Corvette Z06 versus Ferrari 488 (Business Insider)

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
12/22/2017 at 15:42 • Filed to: None

If I were given a choice to drive one for the weekend, I’d choose the Vette. If I were given the choice to own one, I’d choose the Ferrari and turn around and sell it and buy a Z06 and a Cadillac CTS-V and pocket the change. Ferrari can bite me.

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DISCUSSION (30)

Chariotoflove > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/22/2017 at 15:53

Exactly my sentiment.

Chariotoflove > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/22/2017 at 15:58

Also, when a car journalist says this, he immediately loses some credibility with me.

I would be delighted to own the Z06, but the 488 is just so, so much more exclusive.

TahoeSTi > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/22/2017 at 16:10

I really dislike that line of logic, where one decides they would rather own the expensive one just to sell it.......it defeats the whole point of the question. So you obviously would just take the z06.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/22/2017 at 16:17

Kinja'd!!!

Would rather have this over both.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Chariotoflove
12/22/2017 at 16:38

Right?! Exclusivity doesn’t automatically mean a better car.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove
12/22/2017 at 16:41

Being ‘exclusive’ isn’t what I love about cars - or anything else for that matter.

OC nailed it in his original post above - sell the Italian, buy two great Americans and pocket the difference.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/22/2017 at 16:43

Amen to that! Oh and BTW, I want a 3 pedal car, too - so much for Ferrari...

cluelessk > Chariotoflove
12/22/2017 at 16:48

The feeling of a nicer car is a good feeling. To a lot of people that’s a big deal. They’re still car people.

Chariotoflove > cluelessk
12/22/2017 at 17:18

I want to read how a car journalist rates and reviews a car based only on how it is as a car, not for the image it projects. If it feels nicer because it has better leather, more solid controls, or something like that, okay. If he tells me it feels nicer because it’s more exclusive or costs more, then I stop listening.

Chariotoflove > CaptDale - is secretly British
12/22/2017 at 17:19

Right!

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW
12/22/2017 at 17:22

One of the things that makes a better car is how reliable and cost effective it is as the machine it was designed to be. That Chevy is going to do more with less money, be more reliable, and cost less to service, all while performing just as well and being just as cool. Chevy wins.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Chariotoflove
12/22/2017 at 17:26

Yeah it would be like saying the AM Cygnet is better than the Scion Iq

WilliamsSW > CaptDale - is secretly British
12/22/2017 at 17:27

But exclusive!

Chariotoflove > CaptDale - is secretly British
12/22/2017 at 17:30

And to me it’s worse because it’s just more pretentious.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove
12/22/2017 at 17:32

Years ago, the Corvette could match a lot of the numbers that a Ferrari could, but was full of rattles, squeaks, cheap interior materials, etc. - so you could see why someone would pay more for a Ferrari. They’ve closed that gap a lot though - to the point where it gets pretty hard to justify the price premium for that prancing horse, unless you are fixated on the engine note and a few other unique qualities it has.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW
12/22/2017 at 18:11

The Corvette interior and quality is good now. I can’t compare it to a Ferrari because I haven’t been in one. One thing I do know, that wheel with all the F1 style knobs and dials turns me off.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove
12/22/2017 at 18:28

Ferraris are a little cleaner, and probably use higher quality materials, but I haven’t sat in one either. It may be nicer, but not that much $$$ nicer.

I’m with you on the steering wheel buttons and knobs, but maybe if you’re a big F1 fan it looks cool because race car? IDK.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CaptDale - is secretly British
12/22/2017 at 23:38

There’s exclusive, and then there’s butthole.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Chariotoflove
12/22/2017 at 23:40

What, no engine-out service on the Vette?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
12/22/2017 at 23:41

And where will you drive the Ferrari in this country? To Starbucks?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
12/22/2017 at 23:42

Meh.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
12/22/2017 at 23:44

You know what? I’d buy the automatic. Paddle shift and easier for drifting. And I grew up with manuals and drive them better than most people.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/22/2017 at 23:45

Anywhere people LOOK AT ME

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TahoeSTi
12/22/2017 at 23:45

I’d probably prefer the CTS-V, but my point was arithmetic as much as it was aesthetic.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/22/2017 at 23:46

That’s totally fair, but I like that the Corvette gives you a choice.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
12/23/2017 at 00:03

Agreed. I drove a Z28 a month ago with a six-speed and I enjoyed it. It seemed like kind of a heavy car and needed another hundred horses to be really exciting. At 600+ HP, I think the Z06 would be adequate.

Chariotoflove > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/23/2017 at 01:52

I’ll take public transit first.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Chariotoflove
12/23/2017 at 09:31

There’s a Ferrari boutique in San Francisco and there was this Ferrari jacket that I walked up to thinking that it must cost at least $300 and I was correct: it cost $638.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/23/2017 at 09:47

“adequate” - yeah, I’d say so. :) I got a chance to mash the gas and hang on in a CTS-V a few months ago, and for me at least, that was pretty breathtaking. And that’s in a heavier car.

Chariotoflove > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/23/2017 at 13:06

That’s value.