[Z06] So how's this baby DRIVE?!
10-06-2005, 02:19 AM
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Drifting
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So how's this baby DRIVE?!
Dang, all these threads about delivery, mods, rwhp, wax, etc., but I can't find much about how these beasts are to drive! I'm probably just lazy and haven't looked hard enough, but I'd really like to hear about the driving impressions of the new Z. Even better would be from those who previously or still own C5 Z's (I have an '04).
10-06-2005, 08:29 AM
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I have only driven c5's but never owned one. The z06 is like nothing I have ever driven. It is actually hard to drive slow. When I want to keep it slow I have to shift out of each gear at 2000 rpm"s to avoid all of the torque. It gets really "torky"? above that. Its like driving a fast dirt bike that just gets faster the faster you go. If that makes any sense. My friend drove it yesterday. He has a 2005 c6. He got behind the wheel and we were going 110 mph before we got to the top of the entrance ramp to the highway(going uphill, and less than a 1/4 mile). He didnt even push the rpm's past 6000. I believe he will put his order in today. He could not stop talking about it, he even called me last night at home to talk about it some more.
10-06-2005, 12:10 PM
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GREAT cross country road warrior! Just came back from Museum Delivery, to Oregon in four days. The car was better than wonderful, including getting over 27 MPG last three tankfuls (though that was on cruise control, about 75-80 MPH). If one hits a stretch of rough concrete pavement, especially that which has a "crossing tar strip" about every 75 feet, it can get a little noisy and a little bumpy. However, 98% of the time, it was just perfect. The steering is just the right amount of boost, and easy to drive (not too tight so overcorrecting). And the power level is beyond ferocious! Brakes are tremendous too. All this, and yet, around town or in stop and go traffic, it is so docile and easy to drive.
Can't say enough how great a road warrior and daily driver it is!
Can't say enough how great a road warrior and daily driver it is!
10-06-2005, 01:30 PM
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All of what Elegant said plus: 4th gear+1/2 throttle= 105MPH.
No wind noise, just pure speed and effortlessly, I might add. I honestly think the car was designed to cruise at triple digit speeds all day long. If only we had an Autobahn.
Tom in WF
No wind noise, just pure speed and effortlessly, I might add. I honestly think the car was designed to cruise at triple digit speeds all day long. If only we had an Autobahn.
Tom in WF
10-06-2005, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by itsaz
All of what Elegant said plus: 4th gear+1/2 throttle= 105MPH.
No wind noise, just pure speed and effortlessly, I might add. I honestly think the car was designed to cruise at triple digit speeds all day long. If only we had an Autobahn.
Tom in WF
No wind noise, just pure speed and effortlessly, I might add. I honestly think the car was designed to cruise at triple digit speeds all day long. If only we had an Autobahn.
Tom in WF