If Not
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,731
Likes: 75
From: Santee South Carolina
I would either go back to a Camaro (I owned a 2010 for 3 1/2 years) or consider Chervrolet SS or Cadillac CTS or ATS.
It's hard to imagine life without a Corvette. Mine is my daily driver.
It's hard to imagine life without a Corvette. Mine is my daily driver.
Team Owner
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 22,719
Likes: 798
From: Hillsborough NC
NC Events Coordinator
We're on a C5 board, right? Most cost around $20K, plus or minus $5K for condition and model. To be realistic you'd have to replace it with a similar valued car. Posting up an exotic is a pipe dream for most of us or we'd be driving ZR1s.
You can buy 2004/05 BMW M3 SMGs for around $20K:
Or a Roush (or similar) 2006 Mustang for around that money:
2009 370Zs come in around $20K:
For my $20K I'd probably just get a pickup:
My car is too fast for the street and is really too fast for the track as it sits. The only way to make it into a reasonably safe track day car would be to turn it into a full-on track car complete with cage and full suspension. It's too nice for that. My plan is to sell it eventually and buy a no-shyte track car. That's a ways off.
You can buy 2004/05 BMW M3 SMGs for around $20K:
Or a Roush (or similar) 2006 Mustang for around that money:
2009 370Zs come in around $20K:
For my $20K I'd probably just get a pickup:
My car is too fast for the street and is really too fast for the track as it sits. The only way to make it into a reasonably safe track day car would be to turn it into a full-on track car complete with cage and full suspension. It's too nice for that. My plan is to sell it eventually and buy a no-shyte track car. That's a ways off.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,943
Likes: 4
From: Lawrenceburg KY
That's why I went with the Elise and NSX. Both sports cars with simple powertrains that are similar in price to the C5Z.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 12,413
Likes: 502
From: Rio Rancho NM
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,943
Likes: 4
From: Lawrenceburg KY
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,146
Likes: 203
From: Edmonton Alberta, Canada
Unless it is new and you paid too much! Couldda had a V8 & 2 Corvettes!
Would NEVER own another Porsche product being screwed out of ownership by their engine failure (IMSB). Car has 20+ points of failure...in the engine alone! Course didn't find out about problems until AFTER purchase. Amazing how they can keep a 10% engine failure rate a secret!
As a friend told me, "How do you cure Porsche's IMS problems….buy a Vette!" $20,000 invested to go 13,000 miles in my case….doesn't happen to everyone BUT YOU COULD BE NEXT! Best bet is NOT TO BET on Porsche. They advertise - Perfection! NOT! False! Perfection my backside!
This illustrates my point….
Would NEVER own another Porsche product being screwed out of ownership by their engine failure (IMSB). Car has 20+ points of failure...in the engine alone! Course didn't find out about problems until AFTER purchase. Amazing how they can keep a 10% engine failure rate a secret!
As a friend told me, "How do you cure Porsche's IMS problems….buy a Vette!" $20,000 invested to go 13,000 miles in my case….doesn't happen to everyone BUT YOU COULD BE NEXT! Best bet is NOT TO BET on Porsche. They advertise - Perfection! NOT! False! Perfection my backside!
This illustrates my point….
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,899
Likes: 212
From: Christchurch, New Zealand
HSV Maloo R8 - A local ute..
435HP, 550Nm of torque
20" cast flow-form alloy wheels with a machined face and Gloss Black accents
Dual function Daytime Running Lamps (DRLs)
Driver Preference Dial
AP ventilated discs with forged 4-piston calipers
Hi-Flow Intermediate with Bi-Modal Mufflers
HSV Performance Suspension
HSV Remote Locking Hard Tonneau with Performance Sail Plane
Head Up Display
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,146
Likes: 203
From: Edmonton Alberta, Canada
[QUOTE=Outlawtorn;1585841738]
HSV Maloo R8 - A local ute..
Wow the top half looks like a BMW front and the bottom half looks lke a Audi...got all bases covered..lol.
Can't even imagine what the back end looks like!
HSV Maloo R8 - A local ute..
Wow the top half looks like a BMW front and the bottom half looks lke a Audi...got all bases covered..lol. Can't even imagine what the back end looks like!
Last edited by El original; Jan 6, 2014 at 01:24 AM.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,899
Likes: 212
From: Christchurch, New Zealand
or Pontiac G8 
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 12,413
Likes: 502
From: Rio Rancho NM
