Car and Driver: Tested : 2013 Detroit Auto Show Editor's Roundtable
#24
Safety Car
In my area, a lot of owners of used Corvettes are in their 50-60's. A kid making 12 bucks an hour isn't even buying a used C4. One thing I've noticed with my neighbor's teenagers. They perfer a 4 door 5 passenger sedan as they can carry their friends around. In fact my next door neighbor's 17 year old drives a old Civic station wagon that I sold to her 10 years ago, The kid(male) could care less about the car, it's all about being with his friends, and two seater cars don't carry many friends.
So I only ever drove to Vegas with a girl after that. Any other time I was gambling till noon and someone else drove the boring family car while I slept and sobered up! I never had to be the DD when going to clubs ever again either!
All you got to say is, "Sorry, I would love to drive but my car is a 2-seater"!
#25
I used to think like that too before selling off the 5 seater. Then something occurred to me. Someone else probably has a 5 seater, let them drive!
So I only ever drove to Vegas with a girl after that. Any other time I was gambling till noon and someone else drove the boring family car while I slept and sobered up! I never had to be the DD when going to clubs ever again either!
All you got to say is, "Sorry, I would love to drive but my car is a 2-seater"!
So I only ever drove to Vegas with a girl after that. Any other time I was gambling till noon and someone else drove the boring family car while I slept and sobered up! I never had to be the DD when going to clubs ever again either!
All you got to say is, "Sorry, I would love to drive but my car is a 2-seater"!
Last edited by Aaron Keating; 01-18-2013 at 01:46 PM.
#26
Melting Slicks
There is always a better bang for the buck in the used car market. I meant between new cars. When C7 will be for sale C6 will be clearing stock, even so C6 ZO6 will cost more new, and IMO does not compare bang for the buck. The extra weight on the C7 is mostly in things that matter, like a contemporary interior.
If you want a stripper car I bet the C7 stripped will weigh pretty much the same as a stripped out C6 Z06.
If you want a stripper car I bet the C7 stripped will weigh pretty much the same as a stripped out C6 Z06.
#27
Safety Car
Let's be frank here. You could roll on the streets in a C7 this fall and have one of the most appealing cars on the road, or you could roll in a 2013 C6 Z06 and few would be able to tell if it's any different than a 1997 Corvette base inside or outside.
I think folks are seriously understating the rewards of driving the first year of a new generation. This is nearly a decade of advancements from GM packed together in one release. It's going to be great! Compare that to the near touch up the 6th gen was over the 5th... This is C4 compared to C5. C6 stands no chance in comparing to the C7.
#28
Safety Car
You'd have to pay me to drive people around again.
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I love how people talk out of their *** when nothing is concrete yet. HP and weight are not yet confirmed by SAE or GM!!
#33
I never see ANY Vettes with the roof off on the street. You know why? They're such pain in the asses to put in and take out and people who cared about the 'joy of open air motoring' bought the real-deal convertibles. The targa top is just a liability. I'd much rather have a stiffer chassis with a fixed roof instead of having a giant roof hole. GM could have done wonders with a fixed roof on the C7.
#35
Melting Slicks
Right because GM is all of a sudden going to announce a c7 with SAE of 500hp and 300 lbs lighter than what everyone has been saying. These are engineers making statements that actually worked on the car not some BigGunz wannabe Internet poster spouting unconfirmed rumor.
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#36
Burning Brakes
Some of you guys are delusional!!! The C7 looks like a modified C6. Its no evolution, if the C6 was a C5.5, then the C7 is a C6.5!
And for those saying the nearest comp is the viper! Are you kidding me!!! The Viper competes with the ZR1! You trying to tell me the C7 will also??? No way!
The 370Z and the C7 are closer in comp... That sound right???
I think the C7 was a nice attempt by GM and once its modded, it will be very more appealing. But they coulde have done wayyyy better with it
And to the moron saying a C6Z looking like a base C5, lol GFTO dude!!!!
And for those saying the nearest comp is the viper! Are you kidding me!!! The Viper competes with the ZR1! You trying to tell me the C7 will also??? No way!
