Why don't you just tell him to pull his dick out so you can really compare. Women I know absolutely loathe the vette due to this exact behavior. As said before, he's a tool and you ought to find a better friend.

i suggest you get rid of him as a friend.

you should key his car.

Sounds like he is being a little jealous biatch! He likes your ride better so has to put yours down in every way he can to make himself feel better so let him jabber jaw on. I happen to like the Corvette personally and each car has their own little benefits and downsides to them. Let what your 'buddy' say's go in one ear and out the other.

What good cars does Italy produce?

One of my favs.. Pagani Zonda.

you can't be serious

Nothing but supercars.

Here are my 2 cents, coming from a person who has owned 11 Corvettes. First off, you are comparing two totally different types of cars. One is a 2 seat sports car, the other a 4-5 passenger sports sedan. In stock form the C6 is faster, as is should be with more horsepower and lighter weight. The C55 has alot higher quality interior and a hand built engine. A true work of art. I have not driven a C55, but I have driven a 05 E55, and it was fantastic. Obviously the Corvette will get more attention, as it looks fantastic. And a 05 6 speed C6 is NOT a 12.1 car. More like a 12.6-12.8 car. And it is around 4.3-4.5 to 60. Not quite as fast as my 02 405hp Z06 to 60 or in the quarter mile. The C6 will run around 186 top speed, which is impressive to say the least.
To sum up, this is not a valid comparison.

I found this quote from a review of a 2005 C55 from automobile.com

http://car-reviews.automobile.com/Me...oad-test/1151/

" Ive had M3s, S4s, RS6s, SL55 AMGs, 911 Turbos, Lotus Esprit V8s, and many others on the hill, but few are as stable at high-speed than the C55. For instance, I took a new Corvette up there about two weeks ago, and the C55 was capable of more speed... at least more controllable speed. Im not going to say that it is better or worse than the Vette, or the
The C-Class has come a long way since being upgraded earlier this year, and the attention paid to fit, finish and materials quality shows in the C55 as well. (Photo: Shawn Pisio, American Auto Press)
more comparable M3, S4 or Cadillac CTS-V, but only that the C55 AMG is totally stable at ridiculous speeds"

<<Anyway, that's pretty much it. I'm hoping some people here can give me some good counter point arguments.>>


Now post this same topic on the C6 forum, and see what they say...

The comparison will be when the '09 CTS-V comes out. That thing will have 550hp / 550 tq and be the 4-door luxury sedan to compare it to. But then it will be that vs a C63. Who compares a corvette to a sedan? That's so idiotic. Like someone earlier said, tell him you can get a $5k used motorcycle and whoop his vette in the 1/4th mile.

+1 on the motorcycle... very happy with my GSX-R 750

As for the Vette well it is very clear that it is a very different car.. and if all.. we all cared about was what car can go faster in a straight line.. none of us would be driving the vehicles we currently drive... different strokes for different folks...

but some of his comments are laughable at best... according to him corvette is not a chevy and c class is not mercedes? where did you find this guy?

Yeah, because I'm sure a bunch of white trash red necks will be objectional.

Anyway, here's another one from my buddy. He seems to think that his car will hang with if not even beat a CLK 63 Black Series. I told him he's out of his mind, but he goes "the manufacture performance spec's you showed me are the same as the ones for my car." Plus he added "my car weighs less and is a manual, so I could likely beat it."

This topic only came up because I told him I'm considering getting one and I show him the brochure I printed up online. He did say that he liked the carbon fiber on it and gave me props for looking at a two car, but other then that he said the car is a waste of money since it costs so much more then a vette and his vette will at the very least hang with it and a new C6 with a LS3 will definitely smoke it. Plus he added the vette will still draw more attention to the ladies. Its just so frustrating talking cars with him because he is aways about his car and american cars in general being the s.h.i.t.

Yeah, and his arguement for this is that the corvette is the very best model chevy makes and its priced way higher then other all chevys. Plus, some BS he claims he's read or heard at a dealership of rumors floating around GM that they want to make corvette its own line.

His arguement that the c class is not a mercedes is that its the cheapest of all the classes and priced at a relatively low price point vs the other classes. Plus he claims mercedes is a expensive brand. So he basically deduces that since a c class is more affordable to the masses its not a true mercedes since its also not priced and built to offer the same stuff as the likes of a e, cl, sl, s class.

Anyone can make an "argument" out of anything. It's called an opinion and some opinions should be be left unsaid particularly in this case with your "buddy".

I can make an argument that your buddy sounds like a moron. Does it make it true? Perhaps not, but it sure felt good saying it right about now

BTW, if this "buddy" of yours is as annoying as you make him sound, I'd stop referring to him as your "buddy" JMHO

I'm not trying to be a d**k, but I can't believe that having head lamp washers would ever enter into a discussion about one car being better than another.

I was stating that as point of fact in terms of features that are offered on my car and not available for the corvette. Its not a reason I feel for a car to be better then another. It was simply a counter point to my friends argument that his corvette has all the luxury amenities that my car does and more which is just not true.

tell him if that's the case, the very best 2 door sports car that chevy makes will only just beat mercedes' cheapest class of 4 door sedan.
#1. as previously suggested, tell him to put his money where his mouth is and race or shut up. unless he's experienced, its not easy racing a manual.
#2. the corvette may handle better but rides like a oxcart. have him drive you C55.
#6. in fact, right now all F1 cars are automatic.
#7. they may look but i think if you ask most women which they would rather rides in, they would pick mercedes.

I traded my 2000 C5 Corvette in on my C55. Corvette would blow my stock C55 away. No question. The Corvette was violently quick, like a gorilla playing ping pong. C55 is very smooth, more comfortable, more practical, better made, more solid. I got more looks from the ladies in my F150 pickup than in my Corvette. Dudes loved the Corvette. Ladies seem to like the C55 too

I do miss the heads up display (HUD). Nice feature!! Interior tire pressure monitoring was nice also. Factory run flats sucked. Replaced with non run flat GS-D3's, which sold me on Goodyear. Those tires got as many comments as the Corvette.

If driven correctly, the C6 will probably be faster than the C55 due to the lighter weight and more power. Last time at the track at Fontana, my friend's stock C6 Z51 was running 13.0 to 13.2 (this corrects down to 12.8 - 12.9 when you factor altitude and DA into the equation). If I recall correctly, at a different track (Famoso), the C55 ran 13.7 to 13.8 second 1/4 mile, which corrected down to 13.4. But like everyone here has mentioned, these are two different cars. The C55 is more luxurious, better interior, safer, more comfortable, more practical, more rare, and more fun

With your mods though.... it's possible your car will hang with his and even beat it if he doesn't know how to shift properly. After I modded my C32, I smoked so many C6s that it wasn't even funny. At one of our track events, I was still slightly faster than a C6 with lighter rims, bigger intake and air filters.

Which uses a German AMG engine...

dont forget fiat, unless you consider a fiat 500 a super car...lol