My Z06 is home!!!!!
06-27-2008, 02:02 PM
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My Z06 is home!!!!! got home around 2am this morning. The car was everything that the 1st owner said it was. It only had two small rock chips on it. One was on the corvette plate on the front and the second one was on the driver's side mirror. Both are very small and not worth using touch up paint on. The car is insane. He had it all cleaned up for me and had all service records in a folder for me. I got a little over 27mpg, it has good power and was very comfy on the 10 hour drive home. It is very quite in 6th gear on the highway. The tires make more noise than the exhaust lol. It feels alittle faster than my truck. The lightning had a ton more tq down low but the vette pulls a lot harder on top. A good driver could walk away from my old lightning. IT is everything i wanted / hoped it to be.
Now to the bad news
. At 12am last night i hit a deer that had been hit by a truck. There was no way to miss it in traffic. When i hit the deer it damaged the black plastic valance under the front bumper. IT is bent back on the drivers side. Then it bent a small metal brace that is about half way back on the bottom side of the car. I think both are very fixable but it just sucks that the car was perfect up until that. Really need to take to a shop with a lift and make sure nothing else was damaged. Dont hear anything lose or see anything broken besides the above parts. Oh well no one can see the damage lol. I also ended up replacing the battery this morning. I guess with the car only being driven alittle over 3k miles a year, the battery had went bad. The headlights/dashlights started to flicker anytime a strain was put on the power system. AAA came over this morning a checked everything out. The starter, alt., wires, etc were all okay. The battery was shot though.
Even with the deer and the battery issues no one could take this car away from me. It by far is the best car i have ever had. As much as i loved my Lightning it does not even come close to how i feel about the Z06!! I put almost 800 miles on it the first day i had it and i loved every second/mile of it. When it stops raining i am going to clean it up and take some more pics. The car look new inside and out!!
Now to the bad news
. At 12am last night i hit a deer that had been hit by a truck. There was no way to miss it in traffic. When i hit the deer it damaged the black plastic valance under the front bumper. IT is bent back on the drivers side. Then it bent a small metal brace that is about half way back on the bottom side of the car. I think both are very fixable but it just sucks that the car was perfect up until that. Really need to take to a shop with a lift and make sure nothing else was damaged. Dont hear anything lose or see anything broken besides the above parts. Oh well no one can see the damage lol. I also ended up replacing the battery this morning. I guess with the car only being driven alittle over 3k miles a year, the battery had went bad. The headlights/dashlights started to flicker anytime a strain was put on the power system. AAA came over this morning a checked everything out. The starter, alt., wires, etc were all okay. The battery was shot though. Even with the deer and the battery issues no one could take this car away from me. It by far is the best car i have ever had. As much as i loved my Lightning it does not even come close to how i feel about the Z06!! I put almost 800 miles on it the first day i had it and i loved every second/mile of it. When it stops raining i am going to clean it up and take some more pics. The car look new inside and out!!
06-27-2008, 02:15 PM
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got home around 2am this morning. The car was everything that the 1st owner said it was. It only had two small rock chips on it. One was on the corvette plate on the front and the second one was on the driver's side mirror. Both are very small and not worth using touch up paint on. The car is insane. He had it all cleaned up for me and had all service records in a folder for me. I got a little over 27mpg, it has good power and was very comfy on the 10 hour drive home. It is very quite in 6th gear on the highway. The tires make more noise than the exhaust lol. It feels alittle faster than my truck. The lightning had a ton more tq down low but the vette pulls a lot harder on top. A good driver could walk away from my old lightning. IT is everything i wanted / hoped it to be.
Now to the bad news. At 12am last night i hit a deer that had been hit by a truck. There was no way to miss it in traffic. When i hit the deer it damaged the black plastic valance under the front bumper. IT is bent back on the drivers side. Then it bent a small metal brace that is about half way back on the bottom side of the car. I think both are very fixable but it just sucks that the car was perfect up until that. Really need to take to a shop with a lift and make sure nothing else was damaged. Dont hear anything lose or see anything broken besides the above parts. Oh well no one can see the damage lol. I also ended up replacing the battery this morning. I guess with the car only being driven alittle over 3k miles a year, the battery had went bad. The headlights/dashlights started to flicker anytime a strain was put on the power system. AAA came over this morning a checked everything out. The starter, alt., wires, etc were all okay. The battery was shot though.
Even with the deer and the battery issues no one could take this car away from me. It by far is the best car i have ever had. As much as i loved my Lightning it does not even come close to how i feel about the Z06!! I put almost 800 miles on it the first day i had it and i loved every second/mile of it. When it stops raining i am going to clean it up and take some more pics. The car look new inside and out!!
Now to the bad news
. At 12am last night i hit a deer that had been hit by a truck. There was no way to miss it in traffic. When i hit the deer it damaged the black plastic valance under the front bumper. IT is bent back on the drivers side. Then it bent a small metal brace that is about half way back on the bottom side of the car. I think both are very fixable but it just sucks that the car was perfect up until that. Really need to take to a shop with a lift and make sure nothing else was damaged. Dont hear anything lose or see anything broken besides the above parts. Oh well no one can see the damage lol. I also ended up replacing the battery this morning. I guess with the car only being driven alittle over 3k miles a year, the battery had went bad. The headlights/dashlights started to flicker anytime a strain was put on the power system. AAA came over this morning a checked everything out. The starter, alt., wires, etc were all okay. The battery was shot though. Even with the deer and the battery issues no one could take this car away from me. It by far is the best car i have ever had. As much as i loved my Lightning it does not even come close to how i feel about the Z06!! I put almost 800 miles on it the first day i had it and i loved every second/mile of it. When it stops raining i am going to clean it up and take some more pics. The car look new inside and out!!
Have fun and enjoy!
06-27-2008, 03:40 PM
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Damn on the deer. When I picked mine up at the factory I hit about 15 loose 4 by 4's on I55 at 3am on the drive back around a really long entrance ramp to I70. Same deal nothing to do but grin and hope for the best.
. When I picked mine up at the factory I hit about 15 loose 4 by 4's on I55 at 3am on the drive back around a really long entrance ramp to I70. Same deal nothing to do but grin and hope for the best.
06-27-2008, 04:07 PM
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its not the battery.. its the car, my dad goes out of town alot and his z06 sits in the garage sometimes 3-4 weeks at a time. after the second battery we went down to the chevy dealership and they said the corvettes can only sit about 14 days before loosing power.... post some pics tho
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its not the battery.. its the car, my dad goes out of town alot and his z06 sits in the garage sometimes 3-4 weeks at a time. after the second battery we went down to the chevy dealership and they said the corvettes can only sit about 14 days before loosing power.... post some pics tho
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i've never heard of that
06-29-2008, 01:15 AM
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i had a 99 lightning with some work done to it and i went from that to the 04 GTO I was never satisfied until i got my 01 coupe and did alittle work to it now that i've had the vette its the only sports car i'll own.. congrat on the new car i had to replace my battery to but mine was because i don't drive the car to much and the alarm system drains it.. also sorry to hear about the deer
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06-29-2008, 04:49 AM
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did a good check of the underside. the front plastic valance will need to be replaced and one of the braces on the underbody plate needs to be bent back flat. Nothing major just a paid in my A$$ because the car was so clean. FYI the deer meat stunk!!!! lol. The part that i hit had to be almost flat because it never touched my front bumper.
hope to get her cleaned up tomr or monday so i can take some nice pics for me/you lol.
Thanks everyone!!!
hope to get her cleaned up tomr or monday so i can take some nice pics for me/you lol.
Thanks everyone!!!
