View Full Version : Yet another Z06 off to London...
http://www.z06vette.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61207
Seems like the "special import" old, slow, bad handeling Z06 is still making quite an impression on the poms... :P
DanielW
06-14-2004, 11:06 AM
That must be costing him quite a bit.
Vettes are pretty rare in the UK.
nthfinity
06-14-2004, 01:14 PM
mabey still less then a 360? :wink:
cirtainly more then the Z here, although.
Anile8er
06-16-2004, 03:48 AM
old, slow, bad handeling Z06
haha love how wrong u are :D
old, slow, bad handeling Z06
haha love how wrong u are :D
....guess they skip sarcasm detection class in school these ays.... :P
Man i hope the boat doesnt take any turns on the way there, the car might just roll right off straight into the ocean, you know how those american cars are.
SilverPhoenix
06-16-2004, 07:13 PM
old, slow, bad handeling Z06
haha love how wrong u are :D
....guess they skip sarcasm detection class in school these ays.... :P
lol I think its just that the internet isn't a good medium to transfer those implications. :P
SilverPhoenix
06-16-2004, 07:14 PM
old, slow, bad handeling Z06
haha love how wrong u are :D
....guess they skip sarcasm detection class in school these ays.... :P
lol I think its just that the internet isn't a good medium to transfer those implications. :P
SFDMALEX
06-16-2004, 09:36 PM
Cool :D I love the Z06. Give it some good interior treatment and you got one of the best sports cars around.
Anyway I can just imagine what it costs to get that thing to UK.
Anile8er
06-17-2004, 07:05 AM
....guess they skip sarcasm detection class in school these ays....
i missed the happy face u put in the first post :mrgreen:
....guess they skip sarcasm detection class in school these ays....
i missed the happy face u put in the first post :mrgreen:
...and the fact that not only do I drive a Z06, but some folks here would swear I say they can "drive on water"... ;)
Anile8er
06-19-2004, 01:16 AM
...and the fact that not only do I drive a Z06, but some folks here would swear I say they can "drive on water"...
u forgot that the new z06 is gonna have wings :D
ttipton
07-08-2004, 03:25 PM
Did you say bad handling? Are you crazy? It's one of the best cars in the world right now. Especially under $60,000. It's $100,000 less than most of it's competition but still kicks butt! Do you watch the Alms..or if you are in bloody ole england, did you watch the 24 hours of leman? Bye bye ferarri.
Did you say bad handling? Are you crazy? It's one of the best cars in the world right now. Especially under $60,000. It's $100,000 less than most of it's competition but still kicks butt! Do you watch the Alms..or if you are in bloody ole england, did you watch the 24 hours of leman? Bye bye ferarri.
:lol: LOL - I will let you use the search feature and look around JW to try ferret out what my opinions on the Z06 are - and why I would perhaps said opinion - good... or bad... :P ;)
just thought id add to this topic that there is a Z06 for sale in the back of the ltest max power magazine,how they are gonna sell this car to anyone out of max power who are betweent he ages of 17 and 25 mainly is beyond me due to insurance,lol
anyway i really hope at sum point i see or meet up with sum1 here with a Z06 as i really wanna see what they look like up close and what the performance is like.
the add in max power says....
Chevrolet Corvette 1999-T
Mettalic black,41k miles.uprated air filters and
borla exhaust system.450hp,heads up display
very rare american supercar.no jokers please
0-60 in 4.3 seconds and top speed recorded at 196mph
hhh... the add says 1999? The if it is a an FRC (fixed roof coupe) it would be one of the few they made in 99 and 2000 before the Z06 performance options were added.
Is the the 1999-T refering to a T registered car?
The HUD would have been added from parts at a later stage.
How much are they asking?
Something like that would probably fetch about $25,000 around here - at the very high end.
1999 - T means the year it was made which here in the UK is a T reg car.were as mine is a 1997- R which is R reg.
the askin price.well there is none,lol it says call for details and price.
goose93
07-08-2004, 07:28 PM
The Z06 is a very good handling car. They are very commonly on the podium of class racing events here in the US. The V8 grunt is fun to play with also.
Personally I can't stand them though. The power and chassis weight is wonderful, but the looks are bland and the quality control sucks. The interior is classic GM click plastic and cheap vinyl (that's if you get the luxury package). The almost standard automatic should be illegal.
I can say that beyond that they are fast and they corner better than most.
1999 - T means the year it was made which here in the UK is a T reg car.were as mine is a 1997- R which is R reg.
the askin price.well there is none,lol it says call for details and price.
Then it can't be a Z06 - only 2001 through 2004 - it can only be an original FRC.
The Z06 is a very good handling car. They are very commonly on the podium of class racing events here in the US. The V8 grunt is fun to play with also.
