What car will replace your C5?
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What car will replace your C5?
For those of you that are not planning on keeping your C5 forever, what car do you think will one day replace your C5?
For me the one thing I really miss about my Supra was the targa top, with a ton of beautiful days in fl it comes in really handy, and considering the new c6 z06 doesnt have one I may explore the word of the srt-10 viper as it still has performance and is a drop top yet doesnt cost a fortune (especially a nice used one). Depending how things situate for me I may try it out in about a year, but being only 22 (23 this friday!) I am in no rush.
For me the one thing I really miss about my Supra was the targa top, with a ton of beautiful days in fl it comes in really handy, and considering the new c6 z06 doesnt have one I may explore the word of the srt-10 viper as it still has performance and is a drop top yet doesnt cost a fortune (especially a nice used one). Depending how things situate for me I may try it out in about a year, but being only 22 (23 this friday!) I am in no rush.
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I am keeping my C5, it was the first vette I ever bought and I want to pass it on to my boy. 
I may add to the collection with the new C6 ZO6 if I ever when POWERBALL.
I may add to the collection with the new C6 ZO6 if I ever when POWERBALL.
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Originally Posted by PolishDude
For those of you that are not planning on keeping your C5 forever, what car do you think will one day replace your C5?
Been driving Vettes for over thirty years and there's always been at least one in the garage and sometimes up to four at a time.
When I want a change I'll take the LS430 or Hayabusa
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Ive actually been thinking about this, I normally dump crap loads of money into a car, only to sell it 8 months later. Lately, ive been thinking of taking my time on the corvette because, where do I go from here? I wouldnt mind having a slighly modded C5 Z06 for daily driving, and keep this current one for drag racing. But its still deciently tame and streetable for a low 10 sec car. Its a big nitrous car, so daily driving its not that bad at all, and a mid 11 car. But I wouldnt mind stripping a couple hundred pounds of weight out of it, but as long as I still take it on alot of road trips I dont plan on doing that. Hmm, maybe a stockish C6 for a daily, and the C5 for the track??
I dont know where I would go next, because no car can stand anywhere close in the power/speed/sex department per dollar as the vette.
I dont know where I would go next, because no car can stand anywhere close in the power/speed/sex department per dollar as the vette.
