AngryTurtle

Mommy, the internet man said mean things about my car. :'(

den dog

i just traded my 2000 vette for the pace car this is my 4th vette and i will never sell it the way i look at it, i like something different i just don,t want a plain vette the attention part of it is getting old i did not buy it for this reason i bought it because it,s different and i like it

3boystoys

I'll go with the haters-hideous color combo and nothing says UGLY like yellow wagon wheels.

den dog

i seen one with the zo6 wheels, very nice, but i would never take the yellow wheels off the car is different ,let it be different

ggroller

I wonder how many of the 300 built are still alive and well.

MSG C5

Until the day comes where someone hands me over the cash to buy a new Corvette, I really don't care what other people think of my choices. As a member of this forum, I ask for advice and when I post pics, I have to expect pros and cons because this is a public forum.

As to the pace cars in general, I personally have never been attracted to them beyond their collector status. Even then, I think GM and the dealers make more money than any "elite" status the pace cars or commemorative editions provide in resale value. Plus, as a previous owner of cars with decals/stripes, I found them to be a PITA to maintain, wash, polish, wax, detail, etc. Again, my opinion and not THE opinion. They are popular at shows though and are fun to look at.

Regarding the 1998 specifically, it's obvious that a pace car should have a little "look at me" attitude because they are trying to draw attention to the car. However, once you remove the decals, I wonder if GM would have offered a purple exterior C5 with yellow wagon wheels and a yellow interior as a package option in 1998, and if they did, how many units would they have sold?! I don't think too many.

Brackneyc

I am indifferent to them, as I am to all Vettes/cars which do not belong to me.

Chicago1

Noone is going to come up to you on the street like they do on the internet and say man that is one fugy car. But I will on the internet, man that is one fugly car...

MSG C5

...sort of like how the same guy who just cut in front of 20 other cars onto an exit ramp would never walk into McDonalds and cut in front of 20 people standing in line.

Relsek

I don't know how many are still around but I saw three of them together in the same parking lot last weekend.

den dog

1163 were built

DARRYLZO6

I wouldnt say i hate the pace car, just wasnt my cup of tea. As a matter of fact, when i decided to shop for a corvette, the pace car was never considered or any other model other than the ZO6 for that matter. To each his own. There are vette owners who never cared for the hardtop look originally or even the cosmetics on the Z, but in the years since, MANY non-Z owners added mesh brake ducts,mesh front scoops, fender badges, ZO6 wheels etc., to their non Z vettes. Even some vert owners have bought the removable hardtop. Grand sports are another example(below).You do have a unique ride, i just dont see many non pace car vette owners adding pace car decals,stripes,yellow wheels,etc.Also,just did the Carlisle trip this year and the pace cars were grouped together,proud bunch. Not a hater, just sayin.

den dog

i have not seen one in my state yet, when i bought it the dealer said he has seen only 2 in new england so my chances are slim if one drives by

Vettmann17

Not everyone has the same tastes, thats why there are menu's in restaurants. As long as you love it thats all that matters.

den dog

you i love all vettes i almost bought a z06 i had white, pewter grey ,red,i wanted something different to me i haven't seen a ugly vette there all one of a kind

mxz800

I guess your not from the New England area it happens all the time here. When they get told to get at the back of the line they get pi$$y. Then when they get into their car it always has Mass Plates. That is the reason everyone calls them Ma$$holes.

mxz800

I guess if you do see one in New England it will be me or the other guy.

3boystoys

But people on the street generally don't do around asking "do you like my car"!!

Don't post stuff on a public forum if you can't take some heat for it. All the different pace cars I've seen over the years have all been FUGLY. The local Chevy dealer close to be had a C6 pace car on the lot new for several years, couldn't hardly sell it (for all I know he may still have it).

DARRYLZO6

I can agree with that. But i also think us Corvette owners/enthusiats are an **** bunch. Because of that,most of us dont want decals/stripes all over our cars. I did say most,not all. That also goes for some of these deck spoilers that look like they belong on a stealth fighter.For instance, when i go to Bowling Green to the C5 Bash, I can count the vettes with stripes/decals on one hand. It has nothing to do with being a hater of pacecars,C4,C5orC6. Most of us like a look with clean lines.

MSG C5

I grew up near the south side of Chicago. If someone walked into a fast food restaurant and tried cutting in front of 20 people, waiting in a long line would be the last of his problems at that moment.