Drove a new 2006 Z06; Supercar

[Lynn]

Drove my buddy's new Z06 the other day. For a company that seems to be having lots of problems, GM sure knows how to built one hell of a supercar. What a car!!!! While I was expecting the brute power, I was shocked at how civilized this car is. Didn't even ride as harsh as I was expecting.

On top of that, he recently took a trip and got an honest 28 mpg on the highway averaging 85 mph. Don't know about you guys, but I remember when VW bugs couldn't get 28 mpg on the highway, let alone ever see 85 on the speedo.

No wonder guys are paying a premium for these things.

Lynn

[GearheadSS]

Just make sure the roof doesn't fly off.

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[njsteve]

I was at my local Chevy dealer the other day with my IROC and was perusing the Technical Service Bulletins. I found the one about the Corvettes roof failures. They have the VIN sequences identified for the affected vehicle. They consider it a "repair issue" and not a recall issue. That is until one of those roofs flies off and goes through the window of school bus and kills someone's child. Can you say product liability lawsuit?

[SMGCO]

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Drove my buddy's new Z06 the other day. For a company that seems to be having lots of problems, GM sure knows how to built one hell of a supercar. What a car!!!! While I was expecting the brute power, I was shocked at how civilized this car is. Didn't even ride as harsh as I was expecting.

On top of that, he recently took a trip and got an honest 28 mpg on the highway averaging 85 mph. Don't know about you guys, but I remember when VW bugs couldn't get 28 mpg on the highway, let alone ever see 85 on the speedo.

No wonder guys are paying a premium for these things.

Lynn

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No way 85 mph and 28 mpg.

[PeteLeathersac]

Don't be too hard on the General....looks like they got a bad batch of adhesive or something and have identified the range of involved Vins. . I'd sure be happy to be runnin' one of these....loose roof and all!

On the buggys doing 85, I always found they were faster w/ the wheels off the ground....less friction and resistance that way? . I'll bet a lot of us here have some great buggy adventures to share....I sure had my fun also spent 3 months in the hospital thinking about it. .

~ Pete

[Hylton]

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I was at my local Chevy dealer the other day with my IROC and was perusing the Technical Service Bulletins......

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Hey Steve,

Does the IROC get eyeball when you're driving it?

[njsteve]

I just got it back after getting the 1/4 panel dent fixed. (At least the T-Tops don't blow off at 85mph) I was going to submit it for the members rides section but I am kind of embarassed cuz it's a relatively common, late 80's car. It's damn fast though! I got the GM of Canada docs on the car. It's very neat that they have the info on later US produced cars that Detroit doesn't even have.

[mssl72]

Here's a link to Motor Trend's web site where they took an '06 Z06 all out.

web page (http://www.motortrend.com/multimedia/mtvideo/112_0606_tuner_sports_car_comparison_videos/index.html)

Click on the video title next to the Z06 gauge package (5th one down). The 4 other video's on this page are very interesting too. They took a few super-tuned cars (Hennessey Viper, GT40, Lingenfelter Corvette, etc.) and had some fun.

[Marina66SS]

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No way 85 mph and 28 mpg.

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No one seems to believe Corvette and gas mileage. I have owned two '98 and I would get 26 in the city/highway combined. I took a 300 mile trip, reset the gas gauge and got 32mpg on the trip. These are true economy cars and GM never pushes that. With gas prices the way they are I have contemplated buying another one just for the gas mileage.