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Originally Posted by azn370z
I looked at a vette and thought it looked lean but too long. I also didn't like how it was put together. It definitely is a fast car for the money. But I'm not looking for the fastest car.
I want something that looks like it's put together like a fine watch. Although it doesn't have to be as reliable as my z, because we know a Porsche is not. I simply want the cr because of how it looks and the engineering. It doesn't come with ac or a radio, which doesn't bother me. I've never really cared how the inside looks, just the exterior. I'm not looking for the best bang for the money as we all know the Porsche is not. My z will be paid off in a couple months and I will start savings for the next z or Cayman.
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Porsche stomped Nissan for PPH, though, actually, they led the class. If you want a "fine watch", then you may have found want you want.
I'd recommend waiting to see what the C7 looks like. GM has eaten a lot of crow over the interior and has stated that Audi is their target. I had a roommate with a BMW 3-series only a few years old and he says his new Chevy Cruze has a much better interior in every way. GM is turning over a new leaf, and I think you should give the C7 a good look, as well as the new Z when it comes out, and go from there.
We are reaching the tail-end of everything, and anything you buy now is about to be seriously 1-upped by the next revision of the line.
As to the C6 being long, it's no longer than a Porsche 911. Actually, it's shorter by a few inches. Further, it is roughly only 2" longer than your current 370Z. Do you think the 911 is long? How then is the shorter C6 TOO long? What about the Z? Would 2" kill it? Look how much more wheel-base you get for that 2" of length with the C6. Fine watch blah blah blah, but on the track it took Porsche 1/4 million to beat GM's $100K car. By about a second and a half. On a 7+ minute track. The 'Ring.
You did lose me on "how it was put together". I watched mine built from the frame up and the construction process made a lot of sense, and looked very well thought out. I was pleased. Currently, PPH was running 62 or something at the time. VERY low. Porsche was in the 70's for '09 or '10 I believe it was.
I doubt you meant how the parts interacted and how it was put together in the mechanical sense though, and you meant more "how it flowed"?
Probably harping on the interior. If you want what you say you do, I don't blame you. The interior in the C6 is fail. I love mine, but if we are honest, the interior is on the level with a base Cobalt.
The chassis, drive-line, and structure on the other hand, are world class. Whereas with the 370Z, you get a lot of neat and nifty quirks, but in the end I don't think it's nearly as well thought out. The Porsche is like a 370Z with a bigger budget--money to think out how to execute the design and mechanics better. The corvette, it uses a brute-force and "smart" approach. Parts are very durable, and the simplest path is always used. The LS7 V8 for example. It's the most powerful NA engine within 20# of its physical weight for under $50K (Mercedes AMG engines trump it in power a bit, and very slightly by weight, but at 250-400% the cost). People scoff at the pushrod/cam-in-block, but no-one can beat it for within eyesight of the price tag.
Anyway, I have not slept in nearly 20 hours. I'm rambling. If you want a finely crafted and tuned machine, buy the Porsche. If you want a machine that kicks *** but has a few rough edges, buy the C6. If you want to wait and see what comes out from Nissan, Ford, GM, and Europe in 2014, you can get something much better than anything currently available. Enjoy the Z. It's a nice car. Upgrade when you don't have to teeter-totter about whether or not it really IS an upgrade.