The 370Z and the C7 are closer in comp... That sound right???
I think the C7 was a nice attempt by GM and once its modded, it will be very more appealing. But they coulde have done wayyyy better with it
And to the moron saying a C6Z looking like a base C5, lol GFTO dude!!!!
#37
Some of you guys are delusional!!! The C7 looks like a modified C6. Its no evolution, if the C6 was a C5.5, then the C7 is a C6.5!
And for those saying the nearest comp is the viper! Are you kidding me!!! The Viper competes with the ZR1! You trying to tell me the C7 will also??? No way!
The 370Z and the C7 are closer in comp... That sound right???
I think the C7 was a nice attempt by GM and once its modded, it will be very more appealing. But they coulde have done wayyyy better with it
And to the moron saying a C6Z looking like a base C5, lol GFTO dude!!!!
And for those saying the nearest comp is the viper! Are you kidding me!!! The Viper competes with the ZR1! You trying to tell me the C7 will also??? No way!
The 370Z and the C7 are closer in comp... That sound right???
I think the C7 was a nice attempt by GM and once its modded, it will be very more appealing. But they coulde have done wayyyy better with it
And to the moron saying a C6Z looking like a base C5, lol GFTO dude!!!!
#38
Safety Car
To Corvette enthusiasts C5 is very distinct from C6. To the average person they are very similar, to the average enthusiast it looks like a face lifted mid cycle change.
A. best bang for the buck Corvette is probably a low mileage C5z
B. best regardless of price is going to be the C7
C6 will be neither here or there in 6 months, and arguably today. The worst buy is to buy the last stock of old cars imo. As soon as it's off the lot it's no longer a new car, and joins the mass of used C5 and C6. The C7 base will be new until the Z06 comes in. Much better buy.
As for open air motoring, this is what I think of as tough to operate:
A. best bang for the buck Corvette is probably a low mileage C5z
B. best regardless of price is going to be the C7
C6 will be neither here or there in 6 months, and arguably today. The worst buy is to buy the last stock of old cars imo. As soon as it's off the lot it's no longer a new car, and joins the mass of used C5 and C6. The C7 base will be new until the Z06 comes in. Much better buy.
As for open air motoring, this is what I think of as tough to operate:
#39
Safety Car
Some of you guys are delusional!!! The C7 looks like a modified C6. Its no evolution, if the C6 was a C5.5, then the C7 is a C6.5!
And for those saying the nearest comp is the viper! Are you kidding me!!! The Viper competes with the ZR1! You trying to tell me the C7 will also??? No way!
The 370Z and the C7 are closer in comp... That sound right???
I think the C7 was a nice attempt by GM and once its modded, it will be very more appealing. But they coulde have done wayyyy better with it
And to the moron saying a C6Z looking like a base C5, lol GFTO dude!!!!
And for those saying the nearest comp is the viper! Are you kidding me!!! The Viper competes with the ZR1! You trying to tell me the C7 will also??? No way!
The 370Z and the C7 are closer in comp... That sound right???
I think the C7 was a nice attempt by GM and once its modded, it will be very more appealing. But they coulde have done wayyyy better with it
And to the moron saying a C6Z looking like a base C5, lol GFTO dude!!!!
Let's recap your statements. C6 is C5.5 ok? C7 is C6.5. That means from C6 to C7 we jump from C5.5 to C6.5, so a whole new generation! Brilliant, you agreed with me!
I would never consider buying a 370Z so yes, to me the Viper would be next choice, or maybe the base 911. RS5 would be nice too but no manual on that one. I suppose the V8 M3 is still for sale and that's cheaper the the other options but the new turbo M3 I could not care less about. The 370/350z cars are not even track-ready cars. Mid summer in California those things overheat and cook their brakes pronto. So no, it's not a comparable car. The Nissan Z cars are street only unless modified fairly extensively in the aftermarket.
You GFTO, whatever that means...GirlFriend watch your TOne?
#40
Drifting
keep talking out your ***!! i'll be ROFL when you get your **** pushed in by a C6 Z06 in the streets!! thats if you are even going to get a C7