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Old 03-06-2012, 11:07 AM   #30 (permalink)
UNKNOWN_370
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Originally Posted by ImportConvert View Post
-My 370Z is $50/mo cheaper than my Z06 to insure. (26/m/single)
-They both handled very well, but with a different feel.
-The Z06 was obviously way faster.
-The 370Z feels like it has the interior of a $40K car. The Z06, a $15K car (not exaggerating).
-They both get identical mileage in my experience.
-The Z06 sounds SO MUCH better than the 370Z when the exhaust opens up.
-The transmissions are both a bit unrefined, toss-up here.
-Steering in the corvette feels more "connected" and "safer" at high speeds, but both cars feel stable well into tripple digits. The Corvette steering is a pain in parkinglots but is very nice at speed, the 370Z is the opposite.
-The corvette has a bit more body flex
-The corvette has much better visibility
-The 370Z is a Nissan, and people associate it as such. Corvette is almost considered its own brand by many lay people. They say "Corvette for a Nissan?" when I tell them I traded. Then I remind them...Chevy/Nissan...same deal.
-The ZR1 feels like a Base model except rides smoother and has more performance. Quality, interior, etc. are all the same.
-The 3LZ package is lipstick on a pig beyond the telescoping steering column. Leather glued to things doesn't make it somehow "upscale".
-370Z has more "roll" than a Z06, it feels similar to a base C6, except the C6 is more composed over bumps. The 370Z is very "bouncy" and has a lot of rebound over rolling dips at speed.
SLAM DUNKED by the Convert. sways will tighten up the Z and give it a tighter feel. Lowering the Z's center of gravity will give it a slightly better high speed feel.
The corvette comes out the lot slammed and there is no production car under 80k as tight as the vette. Just no body roll from the factory. The vette is a great weekend car. That interior is Sh1tbox pathetic.
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