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rebco10 - 23 Mar 2007 04:25 GMT

I have had 2 other corvettes, both c4's (93 vert and 96 lt4,, a great
car) both were 6 speeds.
Has anyone driven the paddle shifter .... that is used to driving a
stick. Try to explain the tradeoff please. The exotics use paddles
and the technology is here so I am very curious. I really want to
know if the paddles are as enjoyable and as in control as the 6 spd.

Finally, I never get values. Why would someone buy an 04 c5 for
around low 30's when a c6 is a couple grand more. I think the 04
should drop. Most people knew they were discounted.. No disrespect
meant. Same thing when I boughy my discounted 96.

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Dad - 23 Mar 2007 16:33 GMT

>I have had 2 other corvettes, both c4's (93 vert and 96 lt4,, a great
> car) both were 6 speeds.
> Has anyone driven the paddle shifter .... that is used to driving a
> stick.

Yes.

>Try to explain the tradeoff please.

Same as wearing earrings, they look good on some people, but have no useful
value. You trade money for looks.

>The exotics use paddles
> and the technology is here so I am very curious.

The exotics what, all those I see seldom are driven past their first oil change,
tuneup. Not the same technology.

>I really want to
> know if the paddles are as enjoyable and as in control as the 6 spd.

Only at 200 mph and you don't want to take your eyes/consenstration off the
road. How do you use them on autocross when they are on the bottom of the wheel
when you want to shift? BLING.

> Finally, I never get values. Why would someone buy an 04 c5 for
> around low 30's when a c6 is a couple grand more. I think the 04
> should drop. Most people knew they were discounted.. No disrespect
> meant. Same thing when I boughy my discounted 96.

Whole different ball game this time, the C4 was a tired design, the C5 was not
and the C6 was a tweak, not a generation change as they want you to believe. A
couple of grand is not the separation point in most cases for like cars. If it
were why are you talking lease?

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05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd
64 Red/red/white top/4spd

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Tom Scales - 23 Mar 2007 19:20 GMT

>I have had 2 other corvettes, both c4's (93 vert and 96 lt4,, a great
> car) both were 6 speeds.
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> should drop. Most people knew they were discounted.. No disrespect
> meant. Same thing when I boughy my discounted 96.

The paddle shifter in a C6 is NOT a true paddle shifter, like in the Ferrari
or BMW. It's just a tiptronic/steptronic automatic transmission and reacts
as slowly as you would expect. It will still shift when it wants if it
wants. I have them in my C6 and NEVER use them.

The paddle shifters in my M3, on the other handle, are real. They control
the clutch to a real 6-speed manual transmission and shift blindingly fast.
Somehow BMW has been able to do it since the late 90's but Chevy can't do it
in 2007. Very disappointing.

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rebco10 - 24 Mar 2007 04:18 GMT

> >I have had 2 other corvettes, both c4's (93 vert and 96 lt4,, a great
> > car) both were 6 speeds.
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> Somehow BMW has been able to do it since the late 90's but Chevy can't do it
> in 2007. Very disappointing.

Thank you that is what I wanted to know. My buddy has his second
ferrari 430. First was a coupe, second is a vert. Anyway, his paddle
is very much like a stick. And now that I know the Corvette paddle is
a little better then the one on our Caddy or Murano, that is not what
I am looking at.

Regarding leasing. I did look at it. Basically the car is discounted
to what I feel is reasonable. The buy back is about 50% after 42
months and it is exactly the buy price of the car, less my lease
payments and interest. So I think it is just like financing 50% of th
car, only I left the 50% in the bank for the end of the lease, instead
of laying it out now and paying off the second half of the lease.

I will definitely check into the GM specials.

Saw my car. I was originally looking at a red lt1 package with Z51.
I found a car the same price without the z51, a lt2 package, black
wheels and glass top.

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