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Congrats on the decision. Be sure to check the dash to make sure there is not start to it delaminating. You can do a search to see the areas where this is happening. The 3LT's are notorious for this dating back into the C6's.
Congrats on the decision. Be sure to check the dash to make sure there is not start to it delaminating. You can do a search to see the areas where this is happening. The 3LT's are notorious for this dating back into the C6's.
I loved my 02 Vert. It won trophies, it turned heads and drove like a dream. I took one test drive in a 14 Z51 C7 and I didnt give selling my C5 a second thought. Its a NIGHT and DAY difference with the C7 being better in EVERY category...
This is the day the C7 came home and I waved good-bye to my C5...
Congratulations, I hope it works out well for you!
I actually went a different direction. I bought a built 2000 FRC some years back, enjoyed it a few years, sold and had a couple other toys.
Then I decided to get back into a Vette, and test drove several new and used C7's. It is a super solid car BUT it just did not have the immediacy and 'light on it's feet' feel I remembered from the C5. I remembered the C5 feeling very light, with very good steering feedback, very 'manual' feel to the whole vehicle. The C7 felt much better assembled BUT heavier, slower to react, 'dumber' somehow, and pretty lifeless steering. I had to back and drive a few to validate the feeling.
I ended up back in a C5, this one a fully built '04 Z06. It feels great - light, fast, extremely mechanical, interior quality is terrible and there's plenty of squeaks/rattles but I can't hear it over the exhaust and the grin on my face
It just depends what you like. For me the Vette is a 'toy' car and I want an exhilarating circus ride every time I get in it.
Sold my '98 to get a new GS A8, love the car so much we found a nice 2015 7 speed Z51 for the wife to replace her C6 but for the time being we are keeping that car as well. Definitely order up the 1-4 eliminator kit, added that 2nd week of ownership. Congrats!
Sold my '98 to get a new GS A8, love the car so much we found a nice 2015 7 speed Z51 for the wife to replace her C6 but for the time being we are keeping that car as well. Definitely order up the 1-4 eliminator kit, added that 2nd week of ownership. Congrats!
Thanks, haven't seen it in person yet but it's reserved for me - headed up Thursday morning.... hopefully there are no "gotchas"....
Oh yeah, that CAGS crap as GOT to go. Why in the world they ever did that is beyond me....
I was amazed by how differently they drove; the C5 felt so much more a cruiser after I drove the C7. The C7 felt Miata like in comparison, more tossable. But like the Miata I still genuinely miss the pop up lights...……..
I went from a new C3, to a new C7. I skipped all the Cs in between. Yes, I would do it. The C7 is a marvelous upgrade from any previous Corvette model class.
I was amazed by how differently they drove; the C5 felt so much more a cruiser after I drove the C7. The C7 felt Miata like in comparison, more tossable. But like the Miata I still genuinely miss the pop up lights...……..
I only miss the pop up light housings of my C3 when I think about em. I loved looking at em…..along with the high fender wells. I just loved the C3 class models when they first came out. Not so much when they started the 1974 model. Ugh.....
Yes, the C7 is a lot more tossable than the C3. But, I have the MSRC, which really helps make it feel very controllable on the tossing.
I loved my 02 Vert. It won trophies, it turned heads and drove like a dream. I took one test drive in a 14 Z51 C7 and I didnt give selling my C5 a second thought. Its a NIGHT and DAY difference with the C7 being better in EVERY category...
This is the day the C7 came home and I waved good-bye to my C5...
I currently have an '03 coupe. 51k on the clock. Needs absolutely nothing, well except weatherstripping, but living in Florida I never use the top anyhow so....
So I have a line on a 2014 Z51 Stingray with, 2935 miles on it. NO, that's not a typo 2935. Limited Production Premiere Edition - #445 of 500 produced, 3LT Equipment Package. And I'm thinking about making the jump.
For those who have gone from a C5 to a C7, would you do it again? Why? Or, why not?
Thanks,
Steve
Absolutely...enjoyed my C5 M6 for 15 years (and my C3 M4 for 15 before that...). The C5 was light years ahead of the C3...and the C7 M7 I bought in the fall is that much better in every way again. No regrets, and would do it again in a heartbeat. Good luck!
I currently have an '03 coupe. 51k on the clock. Needs absolutely nothing, well except weatherstripping, but living in Florida I never use the top anyhow so....
So I have a line on a 2014 Z51 Stingray with, 2935 miles on it. NO, that's not a typo 2935. Limited Production Premiere Edition - #445 of 500 produced, 3LT Equipment Package. And I'm thinking about making the jump.
For those who have gone from a C5 to a C7, would you do it again? Why? Or, why not?
Thanks,
Steve
I can't imagine you won't love it.
I had #125 Premiere Edition Vert, and let me tell you; you will love the brownstone interior. The wheels are awesome, All the foo-foos that come with the car.
There literally is no comparison.
Just inspect the dash really well. As far as the CAGs is concerned, have someone tune it out for you since the warranty is not an issue, or do as the rest of us manual Corvette drivers do; Shift later, and it won't be a problem.
Sold my '98 to get a new GS A8, love the car so much we found a nice 2015 7 speed Z51 for the wife to replace her C6 but for the time being we are keeping that car as well. Definitely order up the 1-4 eliminator kit, added that 2nd week of ownership. Congrats!
Once again the skip shift comes up - never understood the need. I just sold my '15 with 96,000+ miles on it and had the ship shift come on four, five times in all that time. Can't remember the last time it did.
