When I see a C7
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,989
Likes: 352
From: Carson City Nevada
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,119
Likes: 156
From: Huntington tx
BTW, is there any love left for the C5? It seems like posting anything up for discussion on a C5 gets lots of hate lately.
My original post was simply a question on how much a custom C5 could have been built if one used the money spent on a C7?
There are some members who find no want or desire for a C7 and yet continue to build up C5's performance and visuals.
Maybe the C5 owners have simply just died off and now the C5 section has become a C7 love fest.
Personally, I love my C5. I also like a C7, but can't help but think what I could do to my C5 with that kind of money spent on the C7.
Nothing wrong here folks....quit feeling the butt hurt and or personal insults, enjoy what you got.
My original post was simply a question on how much a custom C5 could have been built if one used the money spent on a C7?
There are some members who find no want or desire for a C7 and yet continue to build up C5's performance and visuals.
Maybe the C5 owners have simply just died off and now the C5 section has become a C7 love fest.
Personally, I love my C5. I also like a C7, but can't help but think what I could do to my C5 with that kind of money spent on the C7.
Nothing wrong here folks....quit feeling the butt hurt and or personal insults, enjoy what you got.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 7,100
Likes: 541
I really like my C5Z, owned since new. I have added some bits and pieces here and there to make it mine. If I had any complaint about the car it is the interior, dated now maybe it was when new. There are some spectacular looking modified C5's and it has always struck me that those cars had an owner with vision, in the end it call came together in a really nice package.
I like the look of the C7, for me colour has a huge impact on how the car looks, never driven one and can't afford one so I remain happy with what I have.
I like the look of the C7, for me colour has a huge impact on how the car looks, never driven one and can't afford one so I remain happy with what I have.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,398
Likes: 768
From: jefferson texas
Must be the C3, chasis designed in the 50's and used from 1963-1982.
I did love my C3's back then and still do despite their inferior performance as compared to the C5-C7 generation Corvettes, basically the same chasis structure. I would love to have a '70-'72 Ontario Orange Convertible Resto-mod with Saddle leather interior and a White top.
I did love my C3's back then and still do despite their inferior performance as compared to the C5-C7 generation Corvettes, basically the same chasis structure. I would love to have a '70-'72 Ontario Orange Convertible Resto-mod with Saddle leather interior and a White top.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,568
Likes: 212
From: Winnipeg
Agree except for a C6 Z06 or ZR1 wide body. The fender flares and bigger wheels and rubber and front grill just made it, now that's what I am talking about. Thousands expressed the same. Funny how the C6's are dropping like crazy in value, C5 Z06's are holding better. With every man and his dog snapping up C7's of every flavor that's what's most likely causing the depreciation. Great for people that want clean C6 Z's. Heck you can even find some low mile 09 ZR1's for 58K!! 
Base C6's looks pedestrian IMHO.
Don't care for guys that mod their cars exterior wise except rims. Factory exterior parts or it just makes a Corvette look cheap and tacky. Like ricer kids and their exterior glue on fascias etc. Again JMHO. 
Saying that if I was rich I would throw in a C6 GS vert. and blow it. Probably a C7 Z06 vert as well. Automatic is fine. I have been shifting for too many years. Have a bad left knee.
Base C6's looks pedestrian IMHO.
Don't care for guys that mod their cars exterior wise except rims. Factory exterior parts or it just makes a Corvette look cheap and tacky. Like ricer kids and their exterior glue on fascias etc. Again JMHO. Saying that if I was rich I would throw in a C6 GS vert. and blow it. Probably a C7 Z06 vert as well. Automatic is fine. I have been shifting for too many years. Have a bad left knee.
Last edited by REDZED2; Nov 19, 2016 at 03:56 PM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 872
Likes: 80
From: Va Beach, VA
Wow...a C7 owner comes into the C5 section of the forum, finds out a C5 owner would rather spend his money modding his C5 rather than spending it on a C7, and this makes the C7 owner mad. So mad that the C7 owner calls the C5 owner names and is generally ugly about it. Maybe that C7 owner should have just stayed in his own section and minded his own business, realizing that not everyone may think like he does. 
Truth is the thread was on th site's main page, and I clicked on it to read what someone thinks when they see a C7, otherwise, and please believe me when I tell you, I have zero interest in any C5 and wouldn't have come to this section ever.
The only reason I made any comment at all was because the OP's premise for the thread was sarcastic and idiotic.
Try rereading his initial post about throwing away money on the C7's. Please.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,764
Likes: 375
From: Central Florida
Agree except for a C6 Z06 or ZR1 wide body. The fender flares and bigger wheels and rubber and front grill just made it, now that's what I am talking about. Thousands expressed the same. Funny how the C6's are dropping like crazy in value, C5 Z06's are holding better. With every man and his dog snapping up C7's of every flavor that's what's most likely causing the depreciation. Great for people that want clean C6 Z's. Heck you can even find some low mile 09 ZR1's for 58K!!
Base C6's looks pedestrian IMHO. Don't care for guys that mod their cars exterior wise except rims. Factory exterior parts or it just makes a Corvette look cheap and tacky. Like ricer kids and their exterior glue on fascias etc. Again JMHO. Saying that if I rich I would throw in a C6 GS vert. and blow it. Probably a C7 Z06 vert as well. Automatic is fine. I have been shifting for too many years. Have a bad left knee.
Base C6's looks pedestrian IMHO.
