women, right? Think about it).
08-01-2007, 06:11 PM
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I remember reading a letter in a corvette magazine regarding the "You're not a man unless you drive a stick" subject. I wish I could quote it word for word, but it said something along the lines of "Those of us who got our leg blown off fighting for your freedom to own a Corvette are very appreciative of the fact that they make them with automatics" Case closed.
08-01-2007, 06:16 PM
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Some guys really love an MN6 and are good at it. But I think more would prefer an automatic than are willing to admit the fact.
UCLA has a point, I admit I never considered it. Over half are made with an automatic and most vettes are driven by men. Reading posts here in this forum I would have thought the majority made are manuals. GM caters to what most buyers want, and that's an automatic. So if an automatic is a womans car then get out my pink lipstick and high heels and put in the drivers seat!
UCLA has a point, I admit I never considered it. Over half are made with an automatic and most vettes are driven by men. Reading posts here in this forum I would have thought the majority made are manuals. GM caters to what most buyers want, and that's an automatic. So if an automatic is a womans car then get out my pink lipstick and high heels and put in the drivers seat!
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08-01-2007, 06:20 PM
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Well i normally don't have beef with this type of stuff either. I don't own my vette just yet (may 2008) but there is a local kid at the YMCA I work at part time who's father bought him a vette for getting a B in a class.
His first car at 17 was a BMW 3 series and he now has a 2007 Z51 A6 vette too. Of course there was some jealousy on my part since I am 13 years older then him working 3 jobs just trying to get myself my first vette........he went and put Z06 badges all over his car. He doesn't know much about vettes at all other then "magazines say they are fast so I got one" or the history of vettes.
So I rolled my eyes at that when he told me he did that. I think that is just retarded but I guess to each his own
His first car at 17 was a BMW 3 series and he now has a 2007 Z51 A6 vette too. Of course there was some jealousy on my part since I am 13 years older then him working 3 jobs just trying to get myself my first vette........he went and put Z06 badges all over his car. He doesn't know much about vettes at all other then "magazines say they are fast so I got one" or the history of vettes.
So I rolled my eyes at that when he told me he did that. I think that is just retarded but I guess to each his own
Wow, I wonder what an "A" would have got him!
08-01-2007, 06:24 PM
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Human nature.
Most forums are exactly like this one.
People come together for a common interest, and immediately find reasons to disagree with each other.
However,
The positives far far exceed any negatives.
So much passion and information here.
Most forums are exactly like this one.
People come together for a common interest, and immediately find reasons to disagree with each other.
However,
The positives far far exceed any negatives.
So much passion and information here.
08-01-2007, 07:10 PM
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08-01-2007, 07:38 PM
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I drove to Vegas a few months back for an Alumni gathering and while tailgating (Cashman Field) this guys says to a group of folks, "can you believe that vette over there is an automatic?" "Who would buy an automatic in a freakin vette?" I politely took a sip of my beer and said...that would be me!! He immediately apologized and went onto say how nice the car was......I told him, "by the way close to 60% of Corvettes are autos"....he shamefully said, "I knew that I was just joking around." 
08-01-2007, 08:07 PM
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Naw, you A6 folk are OK. It's those paddle shifter types who are real posers! 
JUST KIDDING!!!!! I'd still drive a vette if it had a CVT! I do prefer a stick, but that's just to feel like an Unser progeny. 
FM
JUST KIDDING!!!!! I'd still drive a vette if it had a CVT! I do prefer a stick, but that's just to feel like an Unser progeny. FM
08-01-2007, 08:28 PM
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Most people that have negative comments regarding vettes with auto trannys don't own one, never have owned one and never will own one! I have a MN6 but it's a weekend toy. If I had to drive in traffic all the time I'd have to rethink my choice of tranny's. GM builds them both way because the market is there. I'm not about to knock anyone's choice of options on a C6. It's their car and their money.....
08-01-2007, 10:23 PM
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I certainly agree with 'to each their own.' Everyone has the right to do with their car as they wish. When it gets down to it...it's all good.
Although the Corvette Forum is a censored forum, it is a great community...a tremendous resource where information is exchanged, experiences are related, enthusiasm is shared and opinions are given.
The Corvette Forum would be pretty dull if opinions were not (more or less) freely expressed. IMO no one should be so thin-skinned that a differing opinion or a little criticism is taken with offense. We should all be entitled to express our preferences, dislikes and opinions.
Although the Corvette Forum is a censored forum, it is a great community...a tremendous resource where information is exchanged, experiences are related, enthusiasm is shared and opinions are given.
The Corvette Forum would be pretty dull if opinions were not (more or less) freely expressed. IMO no one should be so thin-skinned that a differing opinion or a little criticism is taken with offense. We should all be entitled to express our preferences, dislikes and opinions.
08-02-2007, 11:09 AM
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08-02-2007, 11:17 AM
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Well i normally don't have beef with this type of stuff either. I don't own my vette just yet (may 2008) but there is a local kid at the YMCA I work at part time who's father bought him a vette for getting a B in a class.
His first car at 17 was a BMW 3 series and he now has a 2007 Z51 A6 vette too. Of course there was some jealousy on my part since I am 13 years older then him working 3 jobs just trying to get myself my first vette........he went and put Z06 badges all over his car. He doesn't know much about vettes at all other then "magazines say they are fast so I got one" or the history of vettes.
So I rolled my eyes at that when he told me he did that. I think that is just retarded but I guess to each his own
His first car at 17 was a BMW 3 series and he now has a 2007 Z51 A6 vette too. Of course there was some jealousy on my part since I am 13 years older then him working 3 jobs just trying to get myself my first vette........he went and put Z06 badges all over his car. He doesn't know much about vettes at all other then "magazines say they are fast so I got one" or the history of vettes.
So I rolled my eyes at that when he told me he did that. I think that is just retarded but I guess to each his own
08-02-2007, 11:23 AM
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08-02-2007, 01:15 PM
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I wholeheartedly agree. My father owned a 91 coupe in artic white and then traded it for a 94 vert in actic white with tan top. I was 17 back then and had already loved vettes.
I got to drive it a few times but not like daily. So now I want my first one and I have been working 3 jobs to get mine. My career, personal training, and part time performance parts selling online.
I am earning those damn keys and it is going to feel so goooood!
I know most vette owners are older then I am when they get theirs and I hope I dont get the "oh mr richy rich in his big tough vette" attitude from people, but honestly screw em. I earned it and it is for me NOT them.
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