Tonylmiller

I really don't mind the Z51 badges (if the car has that option), but this is just too much!

I guess he is "making it his own!"

JABCAT

I remember way back in 2002-2003, there was a guy with a 1998 C5 Z06 convertible that would bring it to car shows. Didn't matter how many times you told him the Z06 didn't come out until the 2001 model year and was strictly a fixed roof, he would insist he custom ordered this Z06 from the factory this way in 1998.

RagTop69

So, if your Vette is an automatic then you are a poser? I've driven mostly manual transmission cars most of my life, but that doesn't make me some sort of macho man. All serious drag cars are automatics. Are they a bunch of wussies too? My C6 is an A6 and I still love it, although driving it has made me a little restless every 28 days.

While I am amazed that this guy is a big enough idiot to drag that out at a Corvette show, I can vouch for the fact that a lot of "experts" don't know diddly about the cars they love. I show my '69 Mustang 302c.i. convertible at Mustang shows all the time and I can't tell you how many ***** will come up and ask if it's a Boss 302. The Boss 302 was a competitor of the Z28 in '69 and was basically a TransAm racer. All of them were fastbacks, no convertibles or coupes, and anyone who knows Ford engines would recognize the Cleveland heads on a Boss rather than Windsor heads on a regular 302. Still, I get that question multiple times from the show participants. I have to admit, though, when I was showing my '69 Corvette survivor (M21 4 speed because I was a real man then) the owners were much pickier. They were more focused on important stuff like a discoloration on my factory chrome valve cover, rocks in my tire treads and a dog hair on my carpet.

919cw313

^ Whoa, triggered! I think he mentioned automatic to further prove it's not a Z06 or ZR1, not because he's full of hate.



Even though automatics are most definitely for pussies.

J3TVETTE

J3TVETTE

Nothing against Automatic's at all. Out of my last 5 cars 3 were auto.

Olsarge

Ok, let me jump in here. I just bought a 2012 GS 4LT A6. I specifically bought an A6 because I've already had two knee surgeries you never know if some day you just won't be able to push that pedal. Now back to the OP, I'm debating whether to add the fender stripes. I do like them but the car look so clean without them. I'm going to leave them off for now. BTW, we have 10 cars, six are autos and 4 are manuals.

windyC6

I drove manuals all my drag racing years and was serious as heck about it....so were the cars.....

GrandSportRob

Fake Z06 badges is just as cheesy as caliper covers....

dieselracer

More like "STUPIDCHARGED"

windyC6

There are a lot of things some of our forum brethrens & sisterens do to their Corvettes that are cheesy.....but they get the OK cause it's all about what each individual likes......

JsC6

The 'real' posers are those Corvette owners that don't drive their Corvette unless its sunny and no rain. I've owned twelve Corvettes and have driven them every day. These cars were meant to be driven! Look at the latest spy photos of C8- it's in the snow. I've driven mine in the snow and it handles great. I hope the new one is AWD. (All wheel drive).

R&L's C6

Of course your "opinion" is the correct one.

It's all subjective.

Dr Bee

Or... people who choose not to drive their vette in the snow and rain simply prefer to drive their other car(s). I had my wrangler long before my vette. Driving my vette in 3 inches of snow makes as much sense as red-lining my wrangler or tearing up a particularly windy stretch of highway. There are alternatives to automatically ( <-- see what I did there? ) being a poser when the vette sees no rain or ice.

449er

Really?, So I am a poser because I choose to keep my car in a manner that you disagree with? You ought to get a plow mounted to the front end & then you could really get some use out your Corvette

919cw313

Bold statement from someone who has survived Alabama winters.

R&L's C6

Vet Interested

Now thats funny'

kliph

Come on. It's the 21st century, you can be anything you want
just by saying so. Boy-girl, girl-boy-both. Black-white-Indian.
GS-ZR1-ZO6-base, just say it and.. poof.. you're it.
But I don't have to believe it.

Dr Bee