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coogles wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:10 pm Dat bloo. :megusta: Price and miles are better too.

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needs to be about 3k less
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:31 pm
troyguitar wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:26 pm 5/7 :poorvette: right there. Tell them it's only worth $10k.
While you're probably right, I think the asking price is ridiculously fair unless it's a salvage title or something.
Yeah, no VIN shown and no Car :fax: provided, makes me a little :notsure:
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troyguitar wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:49 pm I still want a regular C5 coupe like that. It's what I should have bought in 2013 and at each subsequent :plac: time since then. Luckily they made enough that nice examples still exist at good prices.
Z06's still command a significant premium, and the only major differences are the body and glass thickness. Everything else is a bolt-on upgrade to a base car.

Base cars are still relatively light, they're surprisingly practical, and they're at least $3k cheaper than a comparable Z06. People just love the Z06 badge...but my car would run circles around a stock or even bolt-on Z06 for nearly the same cash outlay.
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coogles wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:05 pm
Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:31 pm
While you're probably right, I think the asking price is ridiculously fair unless it's a salvage title or something.
Yeah, no VIN shown and no Car :fax: provided, makes me a little :notsure:
Yea...could be salvage.

This is almost always a $17-$19k list price car at a dealer like that.
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Purpc5z wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:00 pm
coogles wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:10 pm Dat bloo. :megusta: Price and miles are better too.

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needs to be about 3k less
There's a crazy price difference between the west coast and midwest/east coast. This thing is a solid deal at the list price, whereas in CA it's overpriced. Best thing to do out here is to fly to CA to buy a car and drive it back.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:27 pm :ohdang: :fuckyeah: :popcorn:

Feel free to ask questions dude. The collective C5 knowledge on DFD is greater than all of the other corvette forums combined. This is easily the best C5 forum on the interwebz
Thanks! :excited: to go drive one.
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troyguitar wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:49 pm I still want a regular C5 coupe like that. It's what I should have bought in 2013 and at each subsequent :plac: time since then. Luckily they made enough that nice examples still exist at good prices.
Z06's still command a significant premium, and the only major differences are the body and glass thickness. Everything else is a bolt-on upgrade to a base car.

Base cars are still relatively light, they're surprisingly practical, and they're at least $3k cheaper than a comparable Z06. People just love the Z06 badge...but my car would run circles around a stock or even bolt-on Z06 for nearly the same cash outlay.
In hindsight I'd take the targa+hatch combo over the Z every time, even at the same price. The coupe is a better car to me than the FRC, period.
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troyguitar wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:08 pm
Detroit wrote: Z06's still command a significant premium, and the only major differences are the body and glass thickness. Everything else is a bolt-on upgrade to a base car.

Base cars are still relatively light, they're surprisingly practical, and they're at least $3k cheaper than a comparable Z06. People just love the Z06 badge...but my car would run circles around a stock or even bolt-on Z06 for nearly the same cash outlay.
In hindsight I'd take the targa+hatch combo over the Z every time, even at the same price. The coupe is a better car to me than the FRC, period.
I agree 100%. I specifically want the targa/hatch. I never even considered an FRC car.

In fact, it's the cars usefulness that gives it staying power with me. I have zero complaints with the thing.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:06 pm
troyguitar wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 3:49 pm I still want a regular C5 coupe like that. It's what I should have bought in 2013 and at each subsequent :plac: time since then. Luckily they made enough that nice examples still exist at good prices.
Z06's still command a significant premium, and the only major differences are the body and glass thickness. Everything else is a bolt-on upgrade to a base car.

Base cars are still relatively light, they're surprisingly practical, and they're at least $3k cheaper than a comparable Z06. People just love the Z06 badge...but my car would run circles around a stock or even bolt-on Z06 for nearly the same cash outlay.
And 50 hp.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:08 pm
Purpc5z wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:00 pm

needs to be about 3k less
There's a crazy price difference between the west coast and midwest/east coast. This thing is a solid deal at the list price, whereas in CA it's overpriced. Best thing to do out here is to fly to CA to buy a car and drive it back.
honestly, it should be about 10k here in commiefornia
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That blue is awesome! Man that would have matched my dad's '68 better than my green one 😂
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:12 pm
Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:06 pm
Z06's still command a significant premium, and the only major differences are the body and glass thickness. Everything else is a bolt-on upgrade to a base car.

