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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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What would a good price be for an 04 Z06? I found one at a dealor. Its blue with some stripes. 7xxx miles. Its marked $36,990. Think I could get them down to 31xxx?
I would be shocked to see anything with that mileage on an 04 Z CE for less than $34K. As a matter of fact I'd suggest that $35K would be a pretty good buy. IF you can get one for $31K and it checks out clean, RUN with it.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 01:21 PM
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I'm going to go and check it out hopfully today. The dealor called me and said they want it off the lot because winter is just around the corner. We'll see what happens.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 07:33 AM
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I went and drove the 2004 Z06. The car didn't impress me at all. So I'll keep the GTO for now. I'm going to try and find a base 2005 C6, as I hear they are much nicer.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mhoglund
I found the test results for one that Motor trend tested back in 2003. Their best 1/4 mile time was 12.9. I'm going to go and driveit on Saturday and see if I like it. With a cam and a nice set of heads I could have thatvette moving a lot faster than 12.9. Thanks for the responses guys.


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My grandmother can drive one quicker than 12.9...I've turned 12.28 in a bone stock 2001 Z06 385 HP.. a 2002-2004 405 HP will run a 12 flat or high 11s with the right air on a good track with a good driver..the car has a shipping weight of 3045 pounds compared to the rather rotund GTO and it pulls over a G on a skid pad..pretty stong numbers for a stock automobile..nuff said..
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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I went and drove the 2004 Z06. The car didn't impress me at all. So I'll keep the GTO for now. I'm going to try and find a base 2005 C6, as I hear they are much nicer.
Wow an 04 Z06 didn’t impress you at all!? You have some pretty high standards.

You might as well skip the base C6 and go straight to the C6 Z06. Maybe that will be enough to impress you.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mhoglund
I went and drove the 2004 Z06. The car didn't impress me at all. So I'll keep the GTO for now. I'm going to try and find a base 2005 C6, as I hear they are much nicer.
I guess your not looking for performance, as the C5 Z06 will blow the C6 away in every department. If you can't tell the difference between a GTO and a Z06, maybe you might want to consider a honda civic.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert56@NitrousDirect
I guess your not looking for performance, as the C5 Z06 will blow the C6 away in every department. If you can't tell the difference between a GTO and a Z06, maybe you might want to consider a honda civic.
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Right on!!!
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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I will admit I'm a little hestitent because I have never owned a stick shift car. I'm sure I could drive it, but driving it like I stole it might be a different story.

Oh yeah, your gonna have fun driving the Z06 manual... yeah... fun.

Now I remember why I bought an A4 f-body and C5 instead of a M6. I haven't driven a manual in 7 years.

Burn-out, stall, burn-out, thud, thud, thud (let go of clutch to fast), now drifting forward at 5 mph when going forward slowly, BRAKE, stalling sound, stalling sound, push clutch, BRAKE DON'T FORGET TO BRAKE.

Burn-out.

That's what I get only driving it on weekends.



It's not like driving my old Saab 900S or even a Ford Ranger.
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