Dude I used too think the same thing until one day I decided I wanted it too be a reality. Just grind hard for it everyday and don’t give up. It took me 5 years too save up for a corvette but it was ALL worth it in the end. Trust me!!
@@convex7456 @convex yes ofc you can afford a car for 100k if you make 100k a year... its called financing. Chevy is a manufacter that targets the masses, the average guy. Basically anybody that has a job and works hard can buy a Corvette. Unless you already have a big debt is other places, like if you ow for a house and another 3 cars or maybe you gotta pay child support or anything, then it might not be a good idea too put yourself in even more debt. but if your single working man thgat doenst ow a mortgage, you can buy a corvette. I bought a Corvette and then I lost my job, and now my welfare checks alone pay for my months car bill. im lucky tho and I dont gotta pay for rent every month. THIS IS AMERICA YOU CAN BUY ANYTHING YOU WANT HERE.
As quick as the Z06 is....It was amazing to see how easily your ZR1 pulled it at every MPH and the Z06 is no slouch! It is a tribute to the ZR1 heritage as to how well it performed. Thanks to you and your friend for not only taking the time, but to put your Vette’s thru the paces for us to watch the comparison. Excellent video Chuck Thanks ! Bob in Richmond Va.
You can see how the ZR1 Jumps on the Z06 at the point of the Z06’s gear shift due to the ZR1’s 750 hp and longer lasting 7 speed. Other than that, the gain that the ZR1 has over the Z06 During acceleration is very small. Z06 definitely still packs a heck of a punch.
You are so classy. Very well spoken gentleman... I have a 2019 3LT ZO6 ZO7 package carbon fiber package. I love it when you say you just enjoy your car because there always someone faster and better skilled.
I dont understand how you dont have more followers. Your content is better than a handful of channels I can think of! You need to collaborate with some other channels to boost your subs and numbers. Once people see the light your channel would explode! Keep it up Chuck!
I do this a just a hobby. I am a small business owner than just shares what I do with Corvettes. I am sure if I did some videos with some other youtubers it would help but I just don’t have the time. I appreciate your kind words and I am honored you check out the channel. 👍🏻😎
Corvettes 918 well thank you so much for what you are doing and the amount of effort you are putting forth for us and the beautiful Corvette cinematography you get!
Hy Chuck, I had a permanent smile this entire video. Two amazing cars side by side, and guarantee some folks who were looking at the Z06 changed their mind after that pull footage lol. Always great content, Chuck.
The ZR1 is cool but since I don't do any racing and live an area where traffic is daily it's not something I want. Even the Z06 is way too much power that could ever be used in a congested area. My GS is just right. ;-) Nice vid Chuck!
I purposely bought the Grand Sport instead of the Z because the power would be too tempting to use above 120+ mph on public streets. Got the Z07 option for the handling on the twisties and for the reduced brake dust. For the same price, got more than enough performance AND got many more options. Sometimes though, I wish I had the extra power 🙂
HP is king, but I also feel the auto in the ZR1 contributed greatly to the results as well. I agree with you Chuck, dollar for dollar, the Z06 is a great platform and can be easily modified to match the performance of the ZR1. Thanks to your comments a few months ago, I pulled the trigger on a Z06. Specked out at $108 and some change. Can't wait for it to come in.
Have you read any of the others comments and my reply ? Allot of people are saying the same thing as you which is a great question. I have already did the same pulls against a Auto Z06 with same results. I didn’t use the auto I used the paddles because the auto slows the ZR1 down. Shifts way to fast and too much torque is lost. When you manually shift it you can take it up 6500 instead of the 6100 the computer wants to shift at. Yes the auto is naturally faster but if you just floor it and hold on it’s way closer of a race but when you shift it well you saw the results. Congratulations on the Z06 it’s an amazing vette no doubt 👍🏻
Great video! This is what I’m talking about and a great ambassador for the Corvette brand! Chevrolet should have sold you one of the first ZR1’s instead of the other youtuber! Chuck, thanks for the content! I hope your channel continues to grow! I may never get a chance to own a C7 ZR1, but I get the feeling I can live vicariously through you! A true Corvette enthusiast!
