Have any of you checked the 350 forums?

[Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by TARDCORE

Today while leaving Fedex, this C6 vette coupe (maybe a 2005) parked next to me and this kid got out of it. He looked my age and I asked him how much he paid for it. He said $22,000!!! WTF. and he modded the hell out of it already. Think he respects any other car on the road? Nope. First thing he said was "wow you paid THAT much for a Z? My car could beat your car launching in 2nd" AND you know what... hes right.

just calmly walk over to his rear bumper and push at it with one finger and see what happens

as for the 350z owners, i guess you can say most of them are jealous that their cars have the older outdated design and our cars are the new hot thing on the market. probably like how 911 owners are jealous that the cheaper lesser cayman and boxster tend to outhandle their 911 on the twisties of the track

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by Pharmacist

just calmly walk over to his rear bumper and push at it with one finger and see what happens

as for the 350z owners, i guess you can say most of them are jealous that their cars have the older outdated design and our cars are the new hot thing on the market. probably like how 911 owners are jealous that the cheaper lesser cayman and boxster tend to outhandle their 911 on the twisties of the track

Somehow I doubt the 911 owners even care about the Cayman/Boxster, if they even know they exist!

[TARDCORE]

Originally Posted by Pharmacist

just calmly walk over to his rear bumper and push at it with one finger and see what happens

haha you dont like vettes do you? I guess not a lot of people do. They are quite common for an expensive sports car... new anyway.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by TARDCORE

haha you dont like vettes do you? I guess not a lot of people do. They are quite common for an expensive sports car... new anyway.

He hates everything.

[SmoothZ]

Originally Posted by dad

A very excellent site! I wish this site had a political thread(s)!

That doesn't see much action anymore.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

My experience with 350 owners has been pretty mixed. They are either very cool (Z enthusiasts) or total douchebags (total douchebags).

Isn't that the truth for just about every car?

Originally Posted by antennahead

That is what's sad, many of us are true Z enthusiasts, and have owned Z cars going back many iterations, including the 350. We love all Zs, they only love the 350, and fein respect for the original 240.

Whoa....lol

The only Z I'm not a fan of is the 280ZX and the Z31.

Originally Posted by Horseface

They're just jealous because the 350 looks too long. It's out of proportion and all wrong looking. And that back end flattening out towards the back instead of a continuous slope. Yuck. Dated.

Originally Posted by nogoodname

Don't forget the interior.......LoL

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by SmoothZ

That doesn't see much action anymore.

Isn't that the truth for just about every car?

Sort of. There was never really any hate in the Mustang world with regard to new models. There was some tension when they dropped the old 5.0 pushrod for the 4.6L OHC, but that didn't last long before everyone got along again.

It just seems that our community is much more fragmented than say the Mustang, Corvette, or Camaro communities. We look at our cars as 350s, 370s, 300s, etc., instead of "Zs."

Which is fine... but we could do without the hate!

[fullmonty]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Sort of. There was never really any hate in the Mustang world with regard to new models. There was some tension when they dropped the old 5.0 pushrod for the 4.6L OHC, but that didn't last long before everyone got along again.

It just seems that our community is much more fragmented than say the Mustang, Corvette, or Camaro communities. We look at our cars as 350s, 370s, 300s, etc., instead of "Zs."

Which is fine... but we could do without the hate!

I don't know if you frequented some of the Mustang forums within the past year or so, but theres been some hating in regards to the new bodystyle Mustangs. Seems for the most part the 94-04 guys like the new style but all the people with 05-09 hate it. When I was looking back in September there was really some hating going on.

[TARDCORE]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

He hates everything.

I have noticed.

[Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

He hates everything.

Actually I like a lot of things, Audi R8, most Ferraris (except for the california cuz it's junk), Carrera gt, 911 gt3 and gt2, bmw 3 series, aston martin (though it would help if all their models didn't look exactly the same!), lambo, GT-r, etc...

No one can deny that corvettes are very fast cars. But no one can deny they are built like crap too. Over here the cheapest base vette has an msrp of about 67k. That's more than a fully loaded 335i and actually pretty close to the M3 price. Pretty inexcusable to charge so much money while offering such a poor quality fit and finish. Nissan updated the interior significantly for the 370z even as its price dropped relative to the old car. Couldn't chevy at least put some effort into improving the vette build quality?

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by Pharmacist

Actually I like a lot of things, Audi R8, most Ferraris (except for the california cuz it's junk), Carrera gt, 911 gt3 and gt2, bmw 3 series, aston martin (though it would help if all their models didn't look exactly the same!), lambo, GT-r, etc...

No one can deny that corvettes are very fast cars. But no one can deny they are built like crap too. Over here the cheapest base vette has an msrp of about 67k. That's more than a fully loaded 335i and actually pretty close to the M3 price. Pretty inexcusable to charge so much money while offering such a poor quality fit and finish. Nissan updated the interior significantly for the 370z even as its price dropped relative to the old car. Couldn't chevy at least put some effort into improving the vette build quality?

I know I know, we just like giving you a hard time.

As far as build quality in the chebbies goes... the are actually well built, it's just the choice of materials and overall design of the interior. It LOOKS like a $50k car from the outside and by all means performs and drives like one, but it's like the designers just gave up on coming up with something nice for the cockpit.

I suspect, though, that whenever the 'Vette gets its next refresh the new cockpit is going to be nice. The newer GM vehicles are getting pretty nice now on the inside (ever sat in one of the new Buicks?), so I think the Corvette will get a much needed makeover on the interior.