Bettie the Corvettie: Fast car, slow build (C5 Z06)

The auto dimming mirror has a different set-up you probably have the same mirror I do.  It technically already has LED lights in it but they're probably a different color than the ones you've installed.

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I saw those coilovers and thought you'd alrady ditched the buggy springs.  Thought to myself: this guy is not bucks down :-)

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LimitedTimeOnly said:

(Countdown starts now for when I break down over the winter and start looking again . . .)

And I made the mistake of looking last night (wow, I made it almost four months!) and proceeded to find a well-priced 2001 C5 Z06 within a 30 minute drive from me. Shoot. I just need to hold out another month and start autocrossing again so that I don't have time to think about this possibility.

How is Bettie doing these days?

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"and I don't think Corvettes are the best thing since sliced bread." 

I don't know, the Z06 has 400hp, steamroller tires, a 6-speed and can be had in decent shape for $20k. Beats the crap out of sliced bread in my book!

And since you mentioned the Fiesta ST, I will leave this here from my most recent autocross:

OK, I think I had a dry run to his wet, but that's still a Fiesta raw-timing a Z06. : )  

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I always liked those TLs.  Corvettes are a funny thing, they attract rabid fans who love them but have a hard time seeing them for what they are (in fairness almost any enthusiast car does).   That being said they sit in the same odd world as the Miata in that there aren't a lot of things that do what they do for the price they do it, and have continued to fulfill that role for a long time. 

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Seats are a real dilemma for me too, my stock seat is so worn down that it hurts to sit in for a long time (but on the plus side plenty of helmet clearance) but I'm not really willing to give up a stock seatbelt arrangement yet because I still like to give my kid a ride around town in it every now and then. I like the novel solution on the headliner!

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