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Originally Posted by Ccmano

Bob, Reading many of your recent posts, I’m starting to get the impression you are really pinning to get back into a ZR-1. C7 Z06’s like yours are amazing cars as are the 2 C6 Z51’s I’ve had since my first ZR-1. They just seem to lack the soul that the ZR-1 has. One of those things that’s hard to quantify. Do you think you will ever do it?
H

Hans, you are right that the ZR-1 has soul, and I do miss them. Every time I go to a Corvette show I think about the ZR-1. My new Z06 is beautiful, very fast (GM's numbers say 0-60 in 2.95 seconds), a great car to drive on long trips or around town and the technology improvement over our '80s-based technology is enjoyable. But the '95 was very special, one of the last built in the last year of production, and quite rare--with attrition, probably one of only 400 or so '95 ZR-1s left in the world. There was rarely another one at the shows. And it really had the best looking engine I have ever owned in an American car. I often won best in class trophies. So yes, I do miss the car in many ways. Unfortunately, at this stage in my life I have only enough room for one toy car in my garage--and not much of that, as it is a two car garage with a lift. In my dreams...Bob