WelderGuy

That's the only way you can get it, but most people will never need the stuff in the Z51 package. Not only is it an expensive option, but it looks like it adds significantly to maintenance costs.

Will having the Z51 option make it easier to sell the car or significantly add to it's value down the road?

Kracka

I wanted all the performance goodies.

mfear

nope. i got z51 w/o mag ride

AFVETTE

Why would someone not get the MRC? It's the hot setup.

mpuzach

For me it was the revised transmission gearing (7-speed), the ELSD, and the availability of magnetic ride control. I doubt that I'll ever really take advantage of the extra cooling capability.

What extra maintenance?

JDM111er

Me too

george vee

I wanted mag ride so YES I got the Z51. Glad I did because the Z51 with mag ride had multiple personalities.

Woodson

Replacement cost is steep. I got it anyway.

mpuzach

I haven't heard of a lot of cases where critical components (e.g. shocks) have needed replacement.

MHFontaine

Same here...I also got Z51 just because I liked the Z51 wheels better than the non-Z51 wheels. The only time my car will be on the track is for charity events, and parade laps

commander112

Mag ride does so much for dampening out the ride on a car it is nearly impossible to think about not having it on the rutted and potholed roads of Michigan. I really don't want the Z-51 package but wanted Mag Ride enough to endure the stiffer springs and lower profile tires. I come from driving a long line of Cadillacs (STS, XLR and two CTS-V's) that had Mag Ride and it was such a difference in ride quality that passengers often would point out how "smooth" the ride was. I don't know if the ride was really smooth but rather just well controlled without the extra jostelling of a regular suspension.

chas70

I just wanted a fully optioned car. I like the magnetic ride and NPP but I will probably never have a need for dry sump. But that is OK.

MikeC4C5C6...C7

Had MSRC on my 2006 C6. Liked it. I didn't want to go backwards technologically, so I ordered the Z51 to get the MSRC on my C7. Probably won't need a dry sump but the car handles amazingly well and looks great too. With the Z51 the car was a very big technological step up from my C6.

FYI, I drove my C6 some 95,000 miles and never had a problem with the MSRC. Definitely not a maintenance problem for me.

LEJ ZO6

WelderGuy: Talking about the Z51 option "... Not only is it an expensive option, but it looks like it adds significantly to maintenance costs."

Sorry but I have to disagree about it being an expensive option. I think it's a real bargain for all the performance stuff you get.

It was such a bargain that it was on constraint most of the 2014 model year due to customer demand. It took 5 months for my wife to get her C7 convertible with Z51, carbon dash and NPP.

They even increased the price of the Z51 package for 2015 because they were almost giving it away.

Higgs Boson

VINDIC8R

Ditto

AFVETTE

Yea it makes no sense to buy the Z51 w/o the mag ride, I mean what is the intent of the Z51 by itself knowing the better setup is a check mark away on the option sheet.

onyx_z71

I wanted MSRC, but I didn't mind paying for Z51 too as it was a lot of upgrades for $2800. I had a modded 2005 GTO, and after spending on the Magnacharger, transmission, brake, suspension, and exhaust upgrades on that car, I thought $2800 for what you got in Z51 was a smoking deal. No regrets.

KenHorse

I had MRC on my '07 coupe. I sold it at 83K miles with no issues

That being said, MRC I got so I could have Z51

(dyslexia is rough)

stevebz06

There might be better options out there in the aftermarket that are not
MRC for performance-minded people. Everybody seems to rave about the Z/28 shocks, for instance.