I have a '19 ZO6/ZO7 with a manual, some mods (ported throttle body and blower, lower pulley, upgraded wires and coil packs and intake, high flow cats) and at a recent track day I consistently outran a manual ZR1, not by a lot, but by a margin. Great video, but I think a more realistic comparison would be both cars either automatic or manual. You can see in the video on each upshift the ZO6 is losing a bit of ground, I think it would be much closer with both cars similarly equipped.
Man it's a sad time to realize you'll never get that one custom car you've been waiting for forever 😭 watching for years and that zr1 is the exact look, feel, and power I've wanted. Shame it'll be done and gone by the time I can afford it, but I tip my hat to anyone able to get it and has. Corvette will always be my number one ☝️
Thanks for the video, but I wish you'd had a Z06 with the A8 to test against. I think the automatic was a bigger factor in these pulls than the extra 105 HP. You can see in one of your pulls where the ZR1 is just barely pulling away until the Z06 has to shift. No doubt the ZR1 will win anyway, but maybe not walk away as convincingly as it did here. I have a 2017 Z06 A8 with only a CAI and I'm not too far away from where you are, if you want to have a more 1:1 test. I'd even be willing to put the original intake back on, or better yet try it with and without the CAI to see if there is any difference.
Have you read any of the others comments and my reply ? Allot of people are saying the same thing as you which is a great question. I have already did the same pulls against a Auto Z06 with same results. I didn’t use the auto I used the paddles because the auto slows the ZR1 down. Shifts way to fast and too much torque is lost. When you manually shift it you can take it up 6500 instead of the 6100 the computer wants to shift at. Yes the auto is naturally faster but if you just floor it and hold on it’s way closer of a race but when you shift it well you saw the results.
Corvettes 918 I was not referring using the paddles vs. letting the computer shift. Shifting with paddles or not, the A8 has a huge advantage over the M7 in a drag race. This is reflected in Chevy's own numbers for the Z06: 2.95 seconds 0 to 60 for the A8 vs. 3.2 for the M7. That's nearly 1/4 of a second difference when both cars are driven perfectly, and there is a lot more room for error when shifting the M7. Given two cars that are equal in all respects except for automatic vs. manual transmission, the automatic will walk the manual every time. I'm only saying it would be nice to see some pulls between the Z06 and the ZR1 where the transmission difference is not a factor, and that means both A8s. It would be nice to see an auto Z06 vs. a manual Z06 for that matter. Still a good video. Thanks for doing it.
Old manual. New auto. Trust me there is no other feeling like banging some gears but the new autos have come a long way. I don't care if the car makes more hp or not you can't compare a car making more hp with 8sp auto vs manual 7sp lol not a good comparison
Alan Easterday Chuck what do you think about the front license plates on the Corvette I'm getting a lot of drama about the front license plates on my C5 we all know we don't want to put those front license plates could you take a poll and ask how many people in several States put their front license plates on their vets just FYI I just want to know
I talk to allot of vette owners who live in states that require the front plate and what many of them say is I would rather take the chance of being pulled over and putting it on the front of my vette. I would feel the same way. But I Always tell people to do what’s comfortable to them because in the end what you think is all that matters.
Best video I've seen of the zr1....everyone else has been disrespectfully driving them in these drag races. This zr1 took off like those other ones weren't.
Chuck I want to agree with you 💯 I feel the same way as you did my dream car was a 91 ZR1. However I was 11 when the vehicle was released and I knew I wanted a 91 ZR1 as the time went on and life happened I finally was able to get a hold of a 2011 Grand Sport 3LT Z16 which I will not trade for anything in my life unless my kids needed something. But as you financially what was planned was out the door soon as I saw this car. I will most definitely not trade up, however as I type I am beginning to start the C8 fund in order to get a higher up model C8 or even the C8 ZR1 equivalent platform. Thought I would share a kids dream come true and as always great content chuck the pulls were amazing !!!
