My C6 Impressions
Drifting
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I don't really agree with your assessment of the C5 interior. To me it just plain ugly. I think that this is one of the biggest improvements of the corvette.
EDIT: although I gotta say the HUD lettering looks cooler in the c5, I have to agree with that.
EDIT: although I gotta say the HUD lettering looks cooler in the c5, I have to agree with that.
Pro
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From: Silicon Valley California
St. Jude Donor '09-'11
For the HUD comparison pictures, you should have put the C6 into a similar mode/page to compare. The C5 picture is clearly a brochure picture, and real life doesn't usually look as good. It does look intriguing however.
C5 was revolutionary. C6 is refinement of C5. It was planned that was during C5 development. I suggest the book "All Corvettes are Red", about C5 development. It's tedious at times, but you can see how we got here from there. C6 was going back and doing the C5 again better, retaining a lot of the design and some major parts.
C5 was revolutionary. C6 is refinement of C5. It was planned that was during C5 development. I suggest the book "All Corvettes are Red", about C5 development. It's tedious at times, but you can see how we got here from there. C6 was going back and doing the C5 again better, retaining a lot of the design and some major parts.
Race Director
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From: Everett Wa
I can't coment on the C6/C5 HID debate because I have not seen both side by side but I will say this, the C5 HUD in the above post is a doctored photo. We have an infocus picture of the insterment panel, the HUD and out at infinity. Sorry, not a camera made can do this. Now look at the C6, the only thing in focus is the HUD display. In addition it looks like the brightness is turned all the way up.
If you are going to compare pictures at least use real pic's.
If you are going to compare pictures at least use real pic's.
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Melting Slicks
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From: West Coast
C5 INTERIOR - BONE STOCK:
IMO, the C5 interior is nice. Of course, a single tone BLACK SPRAY BOMB interior, as shown on pg#1 of this thread, does not look as nice.
IMO, the C5 interior is nice. Of course, a single tone BLACK SPRAY BOMB interior, as shown on pg#1 of this thread, does not look as nice.
Last edited by LBear; May 19, 2009 at 01:41 AM.
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Melting Slicks
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Race Director
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From: Everett Wa
Thanks thats better. It does appear that the C5 is a bit sharper. I wonder if it is the difference in color used. I know the C6 HUD is very bright and unless the sun is directly behind it I can see it in all light conditions.
Le Mans Master
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From: Greater Detroit Metro MI, when I'm not travelling.
Still looks old, outdated, cheap and plain.
An the BLACK SPRAY BOMB is what the interior of a Z06 car that retailed for over 60,000 dollars looked like. I can not believe anyone would pay that kind of money back in 2001 - 2004 to sit in a plastic tub.
Racer
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From: Quebec
when I first saw the C5 I tought it looked nice until I saw
CF Senior Member
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From: Tucson Arizona
I appreciate your comments and respect your opinions but we all see things differently. Just because someone disagrees with your opinion or expresses a negative comment doesn't mean they're being "nasty" to you personally. A forum should be a free exchange of information, ideas, experiences and opinions...both positive and negative opinions. This forum would be next to worthless if all you read were positive comments.
Don't be so sensitive about contrary opinions or negative comments. They don't lessen the value of your opinion or comments and they're not a personal attack....differing points of view are to be expected and IMO encouraged. We're all passionate about Corvette's and we all have our own opinions.
Thanks for sharing your evaluation and comparison of the C5 and C6!
Race Director
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From: Between a rock and a hard place, S.E. PA
I loved my C5 and love my C6 even more. But I specifically remember telling myself, if they didn't update the interior I wasn't buying a C6. Thank God GM felt it was neccessary too. Peace.
