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We had our club meeting last night and a new Mustang GT and a new C6 turned up for the first time, both owned by the same guy.
The Mustang sounded gorgeous, looked gorgeous in the metal and despite the colour (mineral grey) and an interior featuring rather too many unbroken expanses of very cheap plastic, just sitting in it made you feel like Paul Newman. It had a very high cool factor. The unpainted door mirrors were disappointing and the door panels were ultra-cheap but the dash was very cool. Seats were a bit small and flat compared to the Z28 but I could be tempted very easily.
The C6 was OK. The first one I've seen in the metal and it was parked next to my Z06. I think the Z06 beats it hands down in the looks department. The interior was nothing to write home about and IMHO, the addition of the sat nav screen has destroyed the whole reason for the Vette, that of a raw sports car. The instrument lighting was better but the rest of the interior - I preferred the Z06.
There were lots of things I didn't like about the C6. The VX220-style door handle insets, the height, the narrowness, the cliffhanger rear end which makes the Z06's look small and the big sat-nav knob on the roof. However, what capped it all was that at the end of the night, the C6 wouldn't start...or rather it would start, it just wouldn't run and this on a car with only 700 miles on it. We all stood round scratching our heads whilst he tried to join the AA. I felt sorry for the guy really (even if he has a Z06 and a Hummer as well)but there was no way that car was running.
So as far as I'm concerned, the Z06 is still king of the Vettes and all this modern technology can go back in the bin where it belongs.
The Mustang sounded gorgeous, looked gorgeous in the metal and despite the colour (mineral grey) and an interior featuring rather too many unbroken expanses of very cheap plastic, just sitting in it made you feel like Paul Newman. It had a very high cool factor. The unpainted door mirrors were disappointing and the door panels were ultra-cheap but the dash was very cool. Seats were a bit small and flat compared to the Z28 but I could be tempted very easily.
The C6 was OK. The first one I've seen in the metal and it was parked next to my Z06. I think the Z06 beats it hands down in the looks department. The interior was nothing to write home about and IMHO, the addition of the sat nav screen has destroyed the whole reason for the Vette, that of a raw sports car. The instrument lighting was better but the rest of the interior - I preferred the Z06.
There were lots of things I didn't like about the C6. The VX220-style door handle insets, the height, the narrowness, the cliffhanger rear end which makes the Z06's look small and the big sat-nav knob on the roof. However, what capped it all was that at the end of the night, the C6 wouldn't start...or rather it would start, it just wouldn't run and this on a car with only 700 miles on it. We all stood round scratching our heads whilst he tried to join the AA. I felt sorry for the guy really (even if he has a Z06 and a Hummer as well)but there was no way that car was running.
So as far as I'm concerned, the Z06 is still king of the Vettes and all this modern technology can go back in the bin where it belongs.
A brand new Chevy not starting/running???!!!! Geeez, that is truly shocking. And I'm not being sarcy here. Makes me feel a bit better about my long term electrical glitch....but on a restored '76 I've learned to keep an open mind and an RAC card in the map pocket. NOT on a new trophy car from a company that big.
BTW, with that much of an arsenal in his garage (stable block?), who is he - Jay Leno?
BTW, with that much of an arsenal in his garage (stable block?), who is he - Jay Leno?
Well the AA low-loaded it back home for him and think it's a fuelling problem. Maybe there's some truth in the American aversion to buying GM first year products.
I had to laugh at all the electrical gadgetry. When it's dark, the DIC says "Headlamps suggested". A TVR would say "Turn t'bloody lights on, you thick tw*t"
I had to laugh at all the electrical gadgetry. When it's dark, the DIC says "Headlamps suggested". A TVR would say "Turn t'bloody lights on, you thick tw*t"
Must admit I was a bit disappointed with it and felt once again there was no actual specs of the car, yes the Viper may be a handfull to drive but it is a car with no electronics except ABS.
And they both looked very very quick out of the corners, it would have been much better if both drivers drove both cars and then gave a joint opinion.
To be honest I was scared to look in this forum
And they both looked very very quick out of the corners, it would have been much better if both drivers drove both cars and then gave a joint opinion.
To be honest I was scared to look in this forum
Don't worry ViperPaul, some of us are open minded here!
If anyone missed the C6 and Viper SRT-10 comparison then Fifth Gear is repeated at 7.30 pm this Friday (29 April). Well worth a look.
As to the C5/C6 "looks" debate I'm sure the C6 will be accepted as the shape of today's Corvette once there are a few on the road. It would be good to hear the views of anyone who's driven C5 and C6 back to back as to whether there are any material differences. The criticisms we hear of C6 sound very familiar to C5 drivers so C5 Mk2 it remains for the time being. (Still loving my Michelin Pilots).
If anyone missed the C6 and Viper SRT-10 comparison then Fifth Gear is repeated at 7.30 pm this Friday (29 April). Well worth a look.
As to the C5/C6 "looks" debate I'm sure the C6 will be accepted as the shape of today's Corvette once there are a few on the road. It would be good to hear the views of anyone who's driven C5 and C6 back to back as to whether there are any material differences. The criticisms we hear of C6 sound very familiar to C5 drivers so C5 Mk2 it remains for the time being. (Still loving my Michelin Pilots).
What annoys me about 5th Gear is it's all so bloody academic. Who has ever driven their Viper or Corvette in that way or tried to drift it or power through when the back end goes. No-one - because it would be ridiculously dangerous to even contemplate driving a car that fast on a public road and if you wanted a purely track car, neither the Vette nor the Viper would be the top of your list.
The Z3 vs Boxster test highlighted that no matter which car is ultimately "best", the truth is that in everyday driving, even to extremes, there wasn't even a gnat's foreskin between them.
To borrow a Toyota slogan, perhaps Chrysler should make rear window stickers "The car in front is a Viper" because once it's there, ain't nothin' goin' past.
The Z3 vs Boxster test highlighted that no matter which car is ultimately "best", the truth is that in everyday driving, even to extremes, there wasn't even a gnat's foreskin between them.
To borrow a Toyota slogan, perhaps Chrysler should make rear window stickers "The car in front is a Viper" because once it's there, ain't nothin' goin' past.
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