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Z51JEFF
11-25-2023, 09:42 PM
Out runnin around saw a Ruby Z in Fremont Ca. If the owner happens to see this I was the idiot in the small white truck pissin myself at the sight of another Z out in the wild.
GOLDCYLON
11-25-2023, 11:49 PM
Out runnin around saw a Ruby Z in Fremont Ca. If the owner happens to see this I was the idiot in the small white truck pissin myself at the sight of another Z out in the wild.
I saw a C6 ZR1 give me a hard wave and give me a thumbs up while I was driving the Z today. I assume he was telling his wife there is a C4 ZR-1:cheers:
We Gone
11-26-2023, 09:00 AM
Guess I live in unicorn land at least 6 live within 10 miles of me.... 3 of them came from unicorn ranch.
-=Jeff=-
11-26-2023, 11:01 PM
wasn't the ruby Z the highest produced color for a Z in that year?
tccrab
11-27-2023, 01:14 AM
wasn't the ruby Z the highest produced color for a Z in that year?
Yup.
245 out of 448.
Next highest is Torch Red at 59 units.
Crabs
Z51JEFF
11-27-2023, 04:27 AM
What I find a little odd is according to an owner survey I read some place,maybe on this site California has the most ZR-1s out of all of the States. So when I do see one out in the wild I do get a little goofy. I may have seen maybe 15 out in the wild in 33+ years.
-=Jeff=-
11-27-2023, 07:32 AM
What I find a little odd is according to an owner survey I read some place,maybe on this site California has the most ZR-1s out of all of the States. So when I do see one out in the wild I do get a little goofy. I may have seen maybe 15 out in the wild in 33+ years.
Maybe they all keep them in the garage and don't drive them. I mean you have a low mileage car, how often do you drive yours?
WARP TEN
11-27-2023, 11:10 AM
If you want a 1993 unicorn, try a Quasar Blue. They made only seven of them before switching to Admiral Blue the next year. The only other '93 with fewer made was Dark Red Metallic with only 2. GM made 245 in Ruby Red for the Anniversary Package, the most of any color in the last three years of production. --Bob
Subfixer
11-27-2023, 06:16 PM
Looking through the color combinations in the registry site, it looks like one of the most rare is a 93 white/white. Only made one.
Sent from my Pixel 4a (5G) using ZR-1 Net Registry mobile app (http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=90383)
Z51JEFF
11-28-2023, 02:39 AM
Maybe they all keep them in the garage and don't drive them. I mean you have a low mileage car, how often do you drive yours?
Gee,ya think that's where all the low mile cars are comin from?
-=Jeff=-
11-28-2023, 07:42 AM
Gee,ya think that's where all the low mile cars are comin from?
Then don't think that's why you never see a ZR-1 on the road. Too many people buy them to park them and let the next guy actually enjoy it. I really wish I could enjoy mine a bit more, but with a family it is difficult (and frowned upon) to put 4 people in a Corvette.
Z51JEFF
11-28-2023, 10:38 AM
Then don't think that's why you never see a ZR-1 on the road. Too many people buy them to park them and let the next guy actually enjoy it. I really wish I could enjoy mine a bit more, but with a family it is difficult (and frowned upon) to put 4 people in a Corvette.
I've done 3 and a wheel chair in the back,not my Z but a C4😁
WARP TEN
11-28-2023, 10:55 AM
Then don't think that's why you never see a ZR-1 on the road. Too many people buy them to park them and let the next guy actually enjoy it. I really wish I could enjoy mine a bit more, but with a family it is difficult (and frowned upon) to put 4 people in a Corvette.
So true, but I have also once done 3. Many years ago when my daughter was about 12 years old she was playing soccer about 45 minutes from home. We went to watch the game. She took the team bus so we took the ZR-1 assuming the bus was how she would get back. But she was so tired after the game on a hot day that she begged us to take her home. So she hopped in the the back of the Quasar Z and curled up. She slept all the way home, in the back of a ZR-1 with a Corsa exhaust, no less. But I don't otherwise recommend more than two in a Z. --Bob
Mr.Yuck
12-03-2023, 11:20 AM
Unicorn is a great description. Our cars with LT5 is the first time and only time. GM put a dual overhead cam 32 valve engine in a corvette. It is way ahead of its time and is an icon in the Industry. It's only 1.94% of all C4's ever manufactured. It's a unicorn and it's not because of paint Color or anniversary editions. It's because of the mechanics of the LT5.19982
The older I get the faster I was.
-=Jeff=-
12-03-2023, 11:24 AM
Isn't the C8 Z06 a dual overhead cam? So the only time statement can no long apply.
Mr.Yuck
12-03-2023, 11:38 AM
You're absolutely correct and I am wrong. Our cars are the first dual overhead Cam 32 valve engine with 16 fuel injectors to be put in a corvette. Only took 33 years for GM to figure out what works. Embrace are unicorn.
The older I get the faster I was.
WARP TEN
12-03-2023, 11:51 AM
You're absolutely correct and I am wrong. Our cars are the first dual overhead Cam 32 valve engine with 16 fuel injectors to be put in a corvette. Only took 33 years for GM to figure out what works. Embrace are unicorn.
The older I get the faster I was.
So true. And for the record, I, too, am getting faster by the minute. --Bob
Z51JEFF
12-13-2023, 07:51 AM
Isn't the C8 Z06 a dual overhead cam? So the only time statement can no long apply.
Is this motor exclusive to the C8 ZR1 or will GM use it in other applications?
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