View Poll Results: Choice between a C5 Z06 and C5 Vert
2002 C5 Z06
106
42.57%
2002 C5 Vert
143
57.43%
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Poll: Rather have a C5 Z06 or Vert?
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Drifting
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Texas
Poll: Rather have a C5 Z06 or Vert?
Would you rather have a C5 Z06 or C5 Vert.. Assume a 2002 model of each..
I'm stuck with a tough choice.
If you'd be so kind as to list your reasoning, it be great...
I'm stuck with a tough choice.
If you'd be so kind as to list your reasoning, it be great...
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: N.GA
All depends on what you're looking for. I could care less about comfort and cruising, I wanted pure performance. Hence the Z. Just to show how much I care about comfort, my car is slammed on stock bolts and it rides like a one horse wagon. But damn, when I start slinging it around corners, it's awesome. No 'vert could ever hang. Plus it looks a ton better
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Southern New Jersey, The wet part at the bottom
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Everyone's different, that's why there's Vanilla and Chocolate. With that said I myself have always thought you should have to shift a Vette yourself and the top should go down. But that's just me.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 763
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From: Oceanside Ca
Tough Choice?
WHAT? you have already made the best choice= buying a Genuwine fifth generation of Zora Arkas-Duntov's and Harley Earl's Corvette. Now you are just deciding on the little things. FYI:I love my convertible, but that is for me. Just get 'er dun! Buy them both and be twice as happy!
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: San Diego CA
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Team Owner
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From: Virginia
St. Jude Donor '11
...I don't think there is that much difference in speed or quickness between the two but it would be difficult to take the top off of a Z06
...you can always add some HP and be at the level of a Z06...theres nothing like the top down in good weather 
Pro
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Gilbert Az
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Hauser ID
My reasoning when shopping was as follows:
Never had a Vette, never mind a Z06 and never had a Vert. I had moved to an area that you can drive a Vert pretty much every day.
Found a Vert that the owner was Z06izing. I took the car with 100 extra horses, added performance tires and bigger sway bars, voila!
Never had a Vette, never mind a Z06 and never had a Vert. I had moved to an area that you can drive a Vert pretty much every day.
Found a Vert that the owner was Z06izing. I took the car with 100 extra horses, added performance tires and bigger sway bars, voila!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 922
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From: Thousand Oaks CA.
Easy answer
Both look great (After all, they are Vettes)
Going to the track, run the canyons.........Z all the way
Cruise up Coast Hwy, sunny day, lottsa bikini's........Nothing like the Vert.
So you just have to decide what you want the car for............
Both look great (After all, they are Vettes)
Going to the track, run the canyons.........Z all the way
Cruise up Coast Hwy, sunny day, lottsa bikini's........Nothing like the Vert.
So you just have to decide what you want the car for............
Le Mans Master
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From: If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. South West Florida / Livin' The Dream
St. Jude Donor '12
Depends on what you want to do with it. Track = Z06, Cruising = Vert. A little extra HP for the street = performance mods on the vert. H/C package, SC package
Just my $0.02 worth.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
St. Jude Donor '07-'08
I had the same problem deciding on what i wanted. Years ago i had a 61 Vert fully modified. But i really didn't like the fact that the new vert didn't have the hp of the Z06. The wife she kept looking at the 2004 MSG Vert and i kept drooling over this black 2004 Z06. The salesman finally said "you know you can always mod the vert to have more hp." So i bought the vert and that's exactly what i did. Looking back i made a excellent choice i think
Pro
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Galveston Indiana
Nothing feels as good as cruising with the top down. I only drive on the road, not the track, so I don't care much about the extra umph of the Z. Had a coupe once....not the same as a convertible.
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: San Diego
+1 for the Z