Don't care for guys that mod their cars exterior wise except rims. Factory exterior parts or it just makes a Corvette look cheap and tacky. Like ricer kids and their exterior glue on fascias etc. Again JMHO. Saying that if I rich I would throw in a C6 GS vert. and blow it. Probably a C7 Z06 vert as well. Automatic is fine. I have been shifting for too many years. Have a bad left knee. 
with all of this except I like my spoiler, but not all spoilers
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,568
Likes: 212
From: Winnipeg
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
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,398
Likes: 768
From: jefferson texas
Geez! Seems to be getting awful hot in here. Not that it matters as the world turns and I doubt that it'll matter to anyone much, but its time for me to quit visiting this thread. I'll look forward to other posts and great info that usually makes this forum so terrific. Everyone take care and be well!
Last edited by friou; Nov 19, 2016 at 07:19 PM. Reason: change
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,119
Likes: 156
From: Huntington tx
Wow...a C7 owner comes into the C5 section of the forum, finds out a C5 owner would rather spend his money modding his C5 rather than spending it on a C7, and this makes the C7 owner mad. So mad that the C7 owner calls the C5 owner names and is generally ugly about it. Maybe that C7 owner should have just stayed in his own section and minded his own business, realizing that not everyone may think like he does.
Sad isn't it? I usually admire the new C7's however it's looking like some of them think their crap doesn't stink and they have the end all and be all of Corvettes.I've actually seen some stock C7 owners get pissed at carshows because they didn't place...honestly there are custom Corvettes of all generations are better than the stock C7's no matter how much sticker they paid, and quite honestly that's the rub isn't it?
If I had the C7 I would probably........wait a minute that's never gonna happen as long as I have mine.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,000
Likes: 283
From: New York
BTW, is there any love left for the C5? It seems like posting anything up for discussion on a C5 gets lots of hate lately.
My original post was simply a question on how much a custom C5 could have been built if one used the money spent on a C7?
Nothing wrong here folks....quit feeling the butt hurt and or personal insults, enjoy what you got.
My original post was simply a question on how much a custom C5 could have been built if one used the money spent on a C7?
Nothing wrong here folks....quit feeling the butt hurt and or personal insults, enjoy what you got.
Their isn't enough "good" mods to make on a C5 for that kinda coin..... Whether you think a C7 or C5 looks good or not is not even a factor here. Just $$$
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,119
Likes: 156
From: Huntington tx
Like I said I have BOTH...so I can say whatever I want freely towards both cars. Your original question makes NO sense, WHO is going to be dumb enough to spend 60k+ on modding a C5 PLUS whatever you paid for the car. The dollars don't make sense!!
Their isn't enough "good" mods to make on a C5 for that kinda coin..... Whether you think a C7 or C5 looks good or not is not even a factor here. Just $$$
Their isn't enough "good" mods to make on a C5 for that kinda coin..... Whether you think a C7 or C5 looks good or not is not even a factor here. Just $$$
Yes I spend lots of useless cash on my car making it what I want. I will never see a return on investment. BUT I will smile at you as I motor by in my paid off C5. And probably spend more money on it too!
Advanced
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 73
Likes: 1
From: plymouth mi
This is why I don't drive one, I like my c5, but I know the c7 is a better car, that I can't afford.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,000
Likes: 283
From: New York
Are you nuts? What someone does with their money is their choice. If you intend to use financial reasoning when buying a C7 and watching it burn up cash in depreciation makes your argument sound laughable.
Yes I spend lots of useless cash on my car making it what I want. I will never see a return on investment. BUT I will smile at you as I motor by in my paid off C5. And probably spend more money on it too!
Yes I spend lots of useless cash on my car making it what I want. I will never see a return on investment. BUT I will smile at you as I motor by in my paid off C5. And probably spend more money on it too!
Second I NEVER said it was not your choice I said it doesn't make sense to spend that kind of cash on it IMO, period. You can disagree as you just did...free country. I have 4 cars so I know all about burning cash.
I will smile as I alternate between the two based on my mood. Happy cruising!
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,110
Likes: 285
From: Rio Rancho New Mexico
Are you nuts? What someone does with their money is their choice. If you intend to use financial reasoning when buying a C7 and watching it burn up cash in depreciation makes your argument sound laughable.
Yes I spend lots of useless cash on my car making it what I want. I will never see a return on investment. BUT I will smile at you as I motor by in my paid off C5. And probably spend more money on it too!
Yes I spend lots of useless cash on my car making it what I want. I will never see a return on investment. BUT I will smile at you as I motor by in my paid off C5. And probably spend more money on it too!
Wow...you really are one ignorant and now hypocritical old man...
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 4,260
Likes: 429
From: Houston TX
The best part? He assumes everyone is "butt hurt" (his words) or jealous of him if they don't agree with his every word. It must be nice to be that ignorant, but I suppose ignorance is also bliss in some cases. I still think this thread was trollish from the start, even though it was started by an "established" member, which seems to matter for some reason.
The weirdest trend in this thread is the amount of people who seem to think it's not ok to like both the C5 and C7, or any other car for that matter. Are people really crazy enough to think the C5 is the best car ever made? Yes, it has a lot going for it and is a great value, but come on
The weirdest trend in this thread is the amount of people who seem to think it's not ok to like both the C5 and C7, or any other car for that matter. Are people really crazy enough to think the C5 is the best car ever made? Yes, it has a lot going for it and is a great value, but come on
