Went to a chevy dealership today...

rj45 · 05-29-2010, 04:42 PM

Congrats! As long as you're happy with the trade, that's all that matters. The Corvette and Z are both nice cars, really can't go wrong with either. Hope the dealer makes good on the paint issues.

Just a word of advice...take your time and get used to the Corvette's power and handling before driving it hard. My Z06 would get a bit loose in the rear when really getting on it, especially in the lower gears. Plenty of guys who "knew what they were doing" have lost control by not respecting the car's power.

Anyway, good luck and post some photos!

FuszNissan · 05-29-2010, 04:52 PM

Soooo...does this mean goodbye??

kannibul · 05-29-2010, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Damn, so unless you pay it off early you are paying $65k for a base 'Vette. Hope it's worth it!

I have no intention of taking the full 84mo. :0

72mo was same rate. 60mo could be done, but, I'd rather not have gone that tight, even though it was 0% interest, which is what I would have done, but I don't feel comfortable having a car that has higher payments than my house payment (just seems "wrong"), plus I'd lose the 3K incentive (of which 2K I'm using for TT&L, the way I'm looking at it)...

Wrong, I know...

worthy in some ways, but, it's something I think is a better fit for me.

kannibul · 05-29-2010, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by rj45

Congrats! As long as you're happy with the trade, that's all that matters. The Corvette and Z are both nice cars, really can't go wrong with either. Hope the dealer makes good on the paint issues.

Just a word of advice...take your time and get used to the Corvette's power and handling before driving it hard. My Z06 would get a bit loose in the rear when really getting on it, especially in the lower gears. Plenty of guys who "knew what they were doing" have lost control by not respecting the car's power.

Anyway, good luck and post some photos!

Yeah, I pretty much have learned what-not-to-do with the Z, so I have about as much respect for this as a loaded shotgun pointed at my head, with my foot on the trigger...the safeties stay on!

Even then, I'm trying to get used to the clutch - quite a bit different than most other cars...and not quite as stiff as I was thinking it would be - just touchy/twitchy towards the early part of the travel, which happens to be the zone that it starts to grab.

kannibul · 05-29-2010, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by FuszNissan

Soooo...does this mean goodbye??

Yep

m4a1mustang · 05-29-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

Yep

Well, good luck with the 'Vette. I'm not your financial advisor so I won't yell at you. Hope you find the Vette community to be as cool as ours... if you ever have any questions come on back here, there are plenty of ex Vette owner's to fill your brain with knowledge.

rj45 · 05-29-2010, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

Yeah, I pretty much have learned what-not-to-do with the Z, so I have about as much respect for this as a loaded shotgun pointed at my head, with my foot on the trigger...the safeties stay on!

Even then, I'm trying to get used to the clutch - quite a bit different than most other cars...and not quite as stiff as I was thinking it would be - just touchy/twitchy towards the early part of the travel, which happens to be the zone that it starts to grab.

Yeah, I'd leave the traction control on, definitely. Head over to C6 Corvette General Discussion - Corvette Forum , there's a lot of info there, and good guys.

You'll get used to the clutch, just give it some time. Once you put some more miles on the clutch, it may loose some of its touchiness and smooth out a bit.

frost · 05-29-2010, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I'm not your financial advisor so I won't yell at you. ]

His financial advisor would bury him in the desert

kannibul · 05-29-2010, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rj45

Yeah, I'd leave the traction control on, definitely. Head over to C6 Corvette General Discussion - Corvette Forum , there's a lot of info there, and good guys.

You'll get used to the clutch, just give it some time. Once you put some more miles on the clutch, it may loose some of its touchiness and smooth out a bit.

Yeah, I'm already registered over there

As for the clutch - that's what I'm thinking will happen. Same thing happened on my bike - after about a hundred miles on it, it wasn't so grabby.

I was driving around a bit tonight and noticed I'm already getting a bit more used to it. Mostly it stems from me not wanting to crank up the RPM's enough...then dumping the clutch to save it, then hitting it again.

kannibul · 05-29-2010, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

His financial advisor would bury him in the desert

That's fine, I still am tossing $400/mo into savings...I'd rather carry fixed debt (since I have no credit cards), and know my bills, and know my spending habits, and still stash money away....than to cut everything back, sell assets and so on to be debt free.

Interest rates are what make our economy strong, right?

Half-joking aside, my money (or my promise to pay), my business.

Someone asked, so I shared. Z's resale value right now - regardless what KBB says, is around 27000-28000.

Modshack · 05-29-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

so I signed papers for around 56K...which works out to about 767/mo payment, which is $120-$130 more than what I was paying for the Z, which I really was liking less everytime I would drive it.

So you paid $56K for a $42K car?.........Very shrewd deal....

kannibul · 05-29-2010, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

So you paid $56K for a $42K car?.........Very shrewd deal....

42K...really? Where....

Modshack · 05-29-2010, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

42K...really? Where....

Same place I bought mine a few years back...No games, no BS, No Doc fees...Great guys to deal with..

Coupe, Vert & Z06-$3,000 Rebate OR ZER0 % Finance up to 60 Months at MacMulkin Chevy! - Corvette Forum

Stock #5225
VIN # 1G1YA2DW3A5102089

Equipment/Options Include:
1LT Equipment Group
MN6 Manual 6-Speed Transmission
NPP Dual Mode Performance Exhaust
QG6 Split-Spoke Silver Painted Aluminum Wheels

MSRP $51,075
MacMulkin Discount $5,880
GM Rebate Discount $3,000
OUT THE DOOR PRICE $42,195 - OVER 17% OFF MSRP!!

Endgame · 05-29-2010, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

That's fine, I still am tossing $400/mo into savings...

That's it???

UNKNOWN_370 · 05-29-2010, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

On the camaro, it felt like it had a boat anchor attached to it. Smoother ride though, but "felt" sluggish.

Vette to me feels more confident in turns - my big complaint about the Z was it's sharp ride, and when cornering over bumps (clover-leaf interchanges most notably), that you'd hit a bump and the rear would skip over towards the outside of the turn - here in Oklahoma, the roads are pretty poorly maintained on the interchanges...so, bumps are common...every 10ft or so. That leads to a lot of corrective steering, or, going well under the posted speed...

Once the vette is corrected, and I get to work with "knowing my Porter Cable" on another vehicle (3, actually, each with different levels of help) - I'll hit the vette with it and turn it into a black mirror.

I don't know about sluggish, but there is a throttle response delay that's immensely annoying. (Can be fixed with a slp tune) the camaro really doesn't start feeling like a sports car till you hit 90mph. Then the gearing gets really aggressive. A lot of people might look at the car and find this contradicting. But the engines gearing is set up for track at high speeds and street at low speeds. Something i didn't expect from this car.

05-29-2010, 04:42 PM	#61 (permalink)
rj45 Base Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 60 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	Congrats! As long as you're happy with the trade, that's all that matters. The Corvette and Z are both nice cars, really can't go wrong with either. Hope the dealer makes good on the paint issues. Just a word of advice...take your time and get used to the Corvette's power and handling before driving it hard. My Z06 would get a bit loose in the rear when really getting on it, especially in the lower gears. Plenty of guys who "knew what they were doing" have lost control by not respecting the car's power. Anyway, good luck and post some photos! Last edited by rj45; 05-29-2010 at 04:44 PM.

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