Base cars are still relatively light, they're surprisingly practical, and they're at least $3k cheaper than a comparable Z06. People just love the Z06 badge...but my car would run circles around a stock or even bolt-on Z06 for nearly the same cash outlay.
And 50 hp.
Mechanically, it was mostly the heads. If you get an 01+ car, the intake manifold is the same. The cam is slightly higher duration than a base cam, but nothing crazy. A base car with Z06 heads...which are a dime a dozen now (they were the standard casting for ALL V8's after the C5 until the LS3) would rival a stock Z06 for $500 in parts, a $500 dyno tune, and a weekend. Slap on LT headers and you're going faster.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:19 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:12 pm

And 50 hp.
Mechanically, it was mostly the heads. If you get an 01+ car, the intake manifold is the same. The cam is slightly higher duration than a base cam, but nothing crazy. A base car with Z06 heads...which are a dime a dozen now (they were the standard casting for ALL V8's after the C5 until the LS3) would rival a stock Z06 for $500 in parts, a $500 dyno tune, and a weekend. Slap on LT headers and you're going faster.
So you're saying I should swap the heads off my L33 truck on to Pickle Rick?
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:21 pm
Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:19 pm
Mechanically, it was mostly the heads. If you get an 01+ car, the intake manifold is the same. The cam is slightly higher duration than a base cam, but nothing crazy. A base car with Z06 heads...which are a dime a dozen now (they were the standard casting for ALL V8's after the C5 until the LS3) would rival a stock Z06 for $500 in parts, a $500 dyno tune, and a weekend. Slap on LT headers and you're going faster.
So you're saying I should swap the heads off my L33 truck on to Pickle Rick?
They are much better flowing than what's on your C5 now. Check the casting if you're curious should be either 243 or 799.
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317 and 706 are also good truck heads.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:07 pm
coogles wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:05 pm

Yeah, no VIN shown and no Car :fax: provided, makes me a little :notsure:
Yea...could be salvage.

This is almost always a $17-$19k list price car at a dealer like that.
:dillerman: just sent me the Car :fax: , no accidents reported. 3 owners, the last owner was local to that dealership and owned the car from June of 2016 until now. :notbad: Only put ~4k miles on the car in that time, doe.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:24 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:21 pm
So you're saying I should swap the heads off my L33 truck on to Pickle Rick?
They are much better flowing than what's on your C5 now. Check the casting if you're curious should be either 243 or 799.
Don't even know where to look
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NVM 799 on both sides womp womp
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:08 pm NVM 799 on both sides womp womp
Same as 243, same as Z06. Those are excellent castings.
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coogles wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:51 pm
Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:07 pm
Yea...could be salvage.

This is almost always a $17-$19k list price car at a dealer like that.
:dillerman: just sent me the Car :fax: , no accidents reported. 3 owners, the last owner was local to that dealership and owned the car from June of 2016 until now. :notbad: Only put ~4k miles on the car in that time, doe.
:doit:

That's a :dill: IMO.
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coogles wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:51 pm :dillerman: just sent me the Car :fax: , no accidents reported. 3 owners, the last owner was local to that dealership and owned the car from June of 2016 until now. :notbad: Only put ~4k miles on the car in that time, doe.
:doit:

That's a :dill: IMO.
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Buy it and sell it to me next year.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:10 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:08 pm NVM 799 on both sides womp womp
Same as 243, same as Z06. Those are excellent castings.
Worth a weekend swap though?
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:14 pm
Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:10 pm
Same as 243, same as Z06. Those are excellent castings.
Worth a weekend swap though?
Probably not without a tune.
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Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:41 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:14 pm

Worth a weekend swap though?
Probably not without a tune.
Was planning on getting a tune after 4.10s anyways though... :evilplan:
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:46 pm
Detroit wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 5:41 pm
Probably not without a tune.
Was planning on getting a tune after 4.10s anyways though... :evilplan:
Would be a great time to do a heads swap and headers.
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