The new Z06 is awesome. It definitely might be a little too much horsepower for a first sports car but that doesn't necessarily matter as long as your smart about driving it and knowing the cars capabilities HPDE would be good to go to and a suggestion would be to not turn off your traction control unless your in a very safe area to test it. On my C63, I turned it off once thinking I knew what I was doing and ended up pulling a 360 in the middle of the road coming out of a corner. Just be careful with all that HP and torque.

I have never see a bigger group of negative Nancy's. Go buy the dang thing and then learn how to drive it.

I will say my buddies blew the motor at 500 miles BUT supposedly they have worked out the kinks for the 2016 with the launch of the new cts-v.

Used 911 FTW !

I've shopped both the Stingray and Z06, ended up buying a different brand but if I were required to buy GM as you are then I would hands down zero hesitation grab a Z06. Unless you are going to seriously track it (more than just a few HPDE to learn) I'd stay away from the Z07 package. Don't worry too much about the extra go fast options, it's quick and fast enough I promise you (the term "scary fast" comes to mind). Just get the comforts (seats, HUD, entertainment system, etc) and appearance items that fit your personality and roll in style.

Nothing wrong with starting out with the higher horsepower car if you have the right attitude. The main thing is to realize that you are not a bad ass and unless you are an experienced and educated racer you will probably never be able to take even the base corvette to it's handling limits. Acceleration is a different story and anybody can experience that thrill with all the nanny's turned on. So keep the traction/stability control on and you'll be pretty safe laying down that hp and tq in wide open spaces with no traffic. That's what makes it worth it over the base car.

I don't know much about the "overheating issues" on the Z06, but if they're just talking about heat soak, then it's not a big deal. Heat soak is an issue on supercharged cars, but I drive a 6k pound supercharged truck everyday and have never had an issue. It definitely loses more power than a NA car during the summer, but it's still worth it. If you are beating on it around a road course then it would probably suck losing that power, but not really a big deal on a street car where you only get on it every once in awhile. If the engine cooling system is overheating in anything other than a road course track environment, that is another story and would probably be a deal breaker for me.

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The Z06 is $ for $ the best car in the world today. Other than DA PUBLICAN, of course.

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I'm a Ford guy and could agree with this statement. It's just got the perfect recipe for awesomeness. I wish Ford would build a competitor and by that I mean a realistic car unlike the new GT.

It's not heat soak issues, it's overheating coolant and oil temps on HPDE days relatively early in the run groups. Car goes into limp and comes back to the pits. If this is going to primarily be a street cruiser I say go for it, if it's going to spend much time on track I say pass.

Will be interesting to see how the GT350R. Not an apples to apples comparison, but should be a beast

Your wife is on board and you're thinking about it?! C'mon, son. Do it. My uncle has been wanting one for years and my aunt isn't on board. He's hoping once the kids are done with college she'll say yes.

A family friend just picked up a new Z06 with a 6 speed manual (I know those are kind of fading away, and the performance is better when paddle shifting). I've always had Vipers in the garage, but the new Z06 is very impressive.

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A family friend just picked up a new Z06 with a 6 speed manual (I know those are kind of fading away, and the performance is better when paddle shifting). I've always had Vipers in the garage, but the new Z06 is very impressive.

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The new Viper is impressive as well...

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A family friend just picked up a new Z06 with a 6 speed manual (I know those are kind of fading away, and the performance is better when paddle shifting). I've always had Vipers in the garage, but the new Z06 is very impressive.

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The new Viper is impressive as well...

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You're right. I haven't had a chance to get in a brand new one yet (I always let someone else take the hit on the initial sticker), but I know they are having a difficult time moving them and incentives are really good. I think the Viper is kind of overshadowed by the Hellcat at the moment. I have a feeling Dodge with discontinue the Viper again or bump the output up to around 800+ HP. Enough of Dodge talk though. Back to the Z06 at hand.

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A family friend just picked up a new Z06 with a 6 speed manual (I know those are kind of fading away, and the performance is better when paddle shifting). I've always had Vipers in the garage, but the new Z06 is very impressive.

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The new Viper is impressive as well...

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You're right. I haven't had a chance to get in a brand new one yet (I always let someone else take the hit on the initial sticker), but I know they are having a difficult time moving them and incentives are really good. I think the Viper is kind of overshadowed by the Hellcat at the moment. I have a feeling Dodge with discontinue the Viper again or bump the output up to around 800+ HP. Enough of Dodge talk though. Back to the Z06 at hand.

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Lot's have folks have taken the hits on them and you can get 2013-2014 GTS's in the high 70's. That is a dang good value with lots of niceties on the inside for that kind of money.

I think there are a lot of really cool cars on the road right now.

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I think there are a lot of really cool cars on the road right now.

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You aren't kidding. As a hot-hatch fan I'm spoiled for choice.

So have you bought it yet?!

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So have you bought it yet?!

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Came here to ask what color he picked.

Pics?

Go get a v6 camera and learn. You can't be too safe.

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Go get a v6 camera and learn. You can't be too safe.

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Do you even Miata?

Awesome!

Looks nassty

Sweet! Don't be the guy that drives the speed limit everywhere.