I wish the channel was still around. The good news for us z06 owners is throw a DSC sport controller and a few grand in various modifications and you'll get a much better suspension setup and you can get ZR1 power pretty easily.
Great video Chuck. I've been waiting for this title on RU-vid for a while ! I have been looking for ZR1 this year but can't find any without a $20k mark up here in Canada... I am of the same opinion that ZR1 will hold its value best, especially with the mid-engine coming. Great car ! I am just waiting on my Z06 to be built now, pretty much the same specs as you showed in this video, but in red. Even though I was told it was sitting at 3400 last week it seems like it takes forever. By the way, had to buy this because of YOU. Keep up the good work.
Your videos are awesome man! 100% amazing content! Couldnt afford a c7z06 so got myself a c6z06 505hp for 40k 12k miles and its wicked fast man! Best bang for the buck of a poor mans wallet haha!
I appreciate that Armando, congratulations on the New Z. Any generation corvette is an honor to own. We all start stacking somewhere nothing wrong starting with a C6Z 👍🏻😎
Yeah I had an 04 Z06 with a 416 and big brake kit with 520 rwhp and it's better then the ZL1 for road racing as it's 3046lbs. I like the ZL1 and in a straight line it's quite a bit faster (166 1/2 mile vs 156 in the Z) and it does quite well at the road course, but honestly...it's one fat girl!
The zo6 drops back so much in those manual shifts. However during the pull, it's a lot closer. An a8 zo6 vs a manual zr1 would be very interesting to see. The close-ratio a8 is just such an awesome transmission for the boosted car. So fast. I've owned an a8 zo6 for over a year now after trading in my c7 manual stingray and have gotten very used to manually shifting via the paddles. After 5 sports cars all with manual transmissions, I have fallen in love with the zo6 a8. Just so fast. I leave mine in manual made 95% of the time and paddle in and out of every Apex I can find. I'm addicted. More apexes please!
I was coming down a fairly busy road in my home town and I nearly broke my neck doing a double take on what I thought was a ZR1. When I looked back and saw that huge wing with a little blue "1" I knew it was a ZR1! It was stealth black and it looked so beautiful. I wish I was heading in the same direction so i could get a good look at that front end! Its almost surreal seeing these cars in person knowing that these cars can easily do 180-200+mph and how capable these cars are. Also, where I live, seeing a Z06 is like seeing a Ferrari, its such a rare sight, let alone seeing a ZR1 on one of Albany, New York's busiest streets.
I am still amazed at how great and effortlessly fast my c7 z06 is and it is just mind boggling to watch that zr1 put that kind of distance between cars. That zr1 is simply a mastery of mechanical craftsmanship. I have found myself in the same situation of purchasing a car based on the car’s merit of ending a generation as king to be dethroned before it was all said and done. My first was with the 03 SVT terminator cobra, then, dethroned by the gt500. Now, I thought the c7 would close out with the z07’s and I’m again dethroned by the return of the zr1. I was having routine maintenance done to my z06 at the dealership I purchased it from and they had a zr1 on the floor because someone ordered and backed out of the deal. My salesman was there and offered me one hell of a deal for my z06 to trade it in but I just couldn’t; money was no object, no more than it was when I paid for my z06. I simply found the perfect car for me at the time with the 03 cobra and again with the c7 z06. Both cars were outdone by their predecessors but I got everything I wanted when I purchased the cars and non of those things merely vanished with the newer models arrivals. So, it is wonderful to see greatness continue to be created and outdone and I’m still just as proud of my cars as the days I bought them. Fun video to marvel over such powerhouses.
Great video Chuck, I absolutely loved it! It sucked that your camera failed you, however you pulled of the CC&T stile perfectly! That was a great way to break things down to new Corvette owners and people looking to trade up also! That is a very smart move to keep your ZR1 for ever, as it will definitely be a collectors item once the mid engine has been produced long enough, and people will seek that car out big time!
Chuck, like I said, you own one of the most beautiful ZR1 Corvettes around. And if I was the owner of that awesome Z06 I would be more than happy enough to be the proud owner of that car. I do believe that the manual transmission was just a tad slower going through the gears, nowadays theses automatic transmissions are just to quick.
