"Are you a dumbass?"... best ad ever (c5 Z06 content)

Read it here in all its glory

In reply to mtn:

Hahahahah... "a couple weekends replacing all the parts". Maybe if you're an experienced C5 tech with a lift?

And yes, I'd buy it anyway if I could.

I'd buy a car from that guy. lol

mtn wrote: Read it here in all its glory

OMG...I want to have exactly two beers with that guy some time.

I nominated that one for best of Craigslist files.

I know this owner very well actually...

fidelity101 wrote: I know this owner very well actually...

His Miata was the first Miata I ever drove. I think highly of him.

That's as brutally honest as it gets.

Someone who finally admitted that the water leaks arent normal. I like this guy.

I guess I'm a dumbass because I'd totally buy that

Well written!! That seems like a really fun dude.

In reply to Furious_E:

Hahahahaha. I find myself eerily drawn to it too.

I codrove that car at Nationals last year and that dude will be writing about codriving the MG at nationals this year. If someone wanted to buy a mildly ST prepped 350Z track I would be probably proving that I am a dumbass and buying this car.

Seriously it's fast and well set up when it works.

That was pretty good, but a bit of a drama queen. "I had to replace the hazard switch and a turn signal socket on a car that has done the equivalent of 4 trips around the circumference of the earth. Oh the humanity!"

nocones wrote: I codrove that car at Nationals last year and that dude will be writing about codriving the MG at nationals this year. If someone wanted to buy a mildly ST prepped 350Z track I would be probably proving that I am a dumbass and buying this car. Seriously it's fast and well set up when it works.

I know he belongs in a Miata, so I'm trying get him to do a straight up trade for mine. Not working so far.

I'm a dumbass as well. Honestly the list of stuff he did doesn't sound bad... and a couple on the to-do list aren't huge deals (tensioner, window motor).

I did more to my C5Z that I bought for more than $14K.

But come on, 400 HP plastic supercar for ~$15K?

gearheadmb wrote: That was pretty good, but a bit of a drama queen. "I had to replace the hazard switch and a turn signal socket on a car that has done the equivalent of 4 trips around the circumference of the earth. Oh the humanity!"

LOL that's what I was thinking.

And the car still drives great after 4 trips around the earth!

I think the tensioner for my C5Z was like $25 and two bolts... the humanity!

I think he is thinking "when my 1967 Morgan is more reliable than my modern Corvette, there is something wrong"

It isn't just the one thing. It is the whole list of things. I have a Miata that doesn't leak! A freaking convertible doesn't leak, but a hardtop corvette does?

(BTW... He has autocrossed his Morgan at least once, I think more, this year alone. He is a hero to us all)

In reply to mtn:

I've driven a Morgan. I can't imagine how hilariously bad it would be on an autoX circuit. Hell, I couldn't make a left-hand turn without the wheels rubbing. This guy sounds awesome.

mtn wrote: I think he is thinking "when my 1967 Morgan is more reliable than my modern Corvette, there is something wrong" It isn't just the one thing. It is the whole list of things. I have a Miata that doesn't leak! A freaking convertible doesn't leak, but a hardtop corvette does? (BTW... He has autocrossed his Morgan at least once, I think more, this year alone. He is a hero to us all)

Well if the C5Z's didn't have crappy interiors, crappy seats, and leak... they wouldn't be $15K.

I think it's a fair trade-off for a 400 HP car that handles.

Going the other way is a lot more money and hassle. Start with your Miata and price out a FM V8 conversion... or add up your DIY conversion hours.

Suddenly swapping a seat and chasing a few GM interior problems looked good to me! But I was looking for a track rat and not a DD. YMMV.

mtn wrote: I have a Miata that doesn't leak!

Yes it does, you just haven't driven it in a hard enough rain yet.

Eh, as a former 4th gen Camaro owner (well, I guess I technically still am but the car is now a parts donor) I totally get where the complaints are coming from. Crappy GM build quality of that era does tend to wear on you after a while.

Pete Gossett wrote:

mtn wrote: I have a Miata that doesn't leak!

Yes it does, you just haven't driven it in a hard enough rain yet.

Huh--well it didn't leak in the 3 rains I've been in it! At least I didn't get wet

Hmm. I think I'll call him about a test-drive.

In reply to mtn:

It's the weather stripping where the top hinges, always got a few drops on my left knee/thigh.