| RE:Track Car or C-6 |
Subject: RE:Track Car or C-6 by bogus on 2007/12/8 19:27:12 This is an important decision... A few considerations: A C6 is $50k. The base units are cheaper, but hard to find. So keep in mind that insurance and, depending on where you live, taxes will go up. Here in California (and many other states) your annual tag renewal is based on the book value of the car. My renewal is about $80 a year, whereas a new C6 is several hundred $$. The C6 is a vastly improved car, but it isn't without its problems. Both the C5 and C6 are having transmission and differental related failures. The more power added, the bigger the problems become. For cars out of warrantee, it can add up to a huge repair bill if you don't know the prior history. As for the rest, I haven't driven a C6 yet, but I am betting it is nice. The C5 sure is. At the same time, my C4 is paid for... and my insurance is only $450 every 6 months for full coverage! and it's not so complex that I can fix just about anything that goes wrong. The current hot deal in Corvettes, in my opinion, is the 1992/E1993 Corvette, with an LT1 and a 6spd. The driveline (as long as it has the Black Tag ZF) is bullet proof (how many times do you hear of a Dana 44 blowing up?)... sure the car lacks some of the chassis improvements, but gee, those only show up on the race track, to be honest. The 94-96 6spds are still really good, but the blue tag ZF isn't as stout as the black tag. Don't even get me started on the 4L60 family of autos... yuck-o-matic. The ride quality of the later C4 is very good and the handling quite nice. As a purely personal thing, I prefer the look of the C4. I think the line is purer and less cluttered, plus, the shape is generally trimmer. So in short, I would keep the 96... or upgrade it to an LT4. |
