Warning long post: TLDR - got a one owner low mile like new 2024 C8 Z06 for a screaming deal and it's freaking awesome. It does not feel at all like a Chevy product and more like the exotics I've driven at those exotic track events. I was driving the 170 all the time and didn't wanna end up putting 10K miles a year on it. I love getting out on the weekends and just cruising around and now I can keep some miles off the 170.
If you removed the logos, blind folded me and put me in the car to drive it, I'd have thought it was a Lambo or Ferrari.
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I've been wanting something opposite end of the spectrum from the Challengers I've had the past several years, and I shopped for a 911 Turbo for several months and just found them way too hard to find, over priced when I did, and the one I test drove left me underwhelmed so I started switching gears. Porsche only makes about 400 911 Turbos a year, and each one is practically a custom order and a lot of people have bad taste
I was never much of a Vette fan to be honest, but when the C8 came out and the engine moved to the back it got my attention. I had a 2016 2SS Camaro in 2020 when the C8 was released and looked at trading up, but refused to pay the $20K - $30K ADM so I moved on. Sold the Camaro during Covid as it wasn't driven much.
C8 Z06 came out in 2023 and per usual ADM city and they were going for like $200k. I'll never understand the mentality of setting $10s of thousands of dollars on fire paying ADM so I never really gave them any thought.
Fast forward to summer 2025 and the bottom has fallen out. ZR1 and ZR1x are announced and it seems all the Z06 owners are lining up to pay huge ADMs and selling / trading their barely driven Z06s so it was buyers' market and I took advantage.
I wanted silver or metallic grey, it just went with the shape of the car and kinda looks like a stealth bomber to me. I wanted some pop for the interior so black on red. They come 1LZ, 2LZ, or 3LZ with 1 being base with no heated, cooled seats, etc, 2LZ has what I'd consider touring package options like heated cooled seats, steering wheel, built in camera system that records driving video, upgraded security, etc so that's what I was after. 3LZ basically just adds suede interior and carbon fiber bits which I don't care for which saved a bunch.
I'd been looking since March and checked all the usual sites daily. I'd watch the prices slowly drop until my research showed it was a good price and I'd call. Several times the car had already sold so I started to figure out where the market was. One popped up in Chicago and I watched if for a few weeks and called on it last weekend. I basically offered them wholesale auction price and they took it so I booked a flight up and drove it 7.5 hours back.
WAY more comfortable than I expected to be honest. I was a bit worried about 7.5 hours but it was a breeze. Car has upgraded GT2 seats which are great, had nearly every option I wanted, colors, etc. About the only thing I want to add is a red intake. Driving dynamics are PHENOMENAL as you'd expect in a car like this. 35MPH highway ramps were easily navigated at twice that speed without even a hint of protest from the tires. TONS of technology, like 6 driving modes two of which are 100% user configurable. I usually don't read manuals and just play with things to figure them out, but this thing has almost too much tech, I've been reading through the manuals a bit each night to learn how to use it all. It has features where the computers know when you're driving spiritedly and you can hit the apex of a turn and just put the throttle to the floor and the car will figure out power delivery, suspension, etc for you.
Brakes are "brake by wire" which I wasn't too sure about, but they're amazing. I'd swear they were old school mechanical brakes there's so much feed back and brake feel changes based on drive mode. Touring softer, sport more response, track all the response like big toe on the pedal brings the car to a stop.
Steering is super sharp and nimble. The steering wheel is sorta square shaped which I thought would be odd, but it actually fits the interior and is nice to handle.
Power delivery is smooth and linear, 670HP / 460 ft/lbs. Touring it's docile until you pass about 5,000 RPM, sport power comes in harder and earlier, Track is all of it all the time. Tires don't really wanna spin as all the weight of the engine is right over the rears.
I averaged about 22mpg driving home, 85ish mph with the AC on. So far I'm seeing about 15 around town because I can't stop playing with the paddles.
That engine sound is intoxicating. Redline is 8600rpm.
It has steam rollers for rear wheels - 21x13 (not a typo) with 345/25ZR21 rear and 20x10 up front with 275/30ZR20 Michelin PS4S run flats all around.
It's LOW - standing next to it the roof line isn't even to my chest. I had to learn how to get in and out without just looking like an old man falling on the ground.
The rear view mirror is INTERESTING. In normal mode all you can basically see is the engine behind you through a small window. Flip the lever on the bottom and it becomes an 8K video screen fed from a rear camera and you can see EVERYTHING. Very cool and makes the visibility great.
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