alanhang

for the guys who sold or traded in their 06's to get an 08 or 09, was it worth the extra money or if you had it to do over again you would have kept what you had?

Fast06Z06

Personally id rather have an 06 for weight and performance benefits but thats just me. Any Z would make me happy as long as I had one.

titleist731

are you trading up or buying a "new" one

Jorday

other than the weight difference, what performance benefits do the older ones offer?

SLOW 77

I bought an 06, put an 08 console in it and I am good to go I got a color they don't make anymore and saved a bunch of $. Get what you want...

jrubicon

in my opinion the only thing of major concern is the warranty. If you can stand to leave the car stock, then it may be worth if for the 100k mile warranty, just my .02

NineBall

Worth $15K difference? No way. I only bought an '09 because I liked the cyber gray color. I guess some of us just aren't that good at saving money

titleist731

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...pressions.html

post of some driving impressions between 07 and 08

08msmZ06

Can you specify the weight/performance benefits of an '06 over an '08 or '09? I think this is

titleist731

i think the T56 tranny is lighter than the newer T6060 tranny

someone correct me if im wrong

avacorvette

06's are beasts............

08msmZ06

No magazine test has shown an '06 Z to be faster than any other model year. Okay, maybe it's 1/1000 quicker in the 1/4...

jnx911

The weight difference only comes into play when the top blows off. Once it's put back on they are about the same, because they use a heavier glue to secure it.

titleist731

i think there is also some added weight due to the better insulation?

walterm32

My 08 1lz seems pretty fast to me. As others have said what performance benefit do 06's have over the other years? None from what I can gather.
I thought the 09's had the extra weight from the hatch pull down and more sound deadning but the previous years were all the same?
Does the TR-6060 transmission weigh more than the t-56? If so that would be the only thing that would add more weight than the 06's or 07's that I could think of.

dvandentop

i would say heck no to 15k difference that can be spent on more mods and ext gmpp warranty

90sundevil

I changed for the AO because I got tired of the MS. Like the 08 better than the 07, you can feel the differences in the steering and trans, I like the added CF on the console.

90sundevil

GM will void the GMPP warranty if you mod the car. I was looking at a 08 BMW M3 and BMW had voided the brake part of the warranty because the owner had installed stainless brake lines. Looks like every manufacturer is going to ding you for anything they can just to cut warranty costs.

kumar75150

depends on the person

for me, the new tranny in itself might make it worth it

dvandentop

wow hardcore on bmw m3 getting voided for that