Does anyone here regret...
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St. Jude Donor '05 thru '11,'18,'20,'21,'24,'25, '26
Originally Posted by joeking
05 Z-51 A4 here. To each his own and good luck with your decision. The Corvette you buy today is the one you will try to sell another day so choose carefully. 
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Burning Brakes
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From: Libertyville IL
Originally Posted by joeking
05 Z-51 A4 here. To each his own and good luck with your decision. The Corvette you buy today is the one you will try to sell another day so choose carefully.
Burning Brakes
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From: Woodbridge Virginia
I LOVE my MN6 Z51 Blk/Blk/Red Vert too!!! Plan to mod some more for looks, not too much on performance cause its already there. I'm not racing, dragging etc.... so why go overboard on power I won't use? 
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From: Columbia MD
Originally Posted by Mayonayze
nope.
F55 here. moddin this bich to the hilt. so Z51 wasnt an issue for me.
and seriously dood...F55 or Z51...its a vette. how can you go wrong?
and i'm a purist...so the only place for automatics are cadillacs and lincolns.
F55 here. moddin this bich to the hilt. so Z51 wasnt an issue for me.
and seriously dood...F55 or Z51...its a vette. how can you go wrong?
and i'm a purist...so the only place for automatics are cadillacs and lincolns.
MN6 Z51 3LT Conv. here and not looking back!
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From: Columbia MD
Originally Posted by greentank
Not sure what you mean here. Z51 option packages sell better used than base suspension or f55? I can understand a used Z51 selling for more than a used base, but does it sell for $1700 more? And how would an f55 or automatic tranny be a negative in the used market a few years from now? Just curious as to the logic.
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'09
Originally Posted by burtonbl103
Z51 mn6 YOU wont be dissapointed !
I love to drive the MN6, everywhere, all of the time, even in traffic. I really can't understand the complaints about driving a manual in traffic. What's the problem?. I've always had manual transmissions, but then I've always had sports cars.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by burtonbl103
Z51 mn6 YOU wont be dissapointed !
Although I must admit the idea of an auto 6 speed is tempting...I just can't imagine it being as fun as shifting through the gears.Also - make sure you get silver - they make the silver vettes go faster.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by ajw22
F55 & A6 and no regrets.
In the type of driving you describe you are unlikely to feel the difference. Put the Z51 sway bars and brakes on if you want.
In the type of driving you describe you are unlikely to feel the difference. Put the Z51 sway bars and brakes on if you want.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
Very Very happy
I have an A4 non z51 and have no regrets whatsoever.
I bought the auto for comfort as I won't be racing it. If I want to run someone, I run through the gears. The shift from first to second once you get the feel for when to shift is exactly like a stick. Second gear takes you to 75- 80 MPH so you only need 1 shift if your on a "street" ,you don't you need much more than that to prove to a ricer or a stang that you got him!
As far as the Z51, well your gonna hear from the "club" that its the best thing since sliced bread, IMO its testosterone speaking. I can tell you my buddy has the Z51 and when he orders another he's NOT getting the Z51 option after driving mine because of how stiff it makes the ride compared to my Base suspension. It also proved to me that I made the correct chioce after driving his.
Its nice, but unless your tracking it, its not for normal roads and normal driving.
I bought the auto for comfort as I won't be racing it. If I want to run someone, I run through the gears. The shift from first to second once you get the feel for when to shift is exactly like a stick. Second gear takes you to 75- 80 MPH so you only need 1 shift if your on a "street" ,you don't you need much more than that to prove to a ricer or a stang that you got him!
As far as the Z51, well your gonna hear from the "club" that its the best thing since sliced bread, IMO its testosterone speaking. I can tell you my buddy has the Z51 and when he orders another he's NOT getting the Z51 option after driving mine because of how stiff it makes the ride compared to my Base suspension. It also proved to me that I made the correct chioce after driving his.
Its nice, but unless your tracking it, its not for normal roads and normal driving.
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A6, Z51, 3LT vert. Should be ready the end of Jan. 
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From: South Glastonbury CT
St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by 3XBlack
A6, Z51, 3LT vert. Should be ready the end of Jan.
Got my Mont. Red with those options this month. Love the A6 when I get chances to drive it. Nice choices!
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From: Stoneham MA
St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Originally Posted by SHOOTER 49
Got an auto coupe but I am working myself into justisfying a second C6--a manual vert. My wife thinks having two is wrong---IS IT???????????
