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Originally Posted by pgviper
There exists a split inside of the bow tie die hard's. The camaro vs corvette rivalry can be just as intense as the camaro vs mustang or corvette vs all other exotics. It's just the way it is. Camaro die hard's will always buy a camaro. My dad is one of them, he still has his 67 camaro SS albeit it is a fully blown track car, but he would never be seen in a corvette. Just the way it is. He respects them but that just makes him push the camaro even harder. Last track day we did he got into a little race with a zr-1 on the straight away and when we talk after his exact words, "that corvette has f*cking nothing, didn't pull an inch but it looks damn good!".
Point being, the camaro guys will buy the z/28 and the corvette guys will buy the z06 no matter how closely they are priced. The z/28 has limited production numbers because chevrolet is fully aware that there is a only a select few who will buy it over the z06. They will dump money into engine work to make a high revving 600 rwhp naturally aspirated track monster because thats all the z/28 really needs, more power. It's just the way they are.
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Die hard fans are funny at times. I understand the whole concept as I was a die hard Chevy guy but through the years I've became more and more of a true car guy, liking everything and wanting everything. From a Cruze to a Agera R.
But the thing that kills me is the guys, like your dad, that says "that Vette didn't pull an inch on me!" Oh ok, lets see what a stock 67 Camaro SS will do against a stock 2012 ZR1. Once you start dumping money into something then say (enter car name) aren't worth 2 pennies and call them garbage is when you're out of touch. If his car is a straight track car then it has to be towed everywhere right? While the ZR1 can be driven home.
I look at stock for stock performance and like it when people start modding a little but when you have to dump $40k+ and strip your car is when things become iffy just to say your Camaro is faster than something else that is stock and still has a warranty and creature comforts.