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Zsteve · 12-12-2010, 11:17 AM

Honestly the interior of the new vettes are good. I would say the vette and Z are equal in the interior quality now (still not up to what my Audi interior was). Looks like they used about the same type of product for the dash and all and has a good amount of leather now. They also have alot of nice aftermarket upgrades for color matching the interior in leather too. Gauges are very clear and at an angle that you can see them all. Seats are leather but a little on light side for weight reduction. But seems to be on par with sports car seats and are comfortable. Controls on the steering wheel and I have the very base model so the other models will have even more. Top comes off and has a lock down spot in the rear area so it wont move around while driving. Love the top off ride. The ride is smoother and in the Z when going fast and going over slight humps in the road it felt like it was lifting up, not in the vette it hugs the road always. Less road (way less but still some) noise and no high rev harsh engine noise. The stock non bose stereo is better than the bose I had in the Z. The power is always there but not in a way that it feels like you are zooming all the time. When driving normal it feels like any other car power wise, it cruises at 1500 rpms in all gears. At 70 mph im at 1400 rpms. I can get 26/27 mpg on the highway at those rpms. But any time I want to go, the power is there and when you floor it, you get that slight hesitation cuz its an auto and then ZOOM you are feeling the tq and power. Maybe with some mods the hesitation will decrease and this thing can handle lots of added power.

The things I was getting tired of in the Z were the paint, road noise, rattles starting to appear all over, suspension felt like it was getting worse and I had only 25K miles on the car. Felt the bumps like crazy. These are areas that one can live with if you want to. The main reason was I wanted more power and a car that can handle a SC with no worries about the tranny.

The Z body shape is awesome tho, one of my favorites.

12-12-2010, 11:17 AM	#81 (permalink)
Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TX Posts: 3,298 Drives: the 2 balled club Rep Power: 22	Honestly the interior of the new vettes are good. I would say the vette and Z are equal in the interior quality now (still not up to what my Audi interior was). Looks like they used about the same type of product for the dash and all and has a good amount of leather now. They also have alot of nice aftermarket upgrades for color matching the interior in leather too. Gauges are very clear and at an angle that you can see them all. Seats are leather but a little on light side for weight reduction. But seems to be on par with sports car seats and are comfortable. Controls on the steering wheel and I have the very base model so the other models will have even more. Top comes off and has a lock down spot in the rear area so it wont move around while driving. Love the top off ride. The ride is smoother and in the Z when going fast and going over slight humps in the road it felt like it was lifting up, not in the vette it hugs the road always. Less road (way less but still some) noise and no high rev harsh engine noise. The stock non bose stereo is better than the bose I had in the Z. The power is always there but not in a way that it feels like you are zooming all the time. When driving normal it feels like any other car power wise, it cruises at 1500 rpms in all gears. At 70 mph im at 1400 rpms. I can get 26/27 mpg on the highway at those rpms. But any time I want to go, the power is there and when you floor it, you get that slight hesitation cuz its an auto and then ZOOM you are feeling the tq and power. Maybe with some mods the hesitation will decrease and this thing can handle lots of added power. The things I was getting tired of in the Z were the paint, road noise, rattles starting to appear all over, suspension felt like it was getting worse and I had only 25K miles on the car. Felt the bumps like crazy. These are areas that one can live with if you want to. The main reason was I wanted more power and a car that can handle a SC with no worries about the tranny. The Z body shape is awesome tho, one of my favorites. __________________ 2010 LS3 C6 Silver coupe corvette