REgrets
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by BriansZo6
No drugs for me. I guess i miss my S4 too much. COrvettes are sweet but we will see. Anyone around PA that has a heads/cam car or FI that i can take a ride it. Thats what would do if i kept the car. Maybe that will make all these thoughts disapear. Then maybe i will realize my life is too good to be true. I think i jsut need to mod the hell out of the car and will love it.
No amount of mods will get you more attention unless the noise level is such that your Z06 sounds like a mufferless Nascar racer coming down the street. If that kind of neck-snapping is what you're looking for, then headers and a big cam, along with mufferless Borlas will get plenty, including, perhaps, a costly ticket from the police.
Now if just want plenty of speed, a supercharger will give you all you can use, and no chip in your Dad's Porsche will allow him to beat you in any race.
Good luck, kid.
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OK...I'll try this response:
Perhaps you're too young to realize that the Corvette is more than just another fast car. It's a tradition, an American Classic if you will, that represents about the best and longest lasting breed of sports car made in this country.
Sure, you can buy other "fast" cars, but you'll never find a more recognizable car...everybody from little kids to elderly people have admired my '02 C5. I get stares from junior high school students as well positive comments from my own senior high school students where I teach.
You'd be hard pressed to find another car that "out the door" could beat the Corvette. As someone else on this thread mentioned, you can make anything fast with enough money thrown into serious mods. But dollar for dollar, nothing beats a Corvette in terms of style, handling, speed and power. Not to mention the intangibles of the history and tradition behind the car.
Hope this helps...
Perhaps you're too young to realize that the Corvette is more than just another fast car. It's a tradition, an American Classic if you will, that represents about the best and longest lasting breed of sports car made in this country.
Sure, you can buy other "fast" cars, but you'll never find a more recognizable car...everybody from little kids to elderly people have admired my '02 C5. I get stares from junior high school students as well positive comments from my own senior high school students where I teach.
You'd be hard pressed to find another car that "out the door" could beat the Corvette. As someone else on this thread mentioned, you can make anything fast with enough money thrown into serious mods. But dollar for dollar, nothing beats a Corvette in terms of style, handling, speed and power. Not to mention the intangibles of the history and tradition behind the car.
Hope this helps...
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Actaully it will my dads car chipped will drop the quarter from 11.77, fastest stock time, to low 11's. I know because my friends took his dads twin turbo porsche with chip and beat anothers friends kenny bell cobra by three cars. Race from first gear at 15 mph. Also, raced from 2nd gear at 40mph. Each time to 140. CObra got eaten. But it's also all wheel drive. If it was from a stop the cobra would of gotten killed. This cobra went 11.20 at the track too.
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by BriansZo6
Would you sell it and get something else. Or just drive it and not worry about miles.
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We will see, Maybe if i did cartek or FI i would love the car. Maybe i just feel ****ty cause had a flat tire last night in jersey after i drove there to pick my gf up. And i got it flat beaded back to home and on the way home i saw a black zo6 cruise past mine on 78. But mine was on the flat bead being towed home. It might of been a c5 but it was just after we got on 78 from exit 3, Phillipsburg. Not sure how it is spelled.
Melting Slicks
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From: Whidbey Island WA
Originally Posted by BriansZo6
We will see, Maybe if i did cartek or FI i would love the car. Maybe i just feel ****ty cause had a flat tire last night in jersey after i drove there to pick my gf up. And i got it flat beaded back to home and on the way home i saw a black zo6 cruise past mine on 78. But mine was on the flat bead being towed home. It might of been a c5 but it was just after we got on 78 from exit 3, Phillipsburg. Not sure how it is spelled.
And one more time!!!
Damn Dude, get some sleep.
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by BriansZo6
I am thinking new BMW 330TI which will be turbo. stock 340 HP. Supposed to be like the MKIV version supra, but BMW and alot newer. It will be first turbo'd BMW since forever.
Drifting
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From: Sacramento CA
It sounds to me like you dont like the Vette because it doesn't look like a ricer, and you think that putting 1k miles on it decreases the value.
You bought a Vette. It is not a ricer, and it does tend to lose more value than imports. Those are two very well known facts. Either get over it and enjoy the car, or sell it and get another 4 door ricer.
You bought a Vette. It is not a ricer, and it does tend to lose more value than imports. Those are two very well known facts. Either get over it and enjoy the car, or sell it and get another 4 door ricer.
