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Michael, really, youre asking an apples top oranges question; the two car are very dissimilar.
The Corvette is not nearly as 'good' in the NVH or comfort dept as the Benz, but is more fun to drive and will be faster. Its handling is at another level. If youre used to the 560, the noise, harshness and occasional rattles from the Corvette will drive you nuts. But then, you have an old Mopar, so if that car doesnt bug you, the Corvette will be miles ahead of it.
I have a friend who has a low mile ZR1 in the 40th Anniversary paint. Ive spent some time behind the wheel. Once inside, its fairly comfortable and theres plenty of legroom. That engine is really sweet, and once you disable the skipshift thing, the gearbox is nice too. Has a metric tonne of brakes and goes where you point it. Notice tho that I said "once you get in"... those cars - C4 Corvettes - are horrible to get in and out of unless youre a small 18 year old gymnast. Something to think about.
The Corvette should be very reliable and much less maintenance than the Benz. However, if anything ZR1 specific goes South, you might be in for an issue; Lord help you if you need a starter. Understand the fascination with the ZR1 engine, but the truth is that a Z06 in the later bodystyles [C5 or especially C6] is a better car. Also understand that you dont like those cars, so its really not an option. Id get what I wanted and could afford. If you find a Corvette you like, go for it. The Benz is easily replaced in your end of the world if you decide you want one back.
Now...one other thing... I dont want to start a brouhaha - tho it seems I have unwittingly done so recently - but your thinking about not posting on a Mercedes or Corvette forum is somewhat flawed. Yes, its logical, but in this country at least, there is a tremendous prejudice against Corvettes amongst devotees of other marques. Im not sure why, but non-Corvette people really have it in for Corvettes. I dont know if a Corvette driver stole their high school girlfriend, outran em too many times in front of the drive-in or what, but its there. Oh, the standard answer is that 'I dont like the people that own them, too many gold chains and Hawaiian shirts' or whatever, but it goes deeper than that - it was there before there were gold chains as a 'mans' fashion accessory. Methinks it goes much deeper and is worthy of a Doctoral thesis in Sociology, Psychology and Political Science, but I won't attempt that here. Just remember that when asking opinions. car people are pretty tribal - not saying that is necessarily bad nor unnatural - and there is often a basic, underlying prejudice against Corvettes for some reason. Ive owned them and I like the cars. Dont like many of the 'Corvette people', but that can be said for most people quite frankly...
I like 911s, but basically dont care much for Porsche people either; never stopped me from owning one tho. So look at the car itself, and what you want. Lifes too short to drive boring cars!
[oh, and that 72 Olds...sweet. Great little cars. ]
The Corvette is not nearly as 'good' in the NVH or comfort dept as the Benz, but is more fun to drive and will be faster. Its handling is at another level. If youre used to the 560, the noise, harshness and occasional rattles from the Corvette will drive you nuts. But then, you have an old Mopar, so if that car doesnt bug you, the Corvette will be miles ahead of it.
I have a friend who has a low mile ZR1 in the 40th Anniversary paint. Ive spent some time behind the wheel. Once inside, its fairly comfortable and theres plenty of legroom. That engine is really sweet, and once you disable the skipshift thing, the gearbox is nice too. Has a metric tonne of brakes and goes where you point it. Notice tho that I said "once you get in"... those cars - C4 Corvettes - are horrible to get in and out of unless youre a small 18 year old gymnast. Something to think about.
The Corvette should be very reliable and much less maintenance than the Benz. However, if anything ZR1 specific goes South, you might be in for an issue; Lord help you if you need a starter. Understand the fascination with the ZR1 engine, but the truth is that a Z06 in the later bodystyles [C5 or especially C6] is a better car. Also understand that you dont like those cars, so its really not an option. Id get what I wanted and could afford. If you find a Corvette you like, go for it. The Benz is easily replaced in your end of the world if you decide you want one back.
Now...one other thing... I dont want to start a brouhaha - tho it seems I have unwittingly done so recently - but your thinking about not posting on a Mercedes or Corvette forum is somewhat flawed. Yes, its logical, but in this country at least, there is a tremendous prejudice against Corvettes amongst devotees of other marques. Im not sure why, but non-Corvette people really have it in for Corvettes. I dont know if a Corvette driver stole their high school girlfriend, outran em too many times in front of the drive-in or what, but its there. Oh, the standard answer is that 'I dont like the people that own them, too many gold chains and Hawaiian shirts' or whatever, but it goes deeper than that - it was there before there were gold chains as a 'mans' fashion accessory. Methinks it goes much deeper and is worthy of a Doctoral thesis in Sociology, Psychology and Political Science, but I won't attempt that here. Just remember that when asking opinions. car people are pretty tribal - not saying that is necessarily bad nor unnatural - and there is often a basic, underlying prejudice against Corvettes for some reason. Ive owned them and I like the cars. Dont like many of the 'Corvette people', but that can be said for most people quite frankly...
I like 911s, but basically dont care much for Porsche people either; never stopped me from owning one tho. So look at the car itself, and what you want. Lifes too short to drive boring cars![oh, and that 72 Olds...sweet. Great little cars.
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