Personally I can't stand them though. The power and chassis weight is wonderful, but the looks are bland and the quality control sucks. The interior is classic GM click plastic and cheap vinyl (that's if you get the luxury package). The almost standard automatic should be illegal.
I can say that beyond that they are fast and they corner better than most.
Not quite. Nice urban legend type material though ;)
There is no such thing as "luxury package" for the C5. All Corvete C5's have the save level of interior appointment.
There were different seat types and colour choices for the coupe and vert - but the Z06 only had one interior option - all black or red and black.
The Z06 could only be had with a 6 speed and the same interior as the rest of the line up.
Couple other little details such as 6600rpm rev counter and Z06 graphics and power driver - manual passanger seat.
Anything else you need to know? :roll:
T-Bird
07-08-2004, 09:34 PM
Do you watch the Alms..or if you are in bloody ole england, did you watch the 24 hours of leman? Bye bye ferarri.
You can watch 24hr Lemans in the US also you know.
ttipton
07-09-2004, 10:59 AM
Yes I know, I live in the US,. I was trying to make a point. I watched the race. Very good race!
fabro_s
07-09-2004, 08:31 PM
I thought the Z06 was sold in UK, but now that you say is imported, well lots of money for a great vette...
I thought the Z06 was sold in UK, but now that you say is imported, well lots of money for a great vette...
The Z06 failed to meet the wimpy noise regs they have in Europe... ;)
Strange as it passes all of the Repuklik of Kalifornia rules and regs- yet is a couple dB too loud... *shrug*.
So all the rest of the world got was the Z51 suspension coupe.
moan786
07-17-2004, 02:45 AM
contrary to what you guys may believe, there is a thriving american car community in the uk and by that i dont just mean classics , im talking specialist sports and utillity vehicles .
You can get pretty much anything in the UK with the exception of the H1 Humvee.
A neighbour of mine who has a country retreat in Norfolk , told me theres a farmer near where he lives who just purchased an SRT-10, imagine that all those big open fields and 500 BHP to play with!
i personally have seen a number of corvettes on a daily basis, I live and work in the heart of london so i tend to see a wider spectrum of cars then folk such as GIS who wont see such a variety .
Near where i live there is an American Community Armed Fprces base or some shit like that where the overseas soldiers or airforce are posted. These guys all drive American vehicles , its not uncommon now for me to see an F-150 lightning,ive seen so many near where i live its practically a regular siting!
anyway here are some sites of notable UK importers :
www.bauer-millet.com
one of the best in the business, these guys sold a fleet of Vipers to some Soccer Stars not too long ago, those of you with a keen eye would have noticed the tabloid press picking up on it (assuming u live in the UK)
www.usacarimports.co.uk
www.americanautocorp.com
and these guys
www.americancarimports.com
who have a vast array of American sports Cars !
and at £72,500 on the road it seems somewhat of a bargain compared to a ferrari 360.
have a look at some of those sites and let me know what you think
Nice links thanks :)
Fucking awesome.. £49,995 inc VAT for a 2004 Z06.. - now THAT is a bargain for you guys.. :D
http://www.americancarimports.com/stock/stockdetail.asp?id=137
I can see why they sell em - and I also know why folks buy em :)
TransAm
08-06-2004, 09:56 AM
just thought id add to this topic that there is a Z06 for sale in the back of the ltest max power magazine,how they are gonna sell this car to anyone out of max power who are betweent he ages of 17 and 25 mainly is beyond me due to insurance,lol
anyway i really hope at sum point i see or meet up with sum1 here with a Z06 as i really wanna see what they look like up close and what the performance is like.
the add in max power says....
Chevrolet Corvette 1999-T
Mettalic black,41k miles.uprated air filters and
borla exhaust system.450hp,heads up display
very rare american supercar.no jokers please
0-60 in 4.3 seconds and top speed recorded at 196mph
Well I'm thinking of taking my trans am back to the UK next year and I've been quoted 850quid per year fully comp (full coverage) by Tesco. A couple of years back I was paying over 600 on a Civic VTi Coupe (Si to the US). I'm 29 so it's not that prohibitive - remember our insurance rates don't go down siginficantly until you're thirty. As a comparison I've been quoted over a grand on a UK spec Monaro.
As regards the advertisement - I'd say it is pertaining to a normal C5, rather than a Z06, yes the hp seems on the high side for a stock Vette with just the borla and filter upgrade but then the ad is in Max Power, it's likely it's 'optimistic' and also the seller doesn't seem to be offering any Dyno results as proof! If they have 'proof' of the top speed such as a picture of the speedo then it could be 10% inaccurate at that sort of speed, or a piccy d/loaded off the net.
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