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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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i want a corvette. looking into a 2002 Z06 or a C6. What would u all get or rather have? just curious
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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C5 Z06 for me...

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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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C5 Z06...definately. Plus you will save a lot of money. You can throw that into modding the Z06 and make it WAY faster than a C6
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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C5 Z06...definately. Plus you will save a lot of money. You can throw that into modding the Z06 and make it WAY faster than a C6
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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I had the same dilemma...you see what I chose.
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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nice...thank for the input
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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Exact same situation couple of months ago...Hands down the C5 Z...Put the money you're going to save (vs the cost of a C6) and put it towards the mods, (or just leave it mostly stock...you'll lllllluuuuuuvvvvv the performance!
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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Good luck affording one of those on our salary dude. I'll be working on the car all weekend but now at the shop like it told you. hit me up some time
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I'll be the only dissident and say get a C6. It's a newer car and will most likely still have a warranty if you buy used. It might not perform quite as well as a C5 Z06 but if you mod down the road I think the LS2 will have more potential. Oh, and you can take the top off which is one of my favorite things about the coupe. It also has more luggage space for those road trips plus HID. As for the looks of the C6...
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