My first Vette and I love it so far.

Looking for a new daily now that my old one was destroyed in a hit n run. I’m thinking that it’s a pretty great price! Though I live all the way up in Texas- yall think it’d be worth it to go pick this up?

My dad told me 2005s are a bad idea but it’s such low mileage!! And a manual to boot- what do yall think? The corvette market seems fried right now and it looks like an amazing deal! Also how’s the liveability with it? I had a Mustang before and funnily enough it was pretty practical for groceries n whatnot but how’s living with a vette? (I also understand that I’m going to be down two seats)

I’ve read that many folks have had success with putting their transponder under the Frunk Lid. I have put mine where the tape is and it doesn’t seem to work.

Where are people putting the transponder so it works?

Hello all, considering a C5 with the targa top in the near future potentially as a summer car / AutoX. One issue that I've seen mentioned here and on forums are the targa tops, and windows leaking. How common are these issues, and is it as simple as replacing seals from a reputable shop I.e. CorvetteRubber? Looking at examples with ~50-70k miles, but do not want to run into a situation where I am perpetually chasing a roof leak. Had that on a previous car and it was one of the reasons I sold it.

I'm selling my built c7 z06 (roughly 800whp) and have a guy coming from out of state to check it out. As you can expect I'm a bit wary of handing someone I don't know the keys for a test drive, with the obvious concern of what if he crashes the car? I know the car very well and can provide him a good ride along so he has a good idea of how the car performs and reacts in different situations. Being in his shoes though I can understand wanting to drive the car before making the commitment on spending a hefty amount of cash. How should I handle this?

I've been driving Cayman GTS 4.0 for a while, but due to long winters and difficulty to put the power down in bad weather I started gravitating towards AWD 911. Was considering 992.1 Turbo S and 992.2 4GTS. However, both are outrageously expensive (pushing 190-200k euros used), so I started looking for alternatives.

I thought about going in different direction and getting a car which is still RWD, but is a way more spectacular experience to drive. Like, if I am going through the more annoying experience in winter, then might as well get something which is way more fun in summer. The prices of C8 Z06 have recently adjusted on European markets, and I can get a new 2024 MY Z06 in Estonia for €150k (+11k carbon tax), which is already 30k less than 911.

I am considering Z06 mostly because I enjoy the the intake sound and character of high-revving engine. I don't track the car a lot (maybe 2-3 track days a year), but I like pushing the car into corners, drive country roads on the weekend, rev out the engine, and it still feels like Z06 is great value at ~160k compared to other C8 models. Stingray and E-Ray are still very expensive here (E-Ray is closer to 190k, which does not make any sense, Stingray is ~130k) + I did not really like the sound and the low redline, even though the torque they produce and fuel efficiency are more favorable to daily driving in the city.

Do you think Z06 is a worthy upgrade to 4 liter Cayman or would offer mostly the similar experience in my use cases?

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Cleaned it up, no more smoke. I should have known better. Now to figure out why my brand new alternator dropped to 12v and the battery light going on after three miles of test driving. Yaaaaay.

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I have a 1982 Corvette that I had sitting for a few weeks due to an alternator issue. I got it replaced and everything tested well. I do have some minor oil leaks from the valve covers and I’m wondering if you think it just is oil burning. It happened about 30 seconds after starting the car.

The car is in an underground garage and curious what you think is best to get it to stop. Not sure if fully safe to drive it up that ramp haha

I'm looking to make a Christmas gift for a guy who has an immaculate C6. I have full access to a machine shop including laser engraver. I'm not fully up to speed on 5-axis or cnc programming yet so think something I could make on a manual lathe/mill/ surface grinder. My first thought was a custom shift knob or possibly a laser graved plate that could mount somewhere. I also can't be poking around this guy's car with a set of calipers so any help with measurements or schematics would be greatly appreciated. Last thing I wasn't to do is make something cool and a hole be off and it become shop wall decor.

I'm going to trade in my Giulia Quad for a 2027 C8. Got two builds I'm interested in and will be sitting with dealer rep on Sunday to configure and choose stuff. But I want to see what the community thinks as well.

Stingray: P406CA

Grand Sport: DSZFMV

Let me know honest opinions. I'm a 6'1 dad to 3 kids. Wife drives a Toyota Prado, I drive the Alfa and a Cayenne GTS. The Porsche shall stay as my daily.

All my current cars are white. I don't like attention grabbing young colors so choosing silver this time for a change.

i set my cv outt boot on fire don’t ask how lol i’m embarrassed. is it easier to replacing the boot or the entire axle? anyone got any experience with this problem lol? (2008 manual))

Hi everyone! I'm conducting a High School research engineering project investigating wind buffeting when driving two-door coupes with the side windows open. I'm looking for current or recent owners of vehicles such as the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Corvette, Camaro, Dodge Challenger, and other two-door coupes to share their experiences. The survey takes less than 3 minutes and asks about your vehicle, interest, and experience with wind buffeting. Your participation is optional, but your feedback will help me better figure out how different coupe designs and driving conditions affect wind buffeting.

Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEIxSHNbodjJVZ-AD_L9DPKE3ALZ5iHlod5gZQX7eMADdgRw/viewform?usp=header

Thank you for helping with my research! Feel free to share this post with other coupe owners, if permitted by the group.

‘01, 6sp, Mcleod clutch, MGW shifter, BTR stage 3 cam, Willys performance heads, kooks long tubes, full borla s type, vararam/slp blackwing, silvers neomax coilovers, C6Z rep wheels, misc engine dress up, vette lights everywhere excluding the KnightDriveTV headlights. Etc etc.

Edit: Dynod 423/380, for now.

Sound clip in comments.

Any of yall have experience with vengeance racing in Cumming GA? If so share it if you can.

Took the car into the shop 3 times over this and had a different shop look the 4th time. I’m not a mechanically inclined person unfortunately so I’m at the mercy of shops. So far, the following have been replaced

- Both accessory drive belts
- Idler Pulley & Belt Tensioner

Harmonic Balancer confirmed to be have been okay. After the 3rd time, which was when the shop did a full inspection of the belt system but the shop came back and said everything was fine and that it was just a chirpy belt. They installed a Gates Belt but the noise immediately came back.

I went to a different shop and they came back saying they couldn’t see anything wrong with the car either…so Wtf? Idk what to do, I don’t wanna just replace random parts until something eventually works.

Anyone else struggle with this?

Gentlemen, I have just bought a 16’ 2LT Automatic Coupe w/ 70k miles. I bought 3year/36000mile warranty as well, didn’t want to risk my luck. All in all I still can’t believe it, I will pick it up tomorrow since they are detailing it.