I agree the Z06 is amazing as is. I used the Paddle shifters because I didn’t want the computer doing the shifting because it shifts way to fast and doesn’t use the full ability of each gear. I think the ZR1 is way faster if you manually control the shifters. When in performance mode the paddle shifters are almost instant.
You are roughly losing about a .10/ tenth of a second between gear changes on the 7 speed manual over the 8 speed paddle auto's. As even GM said their times between a 2015 Z06 was 0-60 8speed = 2.95/ 7 speed man 3.2 seconds. Like I always tell people when they are thinking between the two if you want the most out of a C7 go Auto but if you want to either keep the car for 8-15 years and have fun then a manual is the way to go. But also there is a reason a lot of dealers that get manual C7's still have them on average of 6 months over a similar auto one.
Love the video and the pics of my ZR1 and Z06 C7.R. Great comparison of these two awesome cars. By the way. The C7.R is for sale! :-) Your channel is awesome. See you in January
Jake Socks what I really saw was how much the trans matters, I was very much unimpressed with the power difference (the ZR1 could barely pull away until the manual shifted)!
My dad is purchasing a Z06 2019 in a gray this will be his 5th corvette in his lifetime and this was really helpful in a good comparison thank you always enjoy the content
I just wanted to say really nice spec and option choices on each car. If I spec’d out each car the way I wanted then. I would do the exact same options on each car. Love the front window tint. Really adds to the look in a tasteful way. Anyways beautiful cars both of them. Very surprised how much faster the zr1 was. Great video. Thanks fir the fair and balanced whole picture you presented.
Chuck great footage and information as always!! Definitely makes sense what you are saying. In any case one can not lose when it comes to a Corvette!!!!
Any ZR-1/ZR1 is my favorite corvette, C4,C6,C7 are all beast for the days and the time they came out int. A corvette no matter what model is such a great bargain for horse power. Great video chuck, i would take anything that i could afford lol.
Porsches and Corvettes have some of the best racing histories because they are reliable and respond to modifications well. "You can win if you don't end", Iused to say as a SCCA racer. You have to end the race.
What an awesome review and wow both cars are incredible. I have never owned a corvette but my goal is to purchase one this year. Im not sure on which model yet or color at that lol. But I excited to be part of the corvette club its always been a dream of mine to own a vet ever since I was little. Thanks again and keep up the great reviews
I like that you will always keep your ZR-1. I get attached to vehicles too, and would rather buy another one, as opposed trading up. Good content Bud. Take care.
Chuck...Thank you for this excellent review. My 2018 (M7) Z06 is helluva beast, a real thrill to shift gears, I must confess. Drop of a hat to FEARLIS, King of the Road...Yes, the ZR1 is and remains a myth (personally, I fell in love with the C4 ZR1 in the early '90s...) Pure happiness to see your vid's. Have a blessed week too, Buddy !
It amazes me how many people order these cars with a seven speed and none of them use the no lift shift feature. Comon guys, GM programmed the ECU with this for a reason!
Great video. The pulls looked like a lot of fun. I really hope Chevy has half a brain and expands the Corvette line to include a mid engine model and doesn't replace the front engines. IMHO the beauty of the C7 is it can be an everyday car (or an only car) if you want it to be. You can get your groceries in it. Mid Engine cars throw away a lot of practicality (I've had one, it was fun but not the easiest to live with).
Cars, Costs and Technology man You make great corvette content, you and Mr Chuck are the best for the corvette world, not clickbait, not lies, straight to the point with great content !👍👍👍
Another great video. What do you think of this? The ZR1 is a souped up Z06 that is overpriced and GM used it test the waters to see if Corvette people would spend $150,000 on a Corvette. Paving they way for a $150,000 plus C8.
Could be but to me the ZR1 is worth 25-30k more than the Z06 because of what it is a ZR1. The C8 Stingray is going to be like 65K now a specked out Z06 in the C8 platform will be close to the C7 ZR1 price.
