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Originally Posted by motorhead
First a Camaro is not a Vette. No matter how great it never will be. If a Vette was your first passion, you will most likely regret your Camaro purchase somewhere down the road. Not because the Camaro isnt a great car. Because of that little voice in your head. Vettes are sort of a right of passage for many that have been not able to obtain one. Ive seen several people make the Camaro is good enough mistake only to still want a Camaro or end up trading any how. There are some great deals out there on Vettes right now. The Vette is just special ,and the world would be a better place if everyone got to enjoy one at least for a little while.
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I disagree with this 100%, couldn't disagree more. I was in the same situation as the OP, I went and drove many C7s because I've always wanted one, or thought I did. The C7 is just uncomfortable to drive for me, I don't fit in it well no matter how I position the seat (and I tried for an hour when they let me take a Z51 home for the weekend). The 7 speed manual is a PIA to drive imho compared to the M6, and I refuse to own an automatic tranny in a sports car, I'm old school that way. Its just boring to drive for me personally. I also didn't really enjoy how the C7 drove.
I hopped into a convertible M6 2SS just for grins and immediately felt comfortable, I was very surprised at how good the Camaro is compared back to back with the Z51 C7. The car is a blast to drive, has 4 seat belts, same engine as the C7 with just a bit more weight so 90% of the performance, same MRC, same NPP exhaust, etc... I personally have had no issues with any bogging on the M6 either. Given all that, there was absolutely no reason for me to buy the vette so I also saved the $15k and went with the 2SS. The only thing the vette had going for it was better visibility but, since I drive with the top down 90% of the time I have no issues with visibility. In a hard-top that might be different though.
There are definitely members who are very happy with their decision and, like me, haven't regretted it for a second. There are even folks on this board who got rid of the C7 for a 6th gen. Unless the C8 changes some things ergonomically I won't be trading my 6th gen in for one. I'd be more likely to move to a lightly used 911 C4S than a vette at this point but I'll likely have this car for quite a while.