Drove the new Z06 today!!!!!!!!!!

[Boyd]

All I can say is OH MY GAAAAAWWWWDDDDD!!!!! My day started out normal, runnin' the paint shop at the Dallas Auto Auction. Got a call from someone at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Auto Auction saying that there were some Acura lease returns that needed to be touched-up before the sale tomorrow. Well since my touch-up guy is off on Wednesdays and my other guys were busy with a GM sale, I said I would drive over and do them myself. Now, I honestly didn't want to - but it had to be done. So I show up at the DFW Auction and drive to the back where our 40' x 60' tent is to get some paint material. The area where our tent is set up is also where the auction stores cars for GM Factory. The cars/trucks are shipped to our auction and then delivered to dealers in this region. It sounds like a huge operation, but GM never stores any more than 300 - 500 cars here. Anyway, as I'm pulling up to the tent, I notice a row of C6s. Nothing special, I've seen 'em before. But a yellow C6 catches my eye. Then I notice the wheels, the split 5 spokes of the not-yet released 2006 Z06!!!!! It was still wrapped in plastic!!! I reached for my digital camera under the seat (every once in a while an interesting car comes on the lot) but realized I had left it at home when I uploaded some pics to the desk top. Our lots are ultra-secure so once a vehicle is on the lot, it's doors are left unlocked and the keys are left in them. I know I could've gotten in huge trouble if I wrecked it (isn't there a sayin' - you break it - you buy it? ) but I couldn't resist. It's kinda hard to hot rod around an auction lot in a screamin' yellow Corvette and not be noticed, so I didn't go far and I didn't get on it real hard, but this is the baddest Corvette EVER!! After I parked it I sat in it for 20 minutes trying to figure out how I could come up with the 70k the sticker said it would cost to own. Cash in the 401k? Second mortgage on the house? Sell a kidney? Rob a bank? As bad as this car is, all of those are viable options.................oh,yeah- I'm going back tomorrow to take pictures- Any requests?

[Damn True]

Yes, I request that you drive it off the lot and to my house.

[Steve1968LS2]

Yes, I request that you drive it off the lot and to my house.

Pick me up on the way.. I will ride in the trunk..

[Boyd]

I guess I could, the lot has one-way spikes but the Corvette has run-flats....huge run-flats..:evil:

[Ralph LoGrasso]

That is awesome, I would love to drive a new Z! If you're taking pics, how about a few pics of the brakes? :) Rotors / calipers. Thanks!

[parsonsj]

Sounds very cool!

Now I know where the 70 miles on the odometer came from when I picked up my last new car. :)

jp

[Nine Ball]

LG Motorsports up in DFW area already dyno tested one yesterday with 50 miles on it. It put down 438 rwhp and 418 ft-lbs, not bad for a stock vehicle with a warranty.

With a cam swap, tuning, and headers, 500+ rwhp should be no problem

[Boyd]

Here are the pics of the car. FYI, the aluminum paint stick used for reference is 14inches long! Enjoy....

[Boyd]

Here are the brake/wheel pics...(oh yeah, the last couple of pics are of a car we just got Sunday.. this one might have a new home ( :fingersx: )

[shmoov69]

Mmmmmm......Z06.........Yum! :yum: Can I have one!?!
That red 9 looks almost like mine when I bought it! Except mine sat lower (clapped out springs) and had white walls! Do tell us how much for the 9 so we can all hate you!

[nitrovette]

yeah kerbeck has a red one and a blue one and a black one sitting on the lot right now,i drive by it every day dreaming.Im sure there already alotted for and wonder why they havent picked them up yet,i know if mine came in id be there that day.i love the hood.They had a yellow one friday but that mustve got picked up already.

[BonzoHansen]

I saw the exact same kind (yellow) at the jackson, NJ car show last Friday night. Wow. It has a real Ferrari feel to the way it looks.

[Paddington]

Just wish i stayed affordable when it would arrive Norway.
70k is damn cheap. Guess it will be around 200k here

[CAMAROBOY69]

THose new Corvettes are wicked!! Congrats on the little drive. Hopefully you didnt stain the seats with any... well you know. :bsjerk: :lmao:

[69Nova]

I'm not a big fan of the wheels on the ZO6.

Andrew Petty

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Thanks for the pics! The new Z06 is just amazing. The '69 looks pretty solid, too.

[Damn True]

The little spoiler on the back deck is kinda funny lookin but the rest is spank-a-rific!

[Diognes56]

I love the 06 C6 Z06s (further proof that the car is a beast). They are frigging sweet. You should just sell tickets for people to drive it, and use the money raised to buy it :) .

David

[moparguy]

ehhh.....its ok.

[yody]

well they have 19" wheels so they must not be able to brake well or handle, those wheels are just much too big. That car is going to be a pig :)..............................

[WS6]

a customer of mine has already taken delivery of his new Z. this happened monday. tuesday he said it would be on ebay for sale. oh he loves it and its the fastest car hes ever driven, but he can make all his money back and then some by selling it on ebay. he also has two more on order. one tripple black and a blue with red interior. hes planning at this point to keep the blue/red car.

supposedly LG has gotten up to 490 rwhp out of one by installing headers and using red line fluids.

monster of a car no doubt.

[primate]

man, i would consider trading every vehicle i own and sleep in it if my wife would let me....


pure sex.

[mosmak]

i am new, thanx to Happyfunballs, check this out

http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/