my red/red Z06 --> headers installed - full exhaust final
 

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well, i just got home in my accord after trying to keep up with my dad driving the Z06 in pouring rain after he bought it for me in pittsburgh 8)

it's a 2001, torch red with red/black 2-tone interior
no body molding on the doors
6,095 miles on the clock
was garage kept, flawless exterior with a very minor scrape on one wheel
looks like it was never sat in, still smells new
was washed and waxed to perfection prior to our arrival at the dealership

ill save you guys some time by saying im one lucky bastard.

its pitch black outside and pouring, so no pics until tomorrow morning

my neighbor has a red/red z06 also... ('02 though) his wife just turned onto our street, passed my car, slammed on her brakes and went in reverse to see my temporary tags to make sure it wasnt her husband's car and then parked at her own home to tell him, thought that was pretty funny.

nicer than what I just got.
Bastard! don't wreck the car or I will come to Maryland and bitch slap you. j/k :D

haha, yeah i plan to take it easy for now

and thanks for the offer, i would definitely need help slapping myself if i wrecked it :wink:

you lucky bitch. You crash and ill fly out to kick your ass. Lord knows what rc would do, well hed probably buy parts from you but then after than...bitch slapping occurs. :D

HAHAHA, tell all your friends too, 3 people plus myself isnt enough haha

i'd need to get jumped.

How much is your insurance then SCF?

Nice car, await the proper custom shot and pics tomorrow!

thanks man

around $167/month
which makes no sense... my '01 accord v6 sedan is more, what the hell

same insurance company too, except the honda is under my parent's policy and the z06 is on my own now

Weird indeed! $167 a month aint bad.

At your age, in the UK, trying to insure a Monaro (GTO) you'd be looking at $10000 a year

MR2 Turbo (240hp) for me when I was about 27 was 1000 GBP a year (about $1900)

jeesh.

how big of a insurance break did you get when you turned 25?

Congrats!

:D Hope you have lots of fun with it, can't wait to hear a driving impression & see some pics. 8)

Sorry, I am picky, but in the rules you can read:

And of course I always thought the custom shot has to come with pics of the full car :roll:

so let's wait for them to come, as long as the proper custom one ;) sorry

Ok, new custom shot provided ;) thanks supercarfreak. I hope you will be able to have some more pics soon :)

nice car cant wait for some more pics of it :D

Nice car, and i hope to see some more pics too

And just to confirm.... you are on luck SOB :wink:

wow sweet car you have there, i am quite jealous :lol: definitly make sure to take some more shots of that thing, i love that color!

thanks guys!

more pics.

this car IS BRUTAL!!!

you could say i live in a high performance neighborhood.
2 Red Z06s
Red 911
Black M5 down the street

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Sweeeet! 8)

Thanks for the pics, the car looks great, I wonder where RC45 is? ;)

thanks my friend :)

wondering that also

will get better pics when it stops raining SOMETIME THIS YEAR and after i wash her

Congrats on the car!

Hope to see a vid or something :roll:

Take good care of thed red devil :twisted:

Nice pics too!

Oh, one more thing........................you are one luck SOB :wink:

Great pics 8)

LOL at seeing your neighbours car in the background. And i remember your dad's 911 too, now.

Nice 'hood you live in... very high-performance :D

You get the break at 30 in the UK, it used to be 25...

Yup.. insurance in the UK sucks ass.

I'm going to be learning soon, and when i pass, i'll be lucky to get a sub £1900 (that's right - pounds) quote.... on a 1.4 too :roll:

You already mentioned it yourself, but I'm going to repeat it: lucky bastard :D

Sweet ride. The Z06 looks really good in red. Btw, it's nice to see your neighbour's red Z06 in the background and your dad's red 996 C4S. A nice red performance neighbourhood :D

Sweet!

