[philpacs]

I am thinking of selling my 2006 ZO6 and my work car for an A10 ZL1. I would love your opinion on what you guys would do. In the past I've always thought best to keep a track car separate from a daily since what's good on the track isn't so much for the street. Recent technologies have me thinking maybe I can have both with less compromises. I am deciding on whether to keep the vette and get a fun daily like a used M235i or Golf R or sell the vette for a ZL1. My concerns are the practicality of the ZL1 for daily duty. I know the gas mileage sucks already. Your opinions are appreciated?

Also I am an avid HPDE's solo level driver. My vette is H/C/I LG GT2 Coilovers, stock size R888, Wilwood Aero 6 brakes etc but I've been chasing heating issues for years thus the brakes but still only get sebring 3-5 hot laps before cooking the oil even with an extended capacity reservoir. I run mid 2:20's at sebring. My concern from reading about the A10 transmission is overheating. I'd hate to invest only to get a handful of laps before having to cool down. I would get the manual but for daily duty it would be tiring. Is this A10 heating really an issue I should be concerned and is daily driving a ZL1 doable in your opinion? Do you have other ideas? I was also thinking an ATS-V or Cayman S as a second option. Much appreciated.

Phil

[JusticePete]

There are a number of ZL1 owners that run at VIR, none are A10 that I am aware of so not much help from me.

[DangerZL1]

Quite a few owners drive their cars daily, and inclement weather after replacing the tires. For me to replace my daily driver, I'd have to be able to haul stuff in the trunk using the seat pass through. The Camaro's trunk isn't overly small, but the opening isn't great. Nothing like the C7's hatch, if utility is important.

[Can'tHave2MuchHP]

I answered in your other thread. But to keep it short; I'd say it's a bad idea to go down to one car in your case because of your avid tracking. I'd keep a daily driver in the mix, even if it's a beater.

[Stephen12ZL1]

Originally Posted by JusticePete

There are a number of ZL1 owners that run at VIR, none are A10 that I am aware of so not much help from me.

Except me! Mine is an A10

[Bