Originally Posted by cashflyer (Post 5694218)

This was our biggest complaint against the C4.
Constant squeeks and rattles from the dash and the targa top.
Luckily, I never had the electronic dash fail like so many did.

Mine was a 1994, so I had the 300hp LT-1 and the ZF 6-speed.

Originally Posted by legion (Post 5691176)

Went and test drove a 2000 Z06 (that would make it a C5, Vash) a few months ago.

Car had been driven hard and put away wet. It was out of alignment and one of the calipers was seized. Synchros on 2nd were toast and it wouldn't reliably go into 1st gear. Being sold by third owner who had no maintenance records and bought it from a dealership that bought it at auction. He was asking $16,500. I thought the price was high for the condition of the vehicle.

Still, the power delivery was smooth and precise. I drove my best friend's '99 hard top, (with only 8,000 miles on it), so I knew that a better example would be a better drive. It's on my list of cars to consider when I get back into sports cars. (Which looks like it may be awhile.) Even with the problems listed above, I could probably spend less than $2k and fix all of them (including the tranny problems!).

The 2000 Z06 had a relatively anemic 350 hp. I believe the Z06 has gotten a power bump every year since its introduction. Heck, even the current "base" Corvette has 450 hp now.

Besides being cheap to fix and keep running, the other advantage I saw was that there are tons of upgrades available for everything, and you don't even need to do it piecemeal. You can literally buy whole engineered performance kits that include everything--even new engine mappings. And there are a lot of them: superchargers, turbochargers, dual turbochargers, even just new cylinder heads and exhaust.

Originally Posted by DARISC (Post 5694285)

My C5 was solid as a rock, rattle and squeak free. I was pretty impressed. Always heard the prior cars were terrible in those, and certain other, respects (was never a Vette fan until the C5).

So dash failure was common in the older ones? I don't know if it was in the C5, but mine sure failed.

Oh yeah, one feature I thought was a trivial gimmick but found that I really, really liked was the head-up display. So much so that I think there ought to be a federal mandate requiring all cars to have them - ASAP after prohibiting LED screens that show non-essential info and have to be fiddled with and ANY cell phone usage when the vehicle is moving - which I expect will happen any never, now.

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner (Post 5694315)

DARSIC,

I do not want to live in a country with your laws. I do belive that there's room for 1 more law. It would stand that for each new law on the books 2 more would need to be removed prior to the first one passing.

Originally Posted by DARISC (Post 5694285)

So dash failure was common in the older ones?

Originally Posted by cashflyer (Post 5694357)

...dealers regarded them as "replace only - not repairable"...

Originally Posted by cashflyer (Post 5694357)

I had heard about it from a friend who owned a 1986 model. He said it was a pretty common thing, and that the dealers regarded them as "replace only - not repairable".

I did a quick Google to see what turned up, and Corvette Magazine seems to indicate the failure rates were high between 1984 and 1989.

Originally Posted by turbocarrera (Post 5694469)

I went with my bud to pick up his brand new '07 Z06 and omg what a fun car - for about a month. Constantly in the shop. He let me drive it the day he bought it and again about 3 months later and I was shocked - what a POS.

There are well-built EFI'd 930's for sale right now for 30K-35K that will just pound a C6 Z06 - it's crazy. GM's fiberglass or Porsche's legendary iron?

Here's DonE's from the turbo board - it's impeccably put together. No bids. Sad.

Porsche : 911 - eBay (item 270660837214 end time Nov-14-10 18:20:03 PST)

Originally Posted by MMARSH (Post 5695076)

Funny, I just rode in a 06 Z06 at the Streets of Willow a few weeks back. Buddy of mine bought it brand new and it's been a track car it's entire life. So although it only has about 10K miles on it. 95% of them have been on the track. I was very very impressed. That car was rock solid and would pound any porsche I've driven. That being said, Also have another buddy who just had to have an engine replacement on his Legendary Iron from germany. So maybe your buddy got a Monday built Z06 and my buddy got a Monday built 997.

Originally Posted by ted (Post 5695238)

:mad:

This year Vette had a recall for a problem with piston rings.
A few years ago this car too was burning some oil so the owner took it to the dealer.
The dealer said no problem we'll replace it with a new engine.
The service writer walked out to the car saw a roll bar and told the owner, no dice.
Track work voids your engine warranty. :rolleyes:
So the owner did what any good car guy would do and spent 10k on a performance rebuild. :)

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner (Post 5695550)

Originally Posted by turbocarrera (Post 5695590)

question about declining the warranty on a missed shift - doesn't that mean the rev limiter failed and your warranty should be honored? I guess you could grab too low a gear on the downshift but they really should have some kind of electro-mechanical lockout for that.. I'd lawyer up!:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by kaisen (Post 5695853)

Seriously!? The rev limiter will stop spark and/or fuel. But it cannot stop the transmission from turning the engine, which is what happens during a missed shift.