What to get: 2006 Z06 or 2006 911 S?

[CAP1]

I'd still take that W12 Audi over the Porsche on those twisty roads any day of the week...even though I love the 911S.

You haven't been to Western Colorado or the Southern California area much have you?

i'd take a hyundai over an audi. hate audis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPv9lUXpoI

it amazes me how these guys can manage to find SOMETHING wrong with virtually any american car they drive.
 look at the end. 911gt3 is .1 faster on their track. which means if ya run them side by side....better driver wins. vette prettier and cheaper too. 

[jdbecks]

yet the vette is quicker on the ring........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap_times

which if i'm not mistaken, is twisty/curvy like the typical european roads?

its also faster around the topgear test track, but the 911S is nothing special, its just one above the base model, The GT2,3,4 is the porsche to get.


7:42.99    Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06
7:59    Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z51
7:59    Porsche 911 Carrera S


The other porsche Times,
7:42    Porsche 911 GT3
7:40    Porsche 911 GT3 997MkII
7:38    Porsche 911 Turbo
7:35    Ruf Rt 12
7:34    Porsche 911 GT2
7:32.02    2008 Porsche 911 GT2
7:28.71    Porsche Carrera GT

although the new Corvette has done an impressive time off
7:26.4    2009 Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1

be good to see what the new model porsches will do,

heres the spec list of the USDM Porsches, not sure if they differ from the UK, or german markets.
http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/911/


I imagine it would be more expensive to own a porsche in America than a corvette also? plus with how cheap your gas prices are..it would be rude not to own a vette


This is the only type of corvette I would own 

[CAP1]

 

[RTHolmes]

isnt GT4 a racecar? I really like the look of the Z06 - best looking vette so far (esp in yellow)

havent driven either, but one thing I can tell you about is build quality. porsches are built like a Rolex, sry to say vettes are built like a fake thai Rolex ...

[gyrene81]

Stingrays were nice but this is classy style:

[RTHolmes]

 

I'd love a '54 vette, and a XK120 to race it against

edit: actually that looks like a '58 to me, nice if u want the extra 2 cylinders

[Reaper90]

Cap1...they don't use fiberglass for the suspension parts on the Vette which is what Nilsen referred to...nor do they use steel. It's mostly aluminum...which I think Nilsen also forgot a few things as well...no leaf springs on a Vette since the 70s.

Nope. Aluminum components mostly, but still has traverse leaf springs made of "fiberglass" composite material. My '90 had em, my '99 has 'em, and the '09's have 'em. Now, my old '68 Corvette 427? That had steel leaf springs.

And this sir looks nothing like a "cockroach with wheels":
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Lol, OK, it looks like a "cockroach with wheels and a big ricer wing!"

Whereas this looks like a Lamborghini wannabe:
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At least get it right... if it were a "wanna be" at all it would "wanna be" a Ferrari.

Except the Corvettes kicked Ferrari's arrse yesterday at Mosport. And Porsche's. And BMW's. And Ford's.

Looks like they don't have to wanna be anybody. They're already beating everybody else at the track.  

[Reaper90]

as the porsche is only a 911S I would say a corvette, unless it was the GT4 or GT3, I dont really see how you can fully appreciate the handling and driving experience a Porsche can give you, in American, where, most of the roads are long,wide and straight. on the typical american roads a Porsche is quite wasted. On typical European roads the Porsche would be able to go faster around the country lanes.

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Nope, no curvy roads in the US. I drive perfectly straight lines everywhere I go.     

 

[jdbecks]

Nope, no curvy roads in the US. I drive perfectly straight lines everywhere I go.      

 

,  Obviously.


I did not mean it literally, However, you do not typicaly have the same kind of country lanes like we do in the UK. Infact your generaly lucky to find a road that is stright for longer than a mile.

[Reaper90]

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I did not mean it literally

I know, I was just being sarcastic. 

However, you do not typicaly have the same kind of country lanes like we do in the UK. Infact your generaly lucky to find a road that is stright for longer than a mile.

