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Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 73,568
Likes: 33
From: Somewhere in Mo
St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
Thanks for the review. When I retire I'm thinking of getting a C6 for my retirement present. By then maybe I can afford one. I could now, but I don't like car payments.
I haven't driven one but from a visual perspective I don't see the vast improvement some people do. Maybe I'm just missing something.
But I do like them, Thanks again!!
Oh yeah, that's really cool you're the original owner of your Camaro!! I know a guy who has a 69 Charger his Dad bought for him new and guy who still has his 69 Z28 from high school that still looks brand new.
I haven't driven one but from a visual perspective I don't see the vast improvement some people do. Maybe I'm just missing something.
But I do like them, Thanks again!!
Oh yeah, that's really cool you're the original owner of your Camaro!! I know a guy who has a 69 Charger his Dad bought for him new and guy who still has his 69 Z28 from high school that still looks brand new.
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Instructor
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 184
Likes: 13
Back in September of 07 I traded my 99 Pewter coupe in for a 3LT JSB Z51 Coupe. It has been a fantastic car but I missed the C5, so in 2010 I picked up a 98 vert at Carlisle. Both cars are different and I like them both. The 98 is my daily driver and the 08 comes out for special trips. Two is better than one!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,170
Likes: 48
From: Yuma CO
Senior Member
Cruise-In V Veteran
Back in September of 07 I traded my 99 Pewter coupe in for a 3LT JSB Z51 Coupe. It has been a fantastic car but I missed the C5, so in 2010 I picked up a 98 vert at Carlisle. Both cars are different and I like them both. The 98 is my daily driver and the 08 comes out for special trips. Two is better than one!
Do you have any idea how many people you just turned green?!?!?
Just kiddin'. I'm on my fifth 'Vette, my second '99 C5, after a seven year hiatus, and I am just so very ecstatic to have one again that I still haven't stopped giggling yet!!!!
This is the best one yet, Z51 suspension, 3.15 gears (A4), and all of the goodies I was used to in the interior, power sport seats, HUD, etc.It's gotta be pretty cool though, to have a show car for a weekend toy, and a show car for a DD!! Cause we all know all 'Vettes are show cars!!
Enjoy!!
DSTURBD
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 8,244
Likes: 850
From: Hamilton Square NJ, Ocean City N. J. Key Biscayne Fla.
I will always have a lot of respect for the C5. 
I traded an '02 Z for a '10 GrandSport. The GS is a better Car in every way which is to be expected. But, the C5 made the Vette a truly world class Car. And, GM built upon this to make the C6 the great Car that it is. 
I traded an '02 Z for a '10 GrandSport. The GS is a better Car in every way which is to be expected. But, the C5 made the Vette a truly world class Car. And, GM built upon this to make the C6 the great Car that it is.
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,996
Likes: 77
From: Louisville KY
I totally agree, the C5 generation was the begining of the new greatness of the vette.
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,600
Likes: 2
From: Outer banks North Carolina
I, for one actually like the c-5 better! And yes, I could afford a new c-6 without a problem. I drove a c-6 and didn't really think much of it.
A nice car for sure but the c-5 just feels better and to me looks a heck of a lot better! Now an LS-3 engine would be nice in a c-5
A nice car for sure but the c-5 just feels better and to me looks a heck of a lot better! Now an LS-3 engine would be nice in a c-5
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 5,472
Likes: 1,058
From: Chester County Pennsylvania
2025 C5 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
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2024 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2020 C5 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
I test drove both the C5 and the C6 back in 2009, and decided on the C5 convertible, I liked the interior much better, the ride and the "feel". Although I always said that the only C6 I would buy would be a Z06, which I did this March. Of course there is no comparison between the two, the Z is a monster. I still enjoy driving the 'vert, I love the open air...but for me the torque and sound of the Z06 is incomparable. My next 'vert will be a 2013 427.
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Instructor
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 211
Likes: 3
C5 to C6
Great review.
I have had my 99 FRC for 18 months now and I am thinking about
moving up to a 2006 Auto with paddle shifters. My wife
want drive the 6speed and keeping the black paint looking good
is a constant chore. I also would like a nicer interior the later cars have.
jerry
I have had my 99 FRC for 18 months now and I am thinking about
moving up to a 2006 Auto with paddle shifters. My wife
want drive the 6speed and keeping the black paint looking good
is a constant chore. I also would like a nicer interior the later cars have.
jerry
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 2,784
Likes: 1
From: Silicon Valley
except I'll never buy one because there's no FRC Hardtop and I can't take the hatchback styling.
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 19,304
Likes: 85
From: San Diego CA
I, for one actually like the c-5 better! And yes, I could afford a new c-6 without a problem. I drove a c-6 and didn't really think much of it.
A nice car for sure but the c-5 just feels better and to me looks a heck of a lot better! Now an LS-3 engine would be nice in a c-5
A nice car for sure but the c-5 just feels better and to me looks a heck of a lot better! Now an LS-3 engine would be nice in a c-5