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You are right. It would seem to me that a European could, if the governments involved would permit it, come to the US and buy the car here using the exchange rate in his favor, thus getting the car for about 2/3 the price being charged in Europe in Euros. Shipping would be a few K. But...

Yep. You did the math right.

The cabin filters are a little hard to find through aftermarket sources but they are out there. Auto Zone, the last I checked, could not get them. But as I recall, Advance Auto and maybe Napa had them for less than GM. I think Advanced Auto was something like $18 and it was a major brand like...

You will enjoy the museum delivery and my bet is you will long savor your memories of that 3000 mile break-in trip. Enjoy your new Corvette!

darkstar: I can see we agree on basic colors! I agree with you on the Ferrari. I think the ZR-1 at $100K will give the 599 a real run for the money. From what I have read, it looks like the Z06 did a pretty fair job of standing up to the 599, so the ZR-1 should be even better. I think in...

Also, I forgot to mention that Ferrari has licensed the use of the mag shock system and is using it, as standard suspension, on their new $280K super-car, the 599 GTB. Google it and read about it.

This discussion about the new ZR-1's standard magnetic selective ride option should help you in your decision: http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100945 Note this sentence buried down in the description of the magnetic selective shock option: "It also helps suppress...

Hib: So what is the reason that the General does not sell the Z06 engine option in a convertible? I can appreciate the point about the coupe's additional structural stiffness providing better handling in competitive style driving. But my guess is that there are quite a few potential buyers...

That stuff about a little vibration above 85 MPH being "normal" for a Corvette is, to use the old Bert Reynolds phrase, "ca ca". My C6 and lots of others I know about are smooth as silk at 120+. For crying out loud, GM makes a big deal out of the cars being capable of 180+. They will not...

zella62: We are of similar generation! You describe a pretty severe shudder. It is, of course, possible that your C6 has a worse than average shudder that will not be cured short of a complete clutch replacement. But I highly recommend you try the burnishing treatment. The key is to burnish...

This clutch shudder is common on C6s and there have been some good threads on other boards. Try the link below. I started the thread because I had an irritating shudder. I post there as Crush1. C4C5Specialist provided the key suggestion that cured my problem...

How many of you are experiencing a little clutch shudder? Here is how mine acts and also what I have heard/read to date. Mine has always had a little when engaging at low engine RPM's (just above idle) or if you were partly engage at low RPM and then increased RPMs during the rest of the...

I know most luxury cars are like this now, but even the Mercedes and BMWs of the world are having software promblems as all of this control becomes more and more complex. That is because in recent years the top dollar Euro cars, especially Benz and Beemer, have seen a significant decline in...

This Argonne Nat'l Lab report, govt funded, is just one of many. They all seem to vary from a small net gain (such as this Argonne report) to a small net loss. To me this says that the benefits are minimal at best. Then you have to back off and ask questions about the impact on the...

Are you really sure you would want such a feature? The wear and tear on the mechanism that swaps the discs out of the playing area would be terrific and no doubt would lead to early problems with the mechanism.

Yep, they sure are. Trucked across the road from the plant to the museum. I think something is missing from this thread. IMO, the main advantage of the museum delivery is that they have some people detailing and inspecting your car that are first class. They prepare about 700 new Corvettes...

:) I forgot to mention in my earlier post that our 06, built in December, is a DSOM convertible, 6MN, 3LT, F55, OnStar, Power Top. Have about 1000 miles on it and so far absolutely 0 defects. Even the darn tire pressure sensors are dead nuts in agreement with an accurate pressure guage I have...

I was in the plant 3 times in December and it seemed to me there were a lot of DSOM cars coming down the line. At the time I was aware of the poll numbers and so were the people with me and we agreed that the number we were seeing was higher than the published '05 stats (of about 8% ?) but...

It depends on the road surfaces you have to drive on and also your pocketbook. If you do not have to deal with many rough or uneven roads, base should be fine. If you have rough or uneven roads to deal with, you should be very happy with F55. What F55 does is twofold: it irons our rough...

As far as I know all you can do is make it louder. In your owners manual there is a procedure. With assessory power on, turn off radio and then depress preset button 6 and hold it down until you get a bling back. The factory default loudness is "standard" loudness. The above procedure gives...