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07-05-2014, 05:33 PM
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I Love My Z/28
There is no doubt, this is such a great car. You could spend more money, a lot more money on a car, but the incremental return would be negligible until you got over the $500k mark.
Personally I could give a rat's ass about leather sun visors and steering columns and "claim" of fine [country name] engineering for which I am paying an arm and a leg for. I do care about performance and visceral reward and that feeling in my guts when I walk up to the car, the Z/28 turns it up to "11" on those points. Forget tracking, go find a great twisty scenic road. *Beautiful to look at *Wide, elastic powerband *Rumbly gurgly exhaust *Solid, smooth shifting *Tight platform, feels like carved from billet *Great cruise control At some point this car will be widely recognized as being one of the all-time "great ones". I still feel like I stole it for $75k. Awesome job Chevy, awesome job.
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"I wasn't asked to make it cheap...I was asked to make it FAST!" Mark Stielow, the new Z/28. Last edited by Zfatuated; 07-05-2014 at 05:52 PM. |
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07-05-2014, 05:42 PM
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Drives: Ferrari F430 Spider F1 Azzurro Arge Join Date: Sep 2013
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Find road. Drive car. Repeat.
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07-05-2014, 05:46 PM
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Compared the the ZL1, the Z28 does not have the wide power band, but it does pull at high RPMs it it one tight turning car!
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07-05-2014, 08:56 PM
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Runs with scissors...
Drives: '14 Z/28s SIM/SW Join Date: Jan 2013
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Nice, Pete! Good to see you enjoying that gorgeous car. Aren't you worried about getting stuck out in the rain with the Trofeo Rs?
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07-05-2014, 09:06 PM
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Drives: 14 Z/28 0# Join Date: May 2013
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Wow...so nice out there...real mountain roads...I'm jealous!
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07-05-2014, 10:32 PM
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Hail to the King baby!
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For me, you are the true spirit of this great car.
Nice and enjoy!!!
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07-06-2014, 03:23 AM
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Congrats on your Perma-grin! Makes me want one too!
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07-17-2014, 03:57 PM
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I have a question for you Z. How much horsepower do you think that the Z/28 can handle before you would have to start upgrading suspension and chassis? I'd rather have a car that handles well, than just having a high horsepower engine. I know 505 is a lot of horsepower but I wonder just how much the Z/28 can handle.
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07-17-2014, 03:59 PM
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07-17-2014, 04:13 PM
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Runs with scissors...
Drives: '14 Z/28s SIM/SW Join Date: Jan 2013
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07-17-2014, 04:19 PM
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You bought it, so I sure as he'll hope you're in love with it. Still not going to convince me that it's worth the money to buy one unless you intend to track it. It's a horrible street car, IMHO.
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07-17-2014, 04:37 PM
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Sweet looking ride and view. Congrats on that beautiful beast
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07-17-2014, 04:38 PM
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Drives: BAC Mono Join Date: Apr 2013
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No idea how much more it can handle because it's hard for me to handle what's there now. Quote:
I am not out to convince anyone of anything, and if I did not like it I'd say so, sell it, and buy whatever else I think I want. I'm a car guy not a marque fan boy and have owned sports cars 3-4x the price of the Z/28 so I know the competition. The Z/28 is a f'ing steal for the experience it offers. It was mighty fine to run errands with it today on the highways and local city streets. As a entrepreneur working 24/7 it's my thirty-minute Mental Margarita when I need one. No other car I'd rather have.
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07-17-2014, 04:40 PM
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