How would you have it???
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How would you have it???
I'm an F-Body guy. I'm a Corvette guy (in spirit only for the first 27 years) now, and mostly, I'm a car guy. Love to tinker, mod, ect. So I was thinking on the way to work today.
What if........
What if you were back in a position and had a choice. Hypothetically, you're given the opportunity for one of the two following what would you do??
A: An LS1 equipped F-Body, with the freedom to mod as you see fit.
B: A C5 ZO6, but it must forever remain bone stock down to the paper filter.
I found myself pondering that and really can't make up my mind. Part of me would want the Vette, but the other part would want the F-Body for the ability to tinker, experiment, and make it go faster. I think I'd actually choose the F-Body in that situation. How about you?
What if........
What if you were back in a position and had a choice. Hypothetically, you're given the opportunity for one of the two following what would you do??
A: An LS1 equipped F-Body, with the freedom to mod as you see fit.
B: A C5 ZO6, but it must forever remain bone stock down to the paper filter.
I found myself pondering that and really can't make up my mind. Part of me would want the Vette, but the other part would want the F-Body for the ability to tinker, experiment, and make it go faster. I think I'd actually choose the F-Body in that situation. How about you?
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I'm an F-body guy at heart; 3 WS6's and 1 Firebird Formula were the first 4 cars I owned.. Love 'em to death.
Now that I have the Z, I miss the F-bods, but I don't look back for a second. BUT, the Z IS lightly modded.. Ya can't just leave it stock!
Now that I have the Z, I miss the F-bods, but I don't look back for a second. BUT, the Z IS lightly modded.. Ya can't just leave it stock!
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
This IS a forum of Corvette lovers, so would you really expect very many folks to vote for the F Body?
Personally, the choice left to me.......I'd have to take the F-body. I'd try to make a Yugo faster if it's all I had.
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Its just too hard to deny the urge... I told myself when I sold my f-body that the Z would stay just about stock. Well, its only been 6 months, and the Z already has a few cosmetics mods done, LT Headers, Short Throw Shifter, Borla Stingers in about 2 weeks, Honker by the end of the year hopefully...
Embrace it
Embrace it
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Z06 Totally. Modded F bodies, to me, are becoming like Mustangs. You know what I mean?
i would prefer the F-body. in my opinion having the ability to mod or customize your vehicle is the best part of owning it. i just like having something different, something i wont see next to me driving down the highway
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Originally Posted by C5 KIDD
in my opinion having the ability to mod or customize your vehicle is the best part of owning it. i just like having something different, something i wont see next to me driving down the highway
Modding is personalizing you car. Making it different, and not a dime a dozen (nothing against people who don't mod, not at all), tailoring it to yourself...My F-Body, when sold:
My 600RR, when sold:
Both were bought brand-new, and through time, modded to my liking.
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Having also had both I still vote for the vette. Yes, maybe with a seriously modified suspension an f-body might be close, but still hard to get an f-body to feel and handle as well as a corvette. The only advantage I see for an f-body is if you needed storage space for rear seats and if you liked/needed a solid rear axle. Every other advantage is in the vette's favor.
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A month ago went from a lightly modded Formula Firebird to my '02 Z06. I have been equating the F-Body to an ex-wife - run down, tired, bulky, and not the beautiful jewel she was 8 years ago. I have a new love, and she is getting modded until everything is just the way I like it - now if I could do that with my G/F...
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Originally Posted by jbauch357
A month ago went from a lightly modded Formula Firebird to my '02 Z06. I have been equating the F-Body to an ex-wife - run down, tired, bulky, and not the beautiful jewel she was 8 years ago. I have a new love, and she is getting modded until everything is just the way I like it - now if I could do that with my G/F...
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Could be a tough choice, but no doubt that I would take the Z06. Awesome right out of the box.