Would you buy this Z06 lemon?
11-17-2018, 07:15 PM
#82
11-18-2018, 01:03 PM
#84
Le Mans Master
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The market is flooded with used ZO6's. You will find the right car just keep looking!!!
01-11-2019, 07:30 PM
#85
Racer
Thread Starter
1/11/19
UPDATE
well, everybody, I’m glad to announce this story has a happy ending after all.
Today I found THE corvette for me and thanks to everybody who contributed their time and opinion, I didn’t allow myself to make the same mistakes as before. Without further delay, behold!
Last edited by LiuBearPig; 01-11-2019 at 07:31 PM.
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01-11-2019, 07:36 PM
#86
Racer
Thread Starter
When I look back at my CorvetteForum profile history spanning back to 2007 back when I was only a teenager, it feels surreal now that all the paperwork is finalized and all that I need to do is fly out to Texas and drive it back home. Today is a special moment for me and I wanted to share it with you, my fellow Corvette enthusiasts. Being able to own a Corvette Z06 has been a dream of mine for over a decade now and it’s an amazing feeling being able to realize one’s dream.
01-11-2019, 07:39 PM
#87
Drifting
1/11/19
UPDATE
well, everybody, I’m glad to announce this story has a happy ending after all.
Today I found THE corvette for me and thanks to everybody who contributed their time and opinion, I didn’t allow myself to make the same mistakes as before. Without further delay, behold!
01-11-2019, 07:46 PM
#88
Racer
Thread Starter
01-11-2019, 10:27 PM
#91
Melting Slicks
I'm glad this all worked out for you in the end!!!!!! You have one Bad *** car and I hope you have many miles and smiles to come!!! Congrats and be careful out there. 
01-12-2019, 01:24 AM
#93
01-12-2019, 07:44 AM
#95
Instructor
Congrats,
Can you give us some details on the car? What yr is it? What options does it have? How many miles does it have and how good a bargain was it? What part of TX is it in? Is it a Chevy dealer or is it a used car dealer? Did you get a full warranty or is it limited in some way?
Please send pics and give us a little cross country report as you fight the winter weather back to CA.
If you haven't driven 650 HP 650 Ft/Lb take it easy letting the clutch out.
I am very happy that you continued pursuing Americas Super Car from 18 yr/old to 31. You will be happy you kept the faith.
Can you give us some details on the car? What yr is it? What options does it have? How many miles does it have and how good a bargain was it? What part of TX is it in? Is it a Chevy dealer or is it a used car dealer? Did you get a full warranty or is it limited in some way?
Please send pics and give us a little cross country report as you fight the winter weather back to CA.
If you haven't driven 650 HP 650 Ft/Lb take it easy letting the clutch out.
I am very happy that you continued pursuing Americas Super Car from 18 yr/old to 31. You will be happy you kept the faith.
01-12-2019, 12:08 PM
#97
Racer
Thread Starter
Congrats,
Can you give us some details on the car? What yr is it? What options does it have? How many miles does it have and how good a bargain was it? What part of TX is it in? Is it a Chevy dealer or is it a used car dealer? Did you get a full warranty or is it limited in some way?
Please send pics and give us a little cross country report as you fight the winter weather back to CA.
If you haven't driven 650 HP 650 Ft/Lb take it easy letting the clutch out.
I am very happy that you continued pursuing Americas Super Car from 18 yr/old to 31. You will be happy you kept the faith.
Can you give us some details on the car? What yr is it? What options does it have? How many miles does it have and how good a bargain was it? What part of TX is it in? Is it a Chevy dealer or is it a used car dealer? Did you get a full warranty or is it limited in some way?
Please send pics and give us a little cross country report as you fight the winter weather back to CA.
If you haven't driven 650 HP 650 Ft/Lb take it easy letting the clutch out.
I am very happy that you continued pursuing Americas Super Car from 18 yr/old to 31. You will be happy you kept the faith.
‘kept the faith’
I like that. I like it a lot. It has been an arduous journey from then to now. It took faith, perseverance and a lot of hard work for me to finally make this into reality.
I felt like I over-shared the information on the previous car so this time I’ll just stick to general stats:
The car is a 2016 C7.R edition manual coupe 3LZ
With those two factors, I believe it has all the available options
15,xxx miles on the odometer
Dealers asking price was $70,000 but they took $69,000
im most likely going to buy the extended warranty for 3 years 24,000 miles because the factory warranty literally expires in 8 days.
Ill be picking up this rocket in Houston and from there my lady and I will make a road trip of the return home. We’ll stop over in Dallas, Albuquerque, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles Area and from there take the Pacific Coast Highway back home to The Bay Area.
And no- I have definitely never driven anything with 650hp/650tq before. My previous car was a 2006 Lancer Evolution with ‘merely’ 289 lb/ft of torque so I’m certain this will be a huge transition. I once accidentally talked a wealthy friend of my fathers into getting a C7 A8 Stingray. I got to drive that around for a while and even that was quite a bit to handle. But I think having a manual transmission will help me stay conservative in my driving
edit: just hope there isn’t much rain. Not sure how well that would bode with the Michelin Cup 2’s
Last edited by LiuBearPig; 01-12-2019 at 12:11 PM.
01-12-2019, 12:10 PM
#98
Racer
Thread Starter
01-12-2019, 03:05 PM
#99
Drifting
‘kept the faith’
I like that. I like it a lot. It has been an arduous journey from then to now. It took faith, perseverance and a lot of hard work for me to finally make this into reality.
I felt like I over-shared the information on the previous car so this time I’ll just stick to general stats:
The car is a 2016 C7.R edition manual coupe 3LZ
With those two factors, I believe it has all the available options
15,xxx miles on the odometer
Dealers asking price was $70,000 but they took $69,000
im most likely going to buy the extended warranty for 3 years 24,000 miles because the factory warranty literally expires in 8 days.
Ill be picking up this rocket in Houston and from there my lady and I will make a road trip of the return home. We’ll stop over in Dallas, Albuquerque, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles Area and from there take the Pacific Coast Highway back home to The Bay Area.
And no- I have definitely never driven anything with 650hp/650tq before. My previous car was a 2006 Lancer Evolution with ‘merely’ 289 lb/ft of torque so I’m certain this will be a huge transition. I once accidentally talked a wealthy friend of my fathers into getting a C7 A8 Stingray. I got to drive that around for a while and even that was quite a bit to handle. But I think having a manual transmission will help me stay conservative in my driving
edit: just hope there isn’t much rain. Not sure how well that would bode with the Michelin Cup 2’s
01-12-2019, 03:21 PM
#100
Drifting
Which bay area? Frisco or Monterey? I assume Frisco,but PCH goes through the Monterey Bay too. I was stationed there back in the day when I went to language school in the early 00s.
