I know that a Corvette is known for handling and braking , but it's also beneficial that he'll be able to put almost a full second faster on his soon to be previous Camaro without doing a air filter swap on that ZO6. $28K for a well round performer (2002 ZO6) is as good as it comes..............

 

As much as I love the WS6, I would slap my mamma for an LS6 Vette. And for $28k? With low mileage? And that sweet color? Do it.

 

Defineatly sell through private party...trade-ins are always a robbery. Post her up on autotrader...I bought my maro through there and sold a car using it also.

 

Well bad news, i went there this morning with the T/A and my checkbook. They got a deposit on it from somebody yesterday after i talked to them. Really sucks ***. But i am going to check back with them on Monday to make sure it was sold. If not, i am going to drop everything i am doing and run out there for it. I dont know how it ended up so cheap, when i got there the stickers on it said they wanted $36,995.00 for it. Which sounds about right, but i asked a sales guy and he said it had been discounted to $27,995.00. So I will be keeping my fingers crossed. Even if this one doesnt happen, i already posted my T/A up for sale and am going to sell ir irregardless. I think i just want a ZO6 of any year except 01. I think its time for something a bit "more". I would look into an 02 or so Viper, but i cant fit inside of them. Also wouldnt mind a 05-07 Vette, except I dont wanna spend anything over $45k on a car right now. Damn i wish those would sell for MSRP, or atleast somewhere within a couple grand of MSRP.

 

first off, have a carfax run on it since they dropped the price so much.

and secondly, the '02+ Z06's are the good ones, correct ?? or is it '03+ ?? C6 came out in '05........i think. how long was the C5(body style) out ?? what years ??

 

02+ are the good Z06's.

C5's ran 97-04.. all basically the same. All LS1's. I think in 01 or 02 they also did an interior update, but nothing to major.

THe biggest thing to watch for on the C5's is to make sure they have a solid state (gel type) battery. The single biggest issue with those vettes is the battery sits on a platform literaly RIGHT above the wiring harness and the PCM... and any minor battery leak, the acid was running down, and dripping on the wiring harness, the PCM, and sometimes the airvac lines for the ac system. It will cause the cars to throw codes, act all funky, etc... can be a very costly repair.

Anytime you look at a C5, make sure you pull the batter and inspect that tray.. and if you have a long extention handy, you can pull the tray as well and inspect the wiring to see if it looks like any acid got on it. Ive looked at a few C5's.. I saw one for 15,999 not long ago that I was really considering jumping on.. I checked that out, and the corrosion was so bad I tihnk I would have been scraping hte rust off the frame right there... It was pretty obvious why it was so cheap.

I am in the process of relocating now... so it'll be a while, but I am planning on either a "special" C4 (gs, zr1, or if god himself appears on my door step to hand me one, an early 90's LPE), or a C5.. the Z06's are a little more then I can dish out on a car though... trying to stay around 30k or less.


Also, if you dont mind taking a sideways step... for around 30, you can easily pickup a gen 1 viper w/ less then 50k on the clock. Not any faster, but its bigger attention getter. More of a wow factor to people then a vette... I see multiple vettes every day.. I see vipers mabey once every few months. lol.

 

damn man. how do u kno so much about 'Vettes ?? haha. thanks for the info tho.

and id DEFINITELY rather have a C5 Z06 than a Viper.....unless it was GTS coupe, which would be more expensive, so, id still rather have the Z06

 

I have helped work on a few of them.. helped my uncle restore a 79.. Helped him drop the motor and tranny into it when I went to see him in livingston a couple years ago.. He finaly got the interior completed. Ive also helped with my friends dad's vette.. we did his headders on the 05.. it sounds bad *** to say the least. Ive also wanted a vette for a long time.. I intended to get an LT1 C4 when I ended up buying my cobra.. The dealership that had the cobra wanted my truck.. the dealership with the 93 anniversary vette that I also drove that day apparently didnt.. both cars same price.. one wanted ot give me 4500 for my truck, the other wanted to give me 7k for it... and I have been test driving and trying out vettes for a while. I drove my wife nuts looking at them before I ended up w/ the cobra.. I think we drove 5 or 6 from different dealerships.. and I have driven 2 since I sold my cobra... I fully plan on getting one after we complete our move ot austin and get re-established to where I can handle the payment/insurance/etc.

Here are a couple of pics from the 79 and from my friends dad's vette.
You can see the new block/valve covers/etc on the 79.. just a basic pic of the 05.. I have tons more of it.

 

oohhhh. nice pics. good luck on gettin one.