C5 Stability vs C7 Stability
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Heel & Toe
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C5 Stability vs C7 Stability
Hey guys me and my brother got into a debate. He's telling me that the old C5 stability systems are just as good as the new ones in a C7 but the difference is in the way the suspension geometry is setup and that is why the C7 is better. My question is the newer stability system better then the old one?
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4th Gear
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the new system is far more advanced it has many levels of intervention, a racecar driver will benefit from it. the old systems of stability control are still great for the average user who doesn't know how to control these cars thou. can help in sticky situations.
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Heel & Toe
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the new system is far more advanced it has many levels of intervention, a racecar driver will benefit from it. the old systems of stability control are still great for the average user who doesn't know how to control these cars thou. can help in sticky situations.
Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Worth TX
St. Jude Donor '14-'15
Several times when first teaching new C7 owners I thought we were heading for the dirt BUT the nannies stepped in and saved the car. Needless to say, now all the nannies stay on until I have confidantes in the students ability. 
Bottom line; the car is VERY smart BUT the driver must be smart enough to take advantage of what the car has to offer.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Lake Norman NC
C7 is much improved than the C5 active handling. But the C5 was no slouch either!! Watch video of me and Todd on the Green Hell, I'm following Todd and he looses it and the C5 active handling saved the day. We got back and I said Todd great save he replied it was all the active handling, by the time he reacted the C5 corrected itself. 
Race Director
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St. Jude Donor '16-'17,'22,'24
This may not be a fair comparison because my former C5 is an A-4, non-Z51 and the C7 is a M-7, Z51. I don't track, at least not with the C5 and not yet with the C7, just a street driver. OK, done with the disclaimers.
The one attribute that I never liked about the C5 was the inability to bring back the rear end once it broke loose. With my C3 once the rear tires lost traction on a turn/curve I could "dirt track" it, that is, turn into the skid, feather the throttle and bring it back. The C4s I drove were also easy to recover from lost rear end traction in a turn. I tried that with the C5 and almost lost it completely. The only way out of a rear end skid with the C5 was to get out of the throttle completely. True it recovered almost immediately, but I never had confidence to push it hard in a turn because once it broke away, it was not predictable. The C7 brought back that control. I've had it get a little squirrely under hard acceleration in turns and it always comes right back with just a little feathering of the accelerator and it seems very predictable, better than any of my previous three Vettes. So IMHO, yes it's better than the C5. I haven't driven enough C6s to make any comparison.
The one attribute that I never liked about the C5 was the inability to bring back the rear end once it broke loose. With my C3 once the rear tires lost traction on a turn/curve I could "dirt track" it, that is, turn into the skid, feather the throttle and bring it back. The C4s I drove were also easy to recover from lost rear end traction in a turn. I tried that with the C5 and almost lost it completely. The only way out of a rear end skid with the C5 was to get out of the throttle completely. True it recovered almost immediately, but I never had confidence to push it hard in a turn because once it broke away, it was not predictable. The C7 brought back that control. I've had it get a little squirrely under hard acceleration in turns and it always comes right back with just a little feathering of the accelerator and it seems very predictable, better than any of my previous three Vettes. So IMHO, yes it's better than the C5. I haven't driven enough C6s to make any comparison.
