c6-7 ZR1 owners...step inside

[EvanZR1]

Originally Posted by Vette73

Hey how does Pete's 391 compare to the C6 ZR-1 ?

The 391 is about all the HP (600) I'd want in a C4 ZR-1 for street use. It's fast, loud and lots of fun. It pulls hard all the way to the rev limit (7400) and will embarrass many other sports cars. It's old school, no driver's aids (except ABS), and has tight seats and cockpit that hold you in and make for a great driving environment, but not something you'd want to use everyday.
It's a great weekend fun car to take out and drive once or twice on the weekend and then put away.

The 2012 ZR1 is on a whole different level, at 800HP it's scary fast. If you're really going to floor it and keep your foot in it, you better make damn sure the road in front of you is straight and that's there's no one ahead of you (otherwise you'll be really thankful for those carbon ceramic brakes). The interior is of course more modern, but the seats are more of "GT" (Grand Touring) seats (which I plan on probably upgrading to C7 seats). The cabin is spacious, the AC blows ice cold, the stereo sounds great and you could daily drive it if you really wanted to.

[Vette73]

Originally Posted by EvanZR1

The 391 is about all the HP (600) I'd want in a C4 ZR-1 for street use. It's fast, loud and lots of fun. It pulls hard all the way to the rev limit (7400) and will embarrass many other sports cars. It's old school, no driver's aids (except ABS), and has tight seats and cockpit that hold you in and make for a great driving environment, but not something you'd want to use everyday.
It's a great weekend fun car to take out and drive once or twice on the weekend and then put away.

The 2012 ZR1 is on a whole different level, at 800HP it's scary fast. If you're really going to floor it and keep your foot in it, you better make damn sure the road in front of you is straight and that's there's no one ahead of you (otherwise you'll be really thankful for those carbon ceramic brakes). The interior is of course more modern, but the seats are more of "GT" (Grand Touring) seats (which I plan on probably upgrading to C7 seats). The cabin is spacious, the AC blows ice cold, the stereo sounds great and you could daily drive it if you really wanted to.

I like the C6ZR1.....I understand it doesn't take much to it to get a HP bump over stock...Prices just seem to not move south on these though....Even some dealers still ask in the 70' s for them...Granted many have low miles but when you compare them to what you could have gotten a C8 for, if you were lucky enough to get one, it seems a bit high...

[GrayZ]

Originally Posted by Vette73

I like the C6ZR1.....I understand it doesn't take much to it to get a HP bump over stock...Prices just seem to not move south on these though....Even some dealers still ask in the 70' s for them...Granted many have low miles but when you compare them to what you could have gotten a C8 for, if you were lucky enough to get one, it seems a bit high...

i'm old school, not really a big fan of the c8 yet, maybe it will grow on me, my c6 with mods, will blow the doors off a c8

[EvanZR1]

Originally Posted by Vette73

I like the C6ZR1.....I understand it doesn't take much to it to get a HP bump over stock...Prices just seem to not move south on these though....Even some dealers still ask in the 70' s for them...Granted many have low miles but when you compare them to what you could have gotten a C8 for, if you were lucky enough to get one, it seems a bit high...

All the used Corvette prices are up right now. C8 is driving a lot of interest, but they aren't available. So people are snapping up used ones and driving prices up. Once GM catches up on the C8, I would expect used prices to fall back down some. It is interesting though that the C6 ZR1s are holding a premium over earlier year C7 Z06s.

Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

I have been looking for one but I might go the CTS-V route.

CTS-V is a very nice car, I have several buddies with them and they all love them. For me, I'd go gen 2 as you can get them in a stick. CTS-V gen 2 Coupe with a stick is great, but the really rare one is the gen 2 manual wagon.

Originally Posted by ITLGO2

i'm old school, not really a big fan of the c8 yet, maybe it will grow on me, my c6 with mods, will blow the doors off a c8

I have two main issues with the C8 right now: no manual and the rear end. The manual I can maybe forgive with the great DCT. A C8 hard top convertible would make a great daily driver that's still a lot of fun. The rear end is a style issue, it's just way to busy and complicated (well the whole car is actually, but the rear end is the worst part), especially when you add the Z51 spoiler. I'm really hoping the come out with an active aero rear spoiler/wing on the Z06 that only deploys at speed as at this point I think the base car without the Z51 spoiler actually looks cleaner.