Other than our major highways, what you describe sounds like 95% of our roads where I live. "Twisty, turny" two-lanes than wind around the countryside. And if you want a lot of fun, just a few hours from here we have the mountains, and the "dragon" - 318 turns in 11 miles.

[CAP1]

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I did not mean it literally, However, you do not typicaly have the same kind of country lanes like we do in the UK. Infact your generaly lucky to find a road that is stright for longer than a mile.

that's true......we don't.

what we DO however have, is many many more performance cars on the road. of some sort. most of what you see on the road over there is econoboxes. the performance cars you see on the roads over there are the stupidly expensive ones, and are the exception, not the rule.

 i can sit here looking out the window of my shop for a 1/2 hour, and there'll be no less than a half dozen mustangs, a couple vettes, lately there's been 2 brand new camaros, and quite a few hotrod rice burners. hell, people over here even hotrod their trucks.  

[68Wooley]

as the porsche is only a 911S I would say a corvette, unless it was the GT4 or GT3, I dont really see how you can fully appreciate the handling and driving experience a Porsche can give you, in American, where, most of the roads are long,wide and straight. on the typical american roads a Porsche is quite wasted. On typical European roads the Porsche would be able to go faster around the country lanes....

What you can't see in JDBeck's pictures are all the Gatso's, Truvelos and other assorted automated speed enforcement (aka revenue collection and/or piggy bank) devices infesting British roads which makes ownership of anything faster than Honda Jazz / Fit a liability.

[Masherbrum]

its also faster around the topgear test track, but the 911S is nothing special, its just one above the base model, The GT2,3,4 is the porsche to get.


7:42.99    Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06
7:59    Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z51
7:59    Porsche 911 Carrera S


The other porsche Times,
7:42    Porsche 911 GT3
7:40    Porsche 911 GT3 997MkII
7:38    Porsche 911 Turbo
7:35    Ruf Rt 12
7:34    Porsche 911 GT2
7:32.02    2008 Porsche 911 GT2
7:28.71    Porsche Carrera GT

although the new Corvette has done an impressive time off
7:26.4    2009 Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1

be good to see what the new model porsches will do,

heres the spec list of the USDM Porsches, not sure if they differ from the UK, or german markets.
http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/911/

I imagine it would be more expensive to own a porsche in America than a corvette also? plus with how cheap your gas prices are..it would be rude not to own a vette

Track times are irrelevant.   There are speed limits and if you live the city, well, it'll suck that much more.   Of course you could be like the BMW I saw get pulled over after flying by me at 100+ Sat. night.  

Screw the Porsche and go BMW, if not, get a non-Z06 C5 or C6.   Me personally when it comes to vettes, these will always be my favorite:

http://www.cnv-corvettes.com/cardisplay.php?id=554  THIS won't "depreciate".   Plus, it has "class" all it's own.  

[jdbecks]

Track times are irrelevant.   There are speed limits and if you live the city, well, it'll suck that much more.   Of course you could be like the BMW I saw get pulled over after flying by me at 100+ Sat. night.  

Screw the Porsche and go BMW, if not, get a non-Z06 C5 or C6.   Me personally when it comes to vettes, these will always be my favorite:

http://www.cnv-corvettes.com/cardisplay.php?id=554  THIS won't "depreciate".   Plus, it has "class" all it's own.  

track times are far from irrelevant. I particapte in track racing and my car is still road legal as I enjoy to drive it as a weekend car when the weather is nice. Its about having a great driving experience when you drive a car. I bet you could have a great time in a lotus exige/ elise without going over the speed limit, in a car, that is fantastic on the track.

[WMLute]

Stingrays were nice but this is classy style:

When I was in Jr. high one of my best friends older brother convinced his Dad to let him drive his classic 'vette to his Senior Prom.


On the way home, and around a block from his house, he took one of these...


and wrapped it around one of these...


Nobody was hurt but that gorgeous '63 split window was "gone". 
(had less than 10k miles on it too)


(Edit: buy the Porsche)

(Edit: Edit:  Karaya, my uncle had a '69 JUST like that but was a light blue <ugh> GREAT car!)