Now that the C7 is out...
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George Bush actually bailed out GM and Chrysler. Get your facts straight. The Bush Administration provided short-term bridge loans that provided the Obama Administration to take a couple of months to assess the situation.
[QOTE]Those evil commie liberals[/QUOTE]
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My goal is to keep my C5 vert and add a C7Z and a C6Z track car. I also have a goal to meet Scarlett Johanson. 
Melting Slicks
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Burning Brakes
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To me, The C5 is the pinnacle of style, function and performance. But that is just my opinion. But when the C8 comes out the Pinnacle of performance today will be the performance king of yesterday. (providing the government allows a C8 to be built) But that's just the momentum of our society. It's enjoy it while it is still here ! 
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Where the C5 really failed was the interior, but I guess it is a product of its time. Both the C5 and C6 sorely lacked in seats though.
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All the talk about how improved the interior is....just talk. I sat in a friends new KIA with a much better interior and seats than the C7's I sat in last week. Now if that doesn't point out the hypocrisy of all the stupid smack talk about the "superiority" of the C7 interior....Nothing will.
KIA interior fit and finish > C7 fit and finish = Sad day indeed.
KIA interior fit and finish > C7 fit and finish = Sad day indeed.
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[/QUOTE] I'm not going to get into a long political debate with you since you don't pay attention to everything , but that's all we heard from republicans about killing the bailout of the car companies. Now that it has succeeded they don't even want to talk about it. I wonder why ? ? 
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cesssna10
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I am kind of biased here. I have owned (and still own) C3's for quite a while. I just bought a C5, I had said if I sprung for a "modern" Corvette the C5 is the way I would go because it "looks" like a Corvette. I still feel that way. No offense, but the C4's just never did it for me, the later ones in particular are good performing cars, but they just don't have the Corvette look. The C6 carries the Corvette look, but not like the C5 does. I saw the C7 in person for the first time a few weeks back, there are things I like, and things I do not like. Great car, but it is just missing that Corvette "look"
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I love my C5. But if I could bring myself to go into debt for another sports car, I'd be on a C7 in a heartbeat.
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Safety Car
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All the talk about how improved the interior is....just talk. I sat in a friends new KIA with a much better interior and seats than the C7's I sat in last week. Now if that doesn't point out the hypocrisy of all the stupid smack talk about the "superiority" of the C7 interior....Nothing will.
KIA interior fit and finish > C7 fit and finish = Sad day indeed.
KIA interior fit and finish > C7 fit and finish = Sad day indeed.
Porsche interior fit and finish > everything
Melting Slicks
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From: Columbia SC
I have owned a C4 vert and a C5 vert. Currently I am without but am now back in the market. I must admit I have been flirting with the thought of a 2010 or 2011 camaro (425 hp makes me take a serious look at them) but also have been looking at the C6Z (but have a hard time pulling the trigger for $42,000 on a weekend toy).
So I am once again looking at the C5's and yes they have sttod the test of time not only in the area of looks but that LS engine has been rock solid. We have alot of people on this forum with well over 100,000 miles and even some in the 200,000 area.
So my goal is to have another C5 in the garage by summer.
So I am once again looking at the C5's and yes they have sttod the test of time not only in the area of looks but that LS engine has been rock solid. We have alot of people on this forum with well over 100,000 miles and even some in the 200,000 area.
So my goal is to have another C5 in the garage by summer.