Oh WOW the new CORVETTE..

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Would not surprise me.
Most are stuck in the past.

People into vintage cars that are stuck in the past, who could see that coming.

[Embraer]

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

We went through rotors like beer too. But a big bang for the buck and good AC.

Less beer, more brakes!

[ted]

Originally Posted by pavulon

Less beer, more brakes!

I had a set of those on the front of my blue vette.
They worked great and got rid of all the ABS brake shudder.
Soon after burned up the stock wheel bearings so upgraded to SKF bearings

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by ted

I had a set of those on the front of my blue vette.
They worked great and got rid of all the ABS brake shudder.
Soon after burned up the stock wheel bearings so upgraded to SKF bearings

That's good insight since I have a full set of AP's at home waiting to go on my '08 Z06!

[Tobra]

Do the wheel bearings before they go, they are apparently a wear item when you have giant, sticky tires, crazy, I know.

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Do the wheel bearings before they go, they are apparently a wear item when you have giant, sticky tires, crazy, I know.

Ya. The car is pretty low mileage (13K) and I'd also like to go to full coil-overs and possibly delrin bushings so all food for thought when the suspension gets done!

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by monoflo

C3 - mine a long time ago-pretty awful in a lot respects -454 powered - still liked it -never missed it. But Im pretty much into anything automotive these days.
mFlo

Love the styling of this car. Flat back window and chrome bumpers.

[coldstart]

I love the new Corvette. It looks great and the performance figures are phenomenal. Unfortunately, no manual option so I can't buy one. I will likely end up with a C7 once their owners decide to upgrade to the mid-engine model.

I currently have my dad's 1968 Corvette that he bought new. It needs some work as it handles worse than most trucks. It needs the steering box rebuilt and new brakes.

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by ted

The Electron blue C5Z was too easy to drive fast.
Terrible invasive nannies so always turned them off at the track.
Exiting a fast sweeper the nannies would drag the brakes.

Still have a black 02 C5Z with 30k miles.

Love the photo, Ted! And what are the chances? I rode shotgun in both of those cars that day, taking the opportunities that both you and Johnny Riz so generously offered to help me learn the track. And what a study in contrasts - Johnny stirring the gear box as we are all so familiar with in our beloved 911's, "busy as a one-armed paper hanger". Then the Corvette - I think you went one whole lap without shifting at all, just to see if you could do it. Torque. What a fun thing to have at your disposal. That one session changed my view of the modern Corvette like no other experience with it could have, moving it well up my "must have someday" list. What incredible "bang for the buck".

[GH85Carrera]

Corvette have sure come a long way since the 1975 Vette with a paltry 165 hp paltry 165 hp. Zero to 60 in 7.7 seconds.

Of course in the mid 1970s all cars were hit with new federal laws for emissions and there were a lot of crappy cars made back then. We live in a golden age of computer controlled cars and engines and somehow can make 600+ HP and still get 30+ MPG.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Would not surprise me.
Most are stuck in the past.

and yet they will never surpass this styling.
No reason they can't have great performance in a stylish body.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

and yet they will never surpass this styling.
No reason they can't have great performance in a stylish body.

Actually there is a reason most cars look the same. Safety regulations. Side impact beams in doors, crumple zones and all the airbags and computers to operate the modern car dictate bigger cars, and restrict free design. Roll over protection, and on and on.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Same thing with building design... it’s harder and harder to find loci for creativity these days as everything gets increasingly prescriptive.

That said there ARE still opportunities and one has to make the most of them when they present themselves. That’s the essence of good design in my book - being able to make functional, beautiful things within constraints (if there are no constraints that’s purely “art”, not “design” per se...). Budget, schedule, expectations of clients / customers, all that.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Actually there is a reason most cars look the same. Safety regulations. Side impact beams in doors, crumple zones and all the airbags and computers to operate the modern car dictate bigger cars, and restrict free design. Roll over protection, and on and on.

Aerodynamics!

[GH85Carrera]

It also usually takes a "ground up, all new" design to achieve. If the bean counters say nope, you have to use the same old platform and can only change the body panels things get really difficult.

Porsche often starts with a fresh empty computer screen or a concept drawing, and the 911 just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I have to give Mazda respect, the Miata is very close in weight to the original car, unlike the new "Mini" that is twice the size as the original.

[ted]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Love the photo, Ted! Then the Corvette - I think you went one whole lap without shifting at all, just to see if you could do it. Torque. What a fun thing to have at your disposal. That one session changed my view of the modern Corvette like no other experience with it could have, moving it well up my "must have someday" list. What incredible "bang for the buck".

Enjoyed our ride, we were telling jokes and kicking curbs.
Big Jeff shotgun.

In that car my personal best tank slapper chasing a GT-R.
Front AP rotors squeaking, Kumho 710 tires.
https://youtu.be/AVM8-WhXheY?t=465

[Jim Bremner]

I have a brand new set of Stainless brake hoses for the C6 Che'vette.

I never installed them on my car. I do miss my C6 Z51 spec car. Drive it almost everyday for three years sold it with 110k miles on it and a few track weekends.

Out of all the cars that I have owned if I had to drive a 1000 miles in one day it would be what I would grab.

Simply a wonderful car.

[ted]

C6Z under $30k, why not?

not me.

[L8Brakr]

If I was a Vette buyer in today's market, it would be a C7 Z06 3LZ, with the manual. Can't get three pedals in the C8, which also had it's rear end FUBAR'ed when it was required to hold two bags of golf clubs ( I read that on the internets, so it must be true).