Congrats, great car! Right in the first pic there is another Z06 :faint:

supercarfreak

zo6 only has 400hp from 02+ rite??

how much horsepower on ur 01 zo6? 380hp?


hows the traction off the line

385hp and 405hp twboy :wink:

you can tell from the badge it is a 385 version

Really nice car! Congratulation!

first impressions

amazing brakes, noisy when ABS is operating unlike my dad's 996, but i think the brakes are more powerful

i can't seem to make the tires produce any noise no matter how fast i go through a corner, no understeer whatsoever

just ridiculous acceleration, ive broken the tires loose like 5 times now, with active handling on, it still lets you get very wild, it doesnt interfere much at all

very comfortable seats, very good gas mileage considering the performance

the turning circle is probably larger than most cars which can be annoying sometimes

im sure the Bose sound system is great, but to be honest i haven't listened to it once because

THAT V8 SOUND IS TO DIE FOR

thanks everyone :lol:

the traction off the line isn't so great if you just floor it, even though the tires i have are 295s in the back and they are not runflats (pure performance)

you really have to feather in the gas pedal for a fast start

i believe i was in 2nd gear when i entered an onramp and floored it (giving my friend alex in MD a ride) i nailed the gas coming right out of a corner before the merge lane which was about 1/8th mile away
active handling was on and the rear started to drift left so i immediately let off the gas and yanked the wheel left, the rear tires gained traction and i jerked the wheel slightly back to center and off we went, man that was exhilarating
this was at 10 in the morning today, a sunday so there were no cars around

needless to say i cant stop driving this mammoth.

goodduck - where in maryland do you live?

Excellent. Always good to hear a report on how a car drives. My TA had 50 less HP and a few more lbs, but none of this electronic traction stuff. Enjoy getting that back end out, I did for sure! Be careful when it rains, dude :wink:

I love my saab but I really miss RWD. I will never buy another FWD car. FWD is useless with over 200hp and don't even get me started on torque steer, dangerous at WOT until you hit 3rd gear @ 75mph :shock:

heheh thanks man 8)

my first time driving it was in the rain, i drove very slowly, but still it seemed the car wanted to dart in a certain direction when it hit even a very small puddle, not the best tires in the rain hahah

ill never buy a FWD car again also. very true what you said. my dad was driving pretty fast in our '01 accord to the dealer (trying to make it there in time before it closed) and he was going a little too fast because he was so used to his 911 LOL (albeit AWD)

Thx for the firsg report man.
I sounds like you're really having fun.

I belive you when you say , you didn't listen to the radio all that much.....

I just love the sound the Z06 makes. One of the best V8 sounds ever.....

Maybe your whole neighborhood should gather and race a little. :twisted:

I want more pics !!!.... just loving the rims and that air exit!! need to see more :drool:

more pics soon :mrgreen:

thanks everyone for the comments.

i was cleaning my titanium exhaust tips last night w/ rubbing alcohol and paper towels, to get all that exhaust grunge and soot off, the Z06 couple was walking their dog,

haven't really talked to them for a long time, he's looking at getting a white 993 carrera 4S
he posed the idea of us going to a local weekly car gathering in our trio of red sportscars, haha, that's mainly composed of tuned 4 cylinder imports, we both agreed it would be pretty awesome to all show up at the same time with 2 domestic power v8s and a german flat-6 8)

he says its packed during the summer, it sounds like it would be fun

would definitely take my digital camera

cool thing is the meets are at like 11pm to 1am on the weekends which would be cool because i get off work at 10pm

i cant get over how brilliant the car sounds, if you accelerate really slowly you can hear the hum gently climb in volume and anger, then at idle if you rev it and take your foot completely off the gas you can hear it gurgle haha, it sounds so badass.

i almost forgot to mention

i just installed the wheel locks on it today,
for some reason the owner had a brand new set of wheel locks in the trunk (unopened)
its obvious that he really took care of his car so im guessing he had it garaged at home and drove it to work where he knew it would be very safe

there are separate silver plastic covers that thread onto the lugnuts which i thought was pretty cool, they are matched exactly in color to the wheel, and you wouldn't be able to tell that i had wheel locks on unless you removed them

Welcome to the club scf... and with the proper model - the 2001

All those 405 2002+ cars are just pretenders to our throne. ;)

Glad you are enjoying the car, it's a blast from idle to redline - but don't let the electronic assistance let you pushit too close to the edge - because as you say the algorithyms are not very intrusive and let you get away with a lot - but they can't overcome the laws of physics.. ;)

Either way - enjoy the "best bang for the buck" out there. (especially at current used prices for 2001's.)

