Is the C5 "dated"
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From: Hazel Green, Wi www.doubledmods.com
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I agree on your thoughts on the C6. It just doesnt have the "look at me" features that the C5 has. With Chevy forcing us to lower the car ourselves, making it sound like a Vette should sound like, and upgrading to nicer wheels like most of everyone has, I think you get a better looking car than what is offered in a new C6 and you still have money in your bank account to make it faster and more powerful than the C6 should you choose to.
Just my .02 worth of input. The C6 is still a very nice car and I would not be ashamed to own one but, I just like my C5 better.
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The C5 has such great lines, I tell people that the C5 is the way a car was meant to look!
It is still the coolest looking car on the road!
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I don't think the C5 is dated.
Is a 69 Camaro dated ?? Is a C3 dated ??
I think the answer to both above and many more not mentioned is "no" not at all dated.
Sure they come out with newer things and newer cars, but wouldn't it be cool if they started making 69 Camaros or C3's again ??
I would love to have either one, so no, not dated, older perhaps, but not dated, the C5 will become a classic, a turning point in the history of Corvettes. The C6 is a great car, but it will not be able to be such a marker in the history of Corvettes.
Is a 69 Camaro dated ?? Is a C3 dated ??
I think the answer to both above and many more not mentioned is "no" not at all dated.
Sure they come out with newer things and newer cars, but wouldn't it be cool if they started making 69 Camaros or C3's again ??
I would love to have either one, so no, not dated, older perhaps, but not dated, the C5 will become a classic, a turning point in the history of Corvettes. The C6 is a great car, but it will not be able to be such a marker in the history of Corvettes.
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Absoloutley not! C5's looks are right on the money! Many people I've talked to don't really like the harder lines on the new C6's.
I still prefer the C5's lines over the C6's myself.
Thanks,Matt
I still prefer the C5's lines over the C6's myself.
Thanks,Matt
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As much as I love my C5, and still think it's a beautiful design, I must admit that when I park beside a C6, my car does look a bit dated to me. I didn't like the C6 when I first saw it, but the more I see them the more I love the new design. I think GM did a great job.
It doesn't make me dislike the looks of the C5 though, it's just different now. I do think it's possible to love both of them, and when the time comes for me to get a C6 for myself, I'm hoping I'm financially stable enough that I can keep the C5 to give to my wife.
It doesn't make me dislike the looks of the C5 though, it's just different now. I do think it's possible to love both of them, and when the time comes for me to get a C6 for myself, I'm hoping I'm financially stable enough that I can keep the C5 to give to my wife.
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Let's put it this way... If GM introduced the C5 and the C6 at the same time and you saw them both sitting in a showroom side by side at the same price, performance point, etc., which would you choose? For me it would be the C5 - no contest. The C6 looks like a junior version of the real thing - like those little BMWs.
I cancelled my advance order of a C6 when I saw it in person. It is a nice design, but I would buy another C5 and fix it up before I would buy a C6 - based strictly on styling (inside and out). As far as "warming up" to a C6 - I don't recall every getting more excited about the looks of a car after the initial impact. The C5 "keeps" me excited, but the first time I saw one, it was "love at first sight".
I see exotics over $150k that spin me around and I would own one if I had more money than God - just for a toy - but when money and a level of practicality are concerns, the C5 is the only car under $150k that makes the list for me.
I cancelled my advance order of a C6 when I saw it in person. It is a nice design, but I would buy another C5 and fix it up before I would buy a C6 - based strictly on styling (inside and out). As far as "warming up" to a C6 - I don't recall every getting more excited about the looks of a car after the initial impact. The C5 "keeps" me excited, but the first time I saw one, it was "love at first sight".
I see exotics over $150k that spin me around and I would own one if I had more money than God - just for a toy - but when money and a level of practicality are concerns, the C5 is the only car under $150k that makes the list for me.
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I've had several people walk past the car and comment - "There's one of those new corvettes."
It's an '02.
I'm praying for a stunning C7 design....