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  • #11
    Originally posted by winoman
    I agree that the new Corvette is a very awesome car - I'd love to have one but a 2 seater isn't in the cards for me right now and - for what I value if I was spending that kind of $$$ on a sports car it would probable be the Porsche Boxster S...though I imagine - for half the price I would be satisfied with a Honda S2000...understanding that neither of these latter two pull out into the triple digits the same way as the Corvette with its monster engine and gobs of torque does (in whichever engine guise....)...all would be great fun at the track...and while the new Corvette has excellent chassis dynamics and roadholding (so they say - haven't driven one) - its still on the bulky side for me (for a 2 seater) and I think I'd prefer tossing the smaller/lighter Boxster or S2000 around better in the twisties...
    I have owned a 2001 Z06 for a year and a half now. I originally bought the car because of its unreal performance numbers. I think now I have come to realize that great numbers do not necessarily make a great car. I love my car, but it lacks the telepathic connection between driver and car that you get in a car like the S2000. I have considered trading in the Z06 for something smaller and more playful (maybe the new Elise) but part of me still likes the brute force and torque. I guess there is no perfect car, at least not until you start spending 6 figures and up

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    • #12
      Originally posted by bobz06
      I have owned a 2001 Z06 for a year and a half now. I originally bought the car because of its unreal performance numbers. I think now I have come to realize that great numbers do not necessarily make a great car. I love my car, but it lacks the telepathic connection between driver and car that you get in a car like the S2000. I have considered trading in the Z06 for something smaller and more playful (maybe the new Elise) but part of me still likes the brute force and torque. I guess there is no perfect car, at least not until you start spending 6 figures and up
      Yeah I hear ya - exactly. I feel this way with my Supercharged MR2 - it was telepathic - whatever I wanted to do on the road it could do...I imagine that the elise is all this and more - but the S2000 is no slouch either. And it is hard to get both - finese and the brute force torque. I have varying degrees of each with each of my cars - with my Audi being my real torque monster (at about 370 lb/ft) - and still nimble and communicative - but not like the MR2 was. Last summer I picked up an M tuned BMW 3 series in Germany - and it is an awsome car - peakier then the Audi - not nearly the torque - but roadfeel is superb and its quite nimble for a sedan - really the most balanced car I've ever driven. Probalby the wickedest car I've ever driven (that still was very nimble and great fun to drive) was a friends Supra Turbo that he had kicked up to about 550hp! - what an awesome car! I can remember flying around San Juan Puerto Rico a few years back in this thing doing 90 on city streets! But for a daily driver I think I'd find it a bit cramped inside - it was even tighter then my MR2. Thats one reason the 3 series is so nice - it does everything pretty well and its nimble and quick enough to still be a lot of fun! Hope they don't ruin this with the new model due out in a few months...anyway enjoy your zo6 - it is still an awesome car!

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      • #13
        Originally posted by spoofy
        its is jsut a chevy a chevy thats faster then a lambo and ferrari and its 1/3 of their price
        ahhaa...are you kiding me? please specify the "Ferrari" and "lambo"...

        hahah

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        • #14
          Originally posted by bobz06
          I have owned a 2001 Z06 for a year and a half now. I originally bought the car because of its unreal performance numbers. I think now I have come to realize that great numbers do not necessarily make a great car. I love my car, but it lacks the telepathic connection between driver and car that you get in a car like the S2000. I have considered trading in the Z06 for something smaller and more playful (maybe the new Elise) but part of me still likes the brute force and torque. I guess there is no perfect car, at least not until you start spending 6 figures and up
          If you want the ultimate telepathic connection get a BMW, nothing else like it. And if you want perfromance also and along with a 4 seater just get the M3 or M5, case closed.

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          • #15
            Originally posted by omniscient
            If you want the ultimate telepathic connection get a BMW, nothing else like it. And if you want perfromance also and along with a 4 seater just get the M3 or M5, case closed.

            I've driven the 3 seies and the 7 series. They are nice cars but nothing special. Care to explain what you mean by "ultimate telepathic connection"?

            the m3 and m5 ara amazing cars, but I wouldnt say there is nothing else like it

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            • #16
              Originally posted by Harut82
              I've driven the 3 seies and the 7 series. They are nice cars but nothing special. Care to explain what you mean by "ultimate telepathic connection"?

              the m3 and m5 ara amazing cars, but I wouldnt say there is nothing else like it
              Ever driven the current (2004/5) 330 ZHP (performance package [M tuned])? It has verylittle body roll, tracks great - very tight all around - decently quick - near perfection - really (certainly for a 4 dr sedan). Where BMW suceeds is bal;ance. They might not do anything best - but they do it all very very good. Its a comprimise car - but one that has made most of the right choices. And I am mostly talking 3 series. I don't go for big luxocruisers in general...still 6 series are very nice and any M car is pretty special IMO....

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