So long, and thanks for all the fish...

[kenski]

Well, the money from the sale of my Z06 has come through so I guess I'm no longer a Corvette owner :-(

On the plus side, she'll live on on the forum under her new owner.

Here's hoping that in a couple of years we've moved somewhere more conducive to owning such a beastie...

-kenski

[ZR1cliff]

Good luck to you Sir!

[vetteheadracer]

You need to move to a place where men are real men, women are real women and small furry creatures from alpha century are etc.

You ought to buy a big 4x4 to piss off all the 4x4 nazis in London

[LuS1fer]

Unlike a Z06, it took a while but you got there eventually. Now do what I did and put on a pair of rose-tinted specs and forget the gearbox was a pig and how cool it was.

[kenski]

Ach, I never had any problems with the gearbox :-) Maybe that's because I did most of my driving in the US (and I have long arms).

I honestly wish that it made sense to keep her, but it really didn't.

I certainly wouldn't say no to buying another one if work etc moves from London.

...and if a move away from London takes us back to the US then I think it's time for an 18 car garage (I have my shopping list mostly filled in already :-))

[Adetuono]

LuS1fer said:

Now do what I did and put on a pair of rose-tinted specs and forget the gearbox was a pig .....

Sssshhhhh! You never know who's lurking. The new owner might be listening in.

[vetteheadracer]

LuS1fer said:

forget the gearbox was a pig

Gear change is ponderous but the box it's self is great in my opinion, I fixed the ponderous change by fitting a $200 quick shifter kit.

[LuS1fer]

vetteheadracer said:

LuS1fer said: forget the gearbox was a pig Gear change is ponderous but the box it's self is great in my opinion, I fixed the ponderous change by fitting a $200 quick shifter kit.

So did I but it was still a slightly lesser breed of pig. I thought it was a necessary evil with V8's and lots of torque but the Mustang's is pretty light and you can slap it round, not as fast as a Honda's but it's very acceptable. The Vette's is just plain heavy and doesn't exactly encourage cog-swopping. Notwithstanding the short stubby shifter on the Mustang, I've still bought a longer chrome Hurst and white ball that will probably be worse but looks GREAT!. LOL.