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Originally Posted by 4 FN 27
I have no regrets other than I wished I had bought 2 of them from the get go. Both a 2014 and 2015. Working on that now...
I have always been a fan of American Muscle. First car was 1969 SS Chevelle and I still have my second car, 1969 Chevelle with 23000 miles on it...cloned into an SS, Tubbed running a 481 with a blower. Purchased it in 1980 from my great aunt.
Leads me up to in most recent years I bought a '03 vette Convert and a '13 427 Heritage Vette which I love to drive both but just can deal with the attitude of the general public...Thus the reason why I hate driving my Vettes...I get pigeon holed with the arrogant pricks that don't know the business end of a Screw Driver and their chit comes in plastic bags. When I drive my 2013 Vette I get flipped off, obscenities yelled at me and passed on a 2 lane passed by a POS when I am going 5-10 over the posted and then they slam on the brakes. None of this happens when I drive my 2015 Z28...They both have the same motor, minor differences in the gearing and the driver is the same...
If those F-sticks looked closely at the driver they would see dirty finger nails, ripped jeans, holes in my tee shirt, work boots and I am on my way to Fleet Farm to buy bar oil for my chainsaw so I can continue to saw logs in the backyard while playing with a backhoe and a bobcat...I am sure when someone sees me get out of the Vette they think to themselves "look Joe Dirt stole someone's Vette"...lol...
Oh well what others think of me is none of my business...
I'll still put the top down and take the Vette to the parts store...but the Z28 doesn't draw the negative attention the Vette does. In fact very few people ever say anything about the Z. Most don't know what it is, must be a Minnesota thing. I had 1 guy a gas station ask me why I put Lamborghini brakes on a Camaro. Another Camaro owner asked me where I got the ground effects kit...
I have regrets about the Vettes only because of the public perception but no regrets on the Z28.
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Book judged by it's cover... screw them... enjoy your Vette! As for the Z not drawing negative attention, I agree. I mostly get thumbs up, big smiles, lots of questions and respect. Every now and then some yahoo in a lifted diesel will try and roll coal on me, but that ain't happening. That might be a Texas thing! Just tonight a young guy (guessing he was 26-28) in a V6 Camaro approached me at the gas station and asked me about my car. He was a cool kid and knew his stuff. I could tell he really wanted to go for a ride and offered to do so and took him for a quick jaunt. Needless to say he enjoyed it and I really enjoyed sharing a great car moment with the next generation.