[Z06] Will you experience anything better...
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 2,461
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From: Madison Alabama
My first “true love” is the ’82 but it I had to sell one it’d be the left kidney…’cause I’ve decided I’m keeping both the Z and my ’82!
Last edited by 2TONE82; Dec 7, 2006 at 11:13 AM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2002
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Originally Posted by The Machine
Yes there are better cars out there... for twice-three times the price. But lets qualify that. Better cars for what? There are better cars for taking four people in high style like the Mb 500 class. There are better cars for going off road like the Hummer. But there are very few cars that at any price are better on a road course than the Z06 stock.
I had a rattle in my Z06 once too, it was two sawzall blades that I had dropped in the hatch. I took them out and the rattle went with them. I find very few posts of people complaining about rattles or squeeks and the ones who do, usualy turn out to have modded the car. Most rattles turn out to come from aftermarket exhaust systems or cars that have been lowered. You should also understand that these cars have very little sound deadening insulation. This is part of the keep it light philisophy that was a key part of the Z06 design. What you may be hearing could be road noise.
As far as the brakes go. You bought a race ready production car. A race ready production car means that it could go from the show room to the track and compete. To race you need certain things that you would not have on normal pasanger cars. One of the most important race ready items on the Z06 are the brakes. They are race ready brakes, and anyone who knows anything about racing brakes knows, they squeek and dust.
Perhaps this car just isn't the one for you. Maybe you would be happier with something quieter and more dependable. I hear the Honda Civic fits that bill.
For more info please go to my post " This may make some of you mad"
I had a rattle in my Z06 once too, it was two sawzall blades that I had dropped in the hatch. I took them out and the rattle went with them. I find very few posts of people complaining about rattles or squeeks and the ones who do, usualy turn out to have modded the car. Most rattles turn out to come from aftermarket exhaust systems or cars that have been lowered. You should also understand that these cars have very little sound deadening insulation. This is part of the keep it light philisophy that was a key part of the Z06 design. What you may be hearing could be road noise.
As far as the brakes go. You bought a race ready production car. A race ready production car means that it could go from the show room to the track and compete. To race you need certain things that you would not have on normal pasanger cars. One of the most important race ready items on the Z06 are the brakes. They are race ready brakes, and anyone who knows anything about racing brakes knows, they squeek and dust.
Perhaps this car just isn't the one for you. Maybe you would be happier with something quieter and more dependable. I hear the Honda Civic fits that bill.
For more info please go to my post " This may make some of you mad"
Originally Posted by BradtheAg
this is something i think about/worry about all the time. i'm 24 and i'm worried that i've already topped out. what am i going to drive next?!
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 20,933
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From: salem OR
Originally Posted by StealthZ06
I honestly don't feel it's all that it's cracked up to be. Squeaks, rattles, faulty gas sensors, weak headlights, bad oil pressure sending units, cheap window motors, orange peel in the paint, etc. I love my car, but I was expecting a little bit better build quality.
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