C6 or GT500???
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the newest C5 Z06 is already three years old and selling for approximately $30-35k, more or less depending on miles/options, etc.
you can get a new '07 C6 for $41k if you shop around a bit.
I bought my '06 coupe Z-51 MZ6 3LT November last year for $43k, while dealers still had '05's on the lot. the car stickered for $52,800. (3LT is all options except NAV). I could make a similar deal today on an '07, I'm sure. the deals are out there, you just have to look for them.
used cars demand higher finance rates, and at least here in Dallas/FtWorth, used cars get socked with higher sales tax as well.
one more thing to consider is insurance. rates are going to be less on the vette than they will be on the mustang you mentioned, I'll guarentee that because I've already checked.
bottom line, for the kind of money you gonna spend get the C6.
Good luck which ever way you go, and let us know what you decide.
you can get a new '07 C6 for $41k if you shop around a bit.
I bought my '06 coupe Z-51 MZ6 3LT November last year for $43k, while dealers still had '05's on the lot. the car stickered for $52,800. (3LT is all options except NAV). I could make a similar deal today on an '07, I'm sure. the deals are out there, you just have to look for them.
used cars demand higher finance rates, and at least here in Dallas/FtWorth, used cars get socked with higher sales tax as well.
one more thing to consider is insurance. rates are going to be less on the vette than they will be on the mustang you mentioned, I'll guarentee that because I've already checked.
bottom line, for the kind of money you gonna spend get the C6.
Good luck which ever way you go, and let us know what you decide.
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From: Johnsonville, SC; but orginally from GAINESVILLE, FL
Buy the VETTE and be happy, buy the MUSTANG and you will always go, "I should have bought that VETTE!"
Seriously, the GT500 is overrated, the 2003-2004 COBRA is a better buy if you ask me, but as some previously mentioned, it is all a matter of opnion and you are going to get more bias opnions on the selection, because you are in a large GM based forum. If you go to a MUSTANG/FORD forum they are going to try and sell the MUSTANG on you. I honestly think that for a 500 hp car, it is completely overrated when you look at the numbers it produced in the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times.
Micah
Seriously, the GT500 is overrated, the 2003-2004 COBRA is a better buy if you ask me, but as some previously mentioned, it is all a matter of opnion and you are going to get more bias opnions on the selection, because you are in a large GM based forum. If you go to a MUSTANG/FORD forum they are going to try and sell the MUSTANG on you. I honestly think that for a 500 hp car, it is completely overrated when you look at the numbers it produced in the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times.
Micah
i drove a c6 all night last night....I WILL GET ONE, enough said...ironically i pulled up next to a GT500....c mon dude...NO COMPARISON...i was sitting lower than he was anyways....that thing is SO high...
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From: Findlay, Ohio
wow that like 500 rwhp with only like 7psi and headers and intake! ....maybe too much car for me....well at first....i'll just slowly add on to it cause jumping from a 02 z28 to a Z06 or c6 is a big jump!
Originally Posted by Transgression
oh and for a vette what should i get? A6 or M6? which has better performace? i never drivin stick..only twice before but woud it be worth it?
Get a C6 and get an M6...I had only drove a stick twice in my life before getting my camaro, and it was 3 years prior to me getting it. I just drove it around the lot for like 5 mins till i got the feel of the clutch and shifting and then drove it home. Its not that hard and you will kick yourself in the long run if you get an auto.
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I saw a brand new 30 day tag GT 500 at our 1/8 mile dragstrip, and it was a.......TURD!!!!!! It ran 83mph over and over at 8.4 sec....... yuck, for the money that thing is so slow. Go with the c5 Z06, the biggest bargin in performance car out there period! $28,000 and you have a beautiful car, and with the money you save get the STS or Procharger and leave everything else in the dust.
Originally Posted by Transgression
I'm also 6 foot 3inches....would i fit ok in the vette and still have leg room? cause thats a big concern
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Originally Posted by Transgression
I'm also 6 foot 3inches....would i fit ok in the vette and still have leg room? cause thats a big concern
I knew someone 6' 8" who drive a C4 Vette. He had to hunch over to drive it. I could barely ride in it. My knees were crammed into the dash. I could never own a C4.