Thinking about selling my toys for something else...

[jeff113]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

After reading this, I checked performance numbers of 2008 Base Vette coupe against the 2008 Z4M coupe. The internet numbers say the Vette is 4.5 to 60 mph and the Z4M is 4.8. On some of the same tracks, the Vette is between .2 to .5 seconds faster. I'd not call that "walloped". For a car as a toy for street use, the deltas are immaterial. And the Z4M Coupe is incredibly rare compared to a Corvette.

After I finally ditched the OEM Goodyear runflats on my C6, the replacement Continental summer tires were a huge improvement. I had way more traction available at low speeds. These were 300TW tires in 2016, so I can only imagine what a C6 would feel like with modern 200TW tires.

[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by jeff113

After I finally ditched the OEM Goodyear runflats on my C6, the replacement Continental summer tires were a huge improvement. I had way more traction available at low speeds. These were 300TW tires in 2016, so I can only imagine what a C6 would feel like with modern 200TW tires.

Even with the 320TW Hankooks on my GS, I cannot reach the handling limits. The amount of grip they have is INSANE.

The OEM Goodyear's on the C6 were, to be very nice to them, absolute crap tires that should have never gone on any car. The Gen2 Eagles that were on my current GS when I bought it were better, but only when the tires were hot. Not "up to temperature around town", hot like you were 2 laps in on a track.

[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

I'll say it again, as a man who cross-shopped a Mustang PP2 Cab against a 997 cab, I feel the vette and Z4 cabs are very different cars.

I agree, they are very different cars. I'm just saying that for the same money, the Vette offers a lot "more". More power, more potential, more grip, more performance, more reliability.

The downside of that is it also brings more size, more weight, more likelihood of tickets, and more likelihood of some old boomer coming up to you to tell you about the world of white sneakers and gold watches.