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The Joy of Driving - 10 days with the Corvette ZHZ Jon Z (Z3) When it comes to cars, I love looking at them,but never really got into them as a hobby. Because I live in Manhattan, there is never really the need to drive a car; and when I go to my mom's ho...  

I like that in the one picture your shirt matched the color of the car. Yellow is one of my favorite colors for a sportscar. I enjoyed your travelogue with the car at various scenic locations along the coast. I hope you had fun in California! Cheers, Daos

Wow! Look at the last photo! The car even clears the concrete curbs in parking lots. Even my four door "family" car will sometimes scratch on those concrete curbs. I park far and away from them after painfully learning my lesson. FYI - The current generat... 

with the new fixed headlights, they were fixed from 1953 through 1962.

Obviously I am no expert when it comes to driving, but the I feel very "together" with the car. Yes it is relatively high for a sports car, which I think offers a good balance between comfort and performance. I've had some fun mountain curvy roads en rout... 

Does Hertz have any special rules for renting sports cars.

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I really liked your pics and the satisfaction you had from your experience was clear from your last pic very nice post S

.. that's an idea: renting a "Vette" on your holidays, that doubles the fun. Nice report Jon, thanks very much for the great pictures ! Filip

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in flip flop sandals .... yeah .. you are my kind of man :0)) Great report Cheers

generally the US manufacturers prefer to add engine size rather than getting best power out of what they've got, but the C6 and this version seem to have balanced it quite nicely. its still a huge engine for the size of car, but powerful and fast. i know ... 

During the day I would go 80mph, at night I would go 100 to maybe 105mph max. Anything faster would run too high a risk of inviting tickets, and I also know I wouldn't be able to respond fast enough=) You are right, for an US car, it is quite amazing!

your right Jon, you need to be used to high speed to do it safely and react in time. i have been lucky in life as most of my working life i drove high performance cars and rode bikes. when you get to 130 plus every curve is a bend even in a car and my fas... 

...is super successful at Le Mans. I think only Aston Martin has beaten them in the GT1 class. Which isn't bad for a bump-stick engine (even if it is humungous). Fun car to drive, but like all these things ('things' being huge, fasts cars) you need a lot ... 

Thanks for your thoughts on the C6! I love Xenon headlights and once you get a car with Xenon headlights, it's difficult to go back. Cheers, AT

I have thought about renting the non vert version to take to a track day. I'm just worried that when I bring it back with worn out tires it will cause issues.