If C8 is midengine and has the drivetrain to compete with supercars aka a GOOD dct and management systems I'll happily buy one at 150k. Horsepower is cheap. Anyone could mod a z06 far beyond zr1 levels of HP with a few thousand dollars. Engineering is expensive.
I have a C6 Z06 paid for. I am thinking selling my to buy a brand new base z06 for 72k plus TTT from Kerbeck. Damn .. i am not rich but you make me feel bad for considering a C7 Z06 to see how hard ZR1 pulled on Z06.
They stack up about how i expected. Traded my 18GS on a 19Z and couldn’t be happier. It’s honestly a stupid value and frankly more than anyone needs on the street. Not sure the ZR is worth the extra money on paper. The cool factor is tough to say. I will say though, I was out the door for 72,500 on my z (1LZ, M7) - it’s half the price of the ZR1!
Two awesome cars without doubt...I'm ordering a 2020 Z06 1LZ when the order banks open at $94k here in Canada..there is 6 ZR1's available here but you can't get one under $160k and a few are asking close to $200k which is insane IMO...I own a 2010 ZR1 but the C7 is IMO the best looking Vette ever made and I want one before the C8's come out as I'm not a fan of any mid engine car of any brand..thanks again for the great vid!!
If the Z06 had the 8 speed auto, it would have been much closer. The auto is a good .3-.4 quicker in every 0 to distance run. The ZR pulled on the 06 hardest when the manual had to be upshifted. Not knocking the ZR in anyway, and glad you like yours, Chuck, but for the money, I'd take the A8 06 any day of the week. Good video.
Have you read any of the others comments and my reply ? Allot of people are saying the same thing as you which is a great question. I have already did the same pulls against a Auto Z06 with same results. I didn’t use the auto I used the paddles because the auto slows the ZR1 down. Shifts way to fast and too much torque is lost. When you manually shift it you can take it up 6500 instead of the 6100 the computer wants to shift at. Yes the auto is naturally faster but if you just floor it and hold on it’s way closer of a race but when you shift it well you saw the results.
Chuck, I loved this comparison and I think it’s only further solidified the C7 ZR1 as my dream Corvette. I am sure the C8 will blow us away, but the ZR1 is truly something special and me being the type of person to own a unique ride, I’d pick the ZR1 all day. I also agree with what you said about when you spec out the Z06, you’re not far off from the price of a ZR1. Granted, $30k is a big difference, but I think if you’re buying a car like this, that doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. That last statement you made up about trading up versus stacking cars was totally relating to my position currently as well. As much as I’d like to buy a Corvette, I could not imagine trading in my Challenger Scat Pack Shaker towards it. A Corvette would definitely have to be in addition to my current car. It’s definitely not the fastest car (ain’t no Hellcat or Demon), but it’s special enough to me having ordered the car exactly the way I wanted it from the factory at 19 years old. Enough of my little rant, this was a fantastic video 🙂👏
I don't get the whole manual thing being fun ....slower is more fun?? Not where I come from I've been there and owned a stick, I found out the hard way all you do is lose races you should win against automatics!!!! Imo a manual is a boat anchor in a great car like the Corvette!!!
Great video!! One people can use for reference. But going to cost a bit to match that huge gap!! Maybe CAI, E-85, pulley, tune. Might get you half way there... And these are the best cheapest things to do first...
Dont think it will drop so much, its legdendary already. Its ZR1 its not a 495 HP corvette. ITs manual with 750 HP. its way more powerful and cooler than the C8. Even if C8 somes with Z06
Hey Chuck I have automatic 2017 zo6 my friend has 2018 zo6 7 speed manual my car pulled away from his the same way I think you need two automatic tell the difference zr1 will win but not that bad....lol
Actually the auto slows down the ZR1 shifts at 6100 vs me taking it to 6500 with the paddles. That’s why it walked away much fast I was using more of the torque and HP in each gear something the auto wouldn’t have.
Thanks for the video More than helping me decide zr1 v z06, you helped me decide auto v manual. Deff going to go auto with my new z06. Those manual shifts were rough, and I'm no better in my manual C6 GS.
