Guys, instead of guessing, let's try to determine the actual weight differences. Would be very interesting.

Post your vehicle weight as listed on your certificate of origin... curious to see if there are differences with this listed figure between cars or if ALL C6s have the same "standard" weight figure. If they are different, it may give us clues as to the weight differences between the different PEGs.

Again, my `06 2LT is listed 3157 pounds.

I personally don't think a 3LT is 300 pounds more than a 1LT though. 300 pounds is a lot of weight. Go find a 50 or 100 pound weight right now and lift it... after doing that you will most likely feel that the weight difference in the PEGs is under 100 pounds. Lift some weights and you'll see. But we won't know for sure until we get some type of confirmation based on factual data.

 

Comes right from Ruggatta Khann or whatever the hell his name is. I have held a seat heater thing in my hand, weighs ounces, not pounds. Then you have the little dongle which goes to the wiring that is run in all cars over to the seat regardless of whether they have heated seats. The switches themselves also weigh onces and connect similarly. HUD, home link, mirrors, memory package, cargo net, cargo cover, weigh very little. I have only held 1 airbag in my hands but it was not heavy. The power adjustment on the wheel adds some and I have never heard a number on it but it would not be all that heavy. As I said the C6 adds more because it has different seats and adds the passenger side electric motors. I have not posted a number because although one pops into my mind I cant say for sure if its right or not. I dont like to post unless Im sure. I will say Im pretty sure I recall 2 digits, not 3.

 

Thanks one and all for the info. I am still kicking it around. Price and resale don't weigh in to the decision. I live in So Cal so don't care about heated seats--got them in other cars and never used them. I have Nav in my other cars--never use it. I am not much for gadgets--and they always went south in my other GM'S.

Wife doesn't drive my cars, so don't care about memory, got it in other cars and still not sure how it works. Hud doesn't seem to interest me. No one has said the difference in the seats is something to consider. Don't care if the passenger seat is power--I don't ride in it and never seen anyone but my son adjust the pass seat.

Airbags--Doesn't matter. I ride motorcycles, oh well. Could care less about cargo nets and covers. I do not want the upgraded stereo, nor onstar--don't listen much to the radio.

The only thing that I would like is the telescoping wheel. I guess it is the 1LT, 6-speed and Z51.

Regards, SSC

 

The 1LT seats are the almost the same as the 3LT, except that they dont come perforated, and the passenger seat is not electric, I have no problem with my seats, I love them.

 

HUD and memory package alone are worth the 3LT... Better sound system, XM Radio (I was sceptical, but I love it!!)... Heated seats are definately gonna be nice, too.. Really cool stuff in the 3LT. You'll never regret getting options, but you'll always regret missing one.

 

I would say almost never but I do agree.

 

Door sticker on my 3LT, Z51, A6 w/ trans top is 3176 pounds

 

You will be much happier with the car 3LT in the long run.

 

Huh????
Do you have power side bolster and power lumbar support? Do you have air bags?

 

I think it depends on how you are going to use it. I have a 05 1SX(=06 1LT) and am very happy with it. I also got the Z51 Option and MN6. The car is a hoot to drive. It is a year old with 2200 miles and has had very few problems. I have not had any of the mechanical or electrical problems often seen discussed here on the Forum(knock on wood). Two items I would really like to have is telescopic steering and memory but am not willing to pay the price of the package. Another thing to note, is that no one has ever asked if it was a 1SX or 2SB. Folks other than the owners don't seem to care, so buy what pleases you.

 

Base interior is enough for me.

But if you are returning to GM thinking any of that other stuff is fixed. I think you will be sadly mistaken. It's still GM. GM quality! GM service!

But the same can be said about Ford! Ford quality! Ford service!

 

Even if the door doesn't deflect at all, at the moment of impact, the entire car will be subject to a huge lateral impulse -- and the occupants are next. As the hard glass and rigid armrest of the door accelerate toward the occupant (or vice-versa, depending on your frame of reference), it is far better that there be a rapidly-deflating several-inch-thick pillow inserted between them than empty space. Those few inches of collapsing airbag will meter out the impulse over a few milliseconds, reducing the peak acceleration experienced by the occupant.

It's analogous to the cotton stuffed into the top of an aspirin bottle. A stronger container can keep the pills from being crushed, but it won't protect them from damage caused by rattling around inside the bottle.

That said, the devil is in the details. I have never seen any data on how effective the Corvette's side-impact airbag implementation actually is. The lack of a side curtain (made impossible by the removeable roof panel) probably limits the head protection afforded by the system. I am a tall guy, and I'm wondering just how far up those seat-mounted bags will shoot. And one would think that if the C6 side-impact protection was truly exemplary, GM would hand one over to the IIHS for testing and make more noise about it (but then again, one would think that GM would have made more noise about winning Le Mans, and would have shown up at SEMA with at least ONE Corvette).

Does anybody have a picture of a deployed C6 side-impact bag, or any data on the effectiveness of the system?

 

Please be more specific (manual or auto), for 2006 everybody is getting a 6 speed whether they like it or not.

 

Stick--manual

 

I bought the 1SA (2LT now) for the adjustable driver's seat. I think the 2LT is the best value. The HUD on the 3LT is nice but way overpriced.

If you keep a 1LT long enough, the lack of options will not cost you in a wholesale trade-in situation. If you sell it yourself, the buyer may either want the extra options or not.

 

The base car's (1LT) driver seat is quite adjustable (power) as well, just a little less so than the 2LT & 3LT.

 

I think I mentally inserted an "if" after "doubtful" when I first read your comment, and I thought you were suggesting that side airbags were less necessary because the impact beams were so strong. Now I realize that you're actually questioning the side-impact performance of the doors. I apologize for my misunderstanding.

You may be right; the door beams may not be up to the task. I've never seen the results of a side-impact test of a C6. Still, I think the car would have to be pretty flimsy for well-designed side airbags to be of no use. The impact required to fold up the door is surely greater than the impact that will smack your noggin into the side glass hard enough to give you a concussion.

Anyway, that's why I would go for the 2LT. Just for the airbags. As for the motorized seats, I would actually pay extra to have them returned to manual operation (and for lowering them by an inch in the process).

 

Oh Boy, That scares me. It gets my blood pressure up just thinking of my dealing with GM service people again. I used to dread taking my cars in. It was always a multiple times in to the dealer for the same problem--Didn't do it, yet when I would pick-up car the problem was there. Then told, "bring it back tomarrow, the tech is gone." The last thing I have is time to take cars back and forth to dealer. Or--we ordered the part, we will call or send a note when it arrives. No part and no one knows what I am talking about when I call. Usually they have to reorder and when they finally do install, turns out the "part" is not the problem.

Or the famous, "you must be driving this car too hard, because nobody has problems with their rotors." Or my favorite "you must have driven the car through water and that's why your rotors are warped at 2000miles." Or," Service bulletin? There's no service bulletin about ...." And of course you have a copy with you. Then the ever so special, " That particular problem is not covered by warrenty."

Are you saying I still have this to look forward too? If so maybe I should stick with the high end german cars. But I really want a vette. What to do?

Regards SSC