Really nice car man! And great choice of color!

thanks guys :wink:

RC45- lol, yup, it's pretty lenient hahah
any mods to your car?

goodduck- im about 1 mile from bethesda, i could give you a ride when i get a chance

Congrats man, don't get yourself killed :mrgreen:

That thing is awesome :)

Not yet - with regard to this car and being on the street (not drag racing - but driving involving turns), you will need mods to the driver long before you need mods to the car... :twisted:

But I do have an open Borla XR pipe to make a "little" more noise ;) - and 2004 shocks to smooth out the bumps and help with stability and minimize "hunting" @ 120+ speeds on 2 lane B-roads out in the backwoods. :twisted:

You also want to ditch the stock shifter for a B&M Ripper Short throw (or similar), disconnect/bypass the CAGS skip-shift "feature", cut down the R/C Car looking tall antenna and generally have a blast :)

And even with only 385hp on tap, apart from freeway rollons, that are more about bank balance challenge than driver prowess, I have yet to have a car (any car) give me trouble in the twisties... :) (OK, the STi did stick aweful close to me but lost out as soon as there was more than 50 yards between corners.. ;))

nice, thanks for the info,

i DEFINITELY plan to get the skip-shift eliminator
i was driving yesterday and tried to shift from 1st to 2nd after a red light turned green and i basically got denied, the guy behind me flashed me, it was sooo annoying

this car is so ridiculous, i have yet to take a turn/corner too fast, i cant even get the tires to make noise when i do just that haha, its so planted, i love the feel of the steering, its variable assist i believe, its very firm at highway pace but much lighter when going slow to aid in parking

how much is that shifter and how hard is it to install?

have you noticed how annoying it is to engage reverse? ive learned the hard way, even when i slam it into reverse sometimes it doesnt engage, so when i let out the clutch the transmission just starts to shake and this horrible mechanical noise comes out of the back of the car, like the transmission is stuck in the middle of 2 gears, it sucks
ive finally learned to make sure i felt that jagged notch to know im actually in reverse before i let out the clutch

what else did GM change between the 01 an 02+ besides the 20hp? ive heard suspension and something else... how much better is the 02's suspension?

thanks 8)

The changes between the 01 and 02 are not even worth .1 of a second.. :) Don't let the '02 - '04 guys get to you :P

As with all stick shifts, it is sometimes easier to get into reverse if you first elect 4th - then select reverse. Same with 1st after you come to a stop - you selecte second, then snick it into 1st. Easy as pie.

Shidter is about $150.00 if I remember - and easy to install.

Becareful - the corner you get into too hot, is the one where the car will bite you :) - the chassis is so well balancd and well behaved and well carried by the ACtive Handling system it makes great drivers out of us regular slobs... :P

BTW, you are aware of the subtle nuances of TC on, TC off and Competitive Mode... right?

wow, didn't know that at all, thanks!

that is true, haha, im not driving that fast enough to even notice a difference much less activate the active handling system

yeah i do, i read a good bit of the owners manual yesterday

thanks again

BTW, you will rarely find a need to turn TC off completely on the street. Comp Mode is the best of all worlds. No traction control at all, yet full Active Handling available to save the day when needed. :)

If you ever feel the need to test the 3 modes... find a huge empty parking lot or an empty 4 lane freeway and try some 4500rpm launches. :twisted:

First with everything on - and notice how the TC ends the party early by cutting fuel and shutting you down before the tyres even chirp.

Then with everything off - and if you don't pay real close attention you will most likely begin an almighty roling burnout and then if you feather the throttle begin to roll forward and then the car will break loose and violently come around from the left side and either throw you into a ditch, the wall at the drag strip or the next county - which ever is closer...

Then try in Comp Mode - and now you will be able to either do a John Force rolling burnout as you counter steer you way across the parking lot pedaling the throttle and clutch as you reduce your rear tyre mileage from 15,000 miles to about 2,000 miles ---- or if you feather the throttle you will find your self paddling your way through the gearbox to a 4.xs 60 and 12.x something 1/4 mile.

And it will go something like this....

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Actually - on second thoughts don't go do anything foolish - the above is all just hypthetical ;)

hahah nice, i really want to learn how to get a fast 0-60 time, unfortunately these goodyear eagle F1 supercars aren't the cheapest tires to learn on haha

^^^ Hahah, looks like your neighbor down the street has one too =) .

Very nice ride, wow only 6,000 miles huh?

Congratulations!!!

That's a nice car Supercarfreak. Congrats.
You're lucky you live in such a cool neighborhood, mine's full of old people.

thanks guys

i needed a tripod for these pics, but whatever

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RC45- did you order your short shift kit from a website?