Those that have owned a C5 and a C6

[RMVette]

Owned a '98 C5 and had no problems on long trips. Plenty of leg room (I'm 6' 1") and pretty good storage (mine was a coupe). Plus with the 6-speed it got great gas mileage! Unfortunately I just let mine go and miss it already.

[dvarapala]

C6 hands down.

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[Thunder22]

I've had both, i'm 6' 2", was comfortable in both and took long trips in both.

IMO it's going to come down to your personal preference. I don't see any significant gotchas in either, except that the C5 is older.

have fun.

[johnnyvettes]

owned a c5 coupe 11 years drove from Chicago to bowling green many times great road car . even with 3:90 gears and headers and PRTs it was loud still would get about 24 mpg on the highway . just picked up a 10 c6 GS only road trip so far from Indy to Chicago was great more of a cruiser then the c5 but I can see that I will love this more then the c5

[6spdC6]

Well I have owned a C5 98 Vert and a C6 05Vert and also a Z06. Put a lot of travel miles on all of them. Found that to me they were a good travel car. In fact the 05 was a museum pick up and we took it home (upper NYS) from BG. Took 3 days and did a bit of sightseeing!

I found them all decent but if pushed would have to say the 98 had a bit more trunk space than the 05 had.

[Dan Dlabay]

I bought a new 05 C6 Z/51 6 speed. I'm 6'2" and had no problem getting in or out nd I liked the seats.Drove it from Ohio to Tenn. with no issues. In 12 years of owning it the only problem was the roof and it was replaced under warranty.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Dixievet

I did plenty of long trips in both my C5 and C6...and would do it all over again.

However, I cammed and put straight pipes on my C5....it was still awesome, but loses the road trip appeal due to the extreme noise coming from my mods and at my age, I like to listen to my radio at a reasonable level

Yeah, my C5 with the cam and SLP Loudmouth exhaust, it was pretty damn loud! Literally drove it across the country with the mods installed. Got great gas mileage.

Seriously. Stock, I would get around 28 MPG on the highway. After the mods, I was getting around 32. This was in New England area where the roads are not flat. In Texas, I was getting high 30's.

[allthrottleandsomebottle]

C5............Coupe or vert.......more space than the C6
Also, you can see and clear all codes from the DIC on the C5...........not C6
I drive from Va back to the factory......no issues for me, max out inside roof height as I am 6 '3 then add a helmet
Put on eradispeed 2 piece rotors front 14", back 12" and stop from 60 in less than 100 feet every time.
Amsoil torque drive tranny fluid and go 250K on the tranny and mobil one 15-50 and get 250K there too

[Norm]

Had 2 C5's, 1 C6, enjoyed all three, nearly flawless.
'97 used for work DD, 100 miles round trip for 5 years. '01 was a show car, I'm sorry I got rid of it.
'10 GS, 60K miles, drove cross country several times, IMO, both great trip cars.
Good luck with find.

[Murray]

Never taken my C5 on a road trip, don’t want to get caught in rain

But I did get 34 mpg going 78 mph on the way to Grand Forks for Mexican

[DAB]

put 125k miles on my 98 C5 before i sold it in 2010. several long trips mixed into daily use. at 6-5 and 250ish then, it was very comfy.

had to replace the LEDs on the AC console after about 11 years.

[04 commemorative]

I loved both of my C5's

[Black94lt1]

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

No sticks for me. I do not like dancing in traffic.

I love road trips in my C6 and it may be for sale soon, 09 LS3 automatic

[Will]

Base C6 is most hideous Corvette since early C4s, but at this point I'd choose it just because of reliability/expense of some C5 repairs.

I'd only get a C5 again if I lived close to a shop that did a lot of work on them and I had plenty of money to burn.

Grandsport/Z06 look decent though. But damn, when they went from C5 to C6 it's like they sat around and brainstormed how they could make the car uglier, with the lone exception of the taillights/rear facia.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Will

Base C6 is most hideous Corvette since early C4s, but at this point I'd choose it just because of reliability/expense of some C5 repairs.

The C5 design is timeless. And you are correct in that the base C6 is fugly. The widebody version, not so much.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by snide

The C5 design is timeless.

And the 1990s GM interior is ridiculously hokey.

[snide]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

And the 1990s GM interior is ridiculously hokey.

I didn't see any issues with it.

[BOTY]

Originally Posted by snide

I didn't see any issues with it.

[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by Will

Base C6 is most hideous Corvette since early C4s, but at this point I'd choose it just because of reliability/expense of some C5 repairs.

I'd only get a C5 again if I lived close to a shop that did a lot of work on them and I had plenty of money to burn.

Grandsport/Z06 look decent though. But damn, when they went from C5 to C6 it's like they sat around and brainstormed how they could make the car uglier, with the lone exception of the taillights/rear facia.

As someone that doesn't have a Corvette, I'd drive it even if it was hot pink. Any color base C6 is better than a non-Corvette.

[Datawiz]

I only do even numbered Corvettes. My personal experience with room in C5 vs. C6 is the C6 wins, despite what others have said. I have raced more than my share of C5's. As far as C6's go, I'm partial to those with the wide-body.