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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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What do you guys think about which would hold the value better, obv both cars will depreciate some but do you think either would be better as far as depreciation. He would be looking at 2005-2006 C6 due to the cost.
I would think the C5 Z06 would hold resale or "collector" value better because it's a specialty model corvette. There isn't really anything "special" about a base model C6.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 04:10 AM
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For your Dad's intended usage, I would say C6. I was in the same dilemma last year, but liked the C5Z so much better that I picked up a low-mileage Z16. Good luck! B #281
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by BRIAN98Z28
I may just have to make a vid of my vette with that song in the background now.
Nothing but a Good Time would probably fit a bit better. Poison rocks. I'll be seeing them at the Nissan Pavillion next month.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 07:37 AM
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My favorite car is the 04 Collector Blue Z but I have a new 08 with a tune and cold air kit and it will hand a basically stock 04 ZO6 its *** easily and its an auto.
Get an 08 model for 7k off sticker and the cheaper financing and have a new very comfy warrior.
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Originally Posted by David Gordon
My favorite car is the 04 Collector Blue Z but I have a new 08 with a tune and cold air kit and it will hand a basically stock 04 ZO6 its *** easily and its an auto.
Get an 08 model for 7k off sticker and the cheaper financing and have a new very comfy warrior.
7K off sticker is still quite a bit more than an average C5Z. There's no replacement for displacement so I'm sure the LS3 is a much better platform to make power down the road (cam/heads/etc) but I doubt if you compare both cars each having an intake and tune that the LS3 would "hand it's *** easily". The C5Z still has a few advantages over a base C6, even an '08.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by demonspeed
Nothing but a Good Time would probably fit a bit better. Poison rocks. I'll be seeing them at the Nissan Pavillion next month.
Me too! Didn't even realize you were local. Dokken and Sebastian Bach will rock as well.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Red99TA
There's no replacement for displacement so I'm sure the LS3 is a much better platform to make power down the road (cam/heads/etc) but I doubt if you compare both cars each having an intake and tune that the LS3 would "hand it's *** easily". The C5Z still has a few advantages over a base C6, even an '08.
An 08 with a tune and a vararam will put down 400 RWHP. Put it down through the Z51 tranny and it will be a formidable opponent when driven properly. Not a guaranteed winner in all aspects, but very impressive for the standard model.
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Originally Posted by Ragtop 99
An 08 with a tune and a vararam will put down 400 RWHP. Put it down through the Z51 tranny and it will be a formidable opponent when driven properly. Not a guaranteed winner in all aspects, but very impressive for the standard model.
I agree 100% I'm just saying that it's not going to be handing a C5Z it's *** as mentioned (given equal drivers). In fact the Z51 tranny has the exact same first 4 gears as the M12 plus they're both 3.42:1 so they're going to be very similar...just comes down to power and weight.

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Well me and a buddy just recently made this choice. I decided for the C5Z because performance was number one in my book, and he picked an LS2 C6Z51 because he wants to impress the ladies and have a comfortable DD car.

Here's a Video with our cars running. At the time of this video, I dyno'ed 358whp, and he dynoed 374whp. This was before my retune and the new sig numbers of 385/368.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=615rEcFP8fE
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Originally Posted by Savior1974
Well me and a buddy just recently made this choice. I decided for the C5Z because performance was number one in my book, and he picked an LS2 C6Z51 because he wants to impress the ladies and have a comfortable DD car.

Here's a Video with our cars running. At the time of this video, I dyno'ed 358whp, and he dynoed 374whp. This was before my retune and the new sig numbers of 385/368.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=615rEcFP8fE

Nice kill and he needs to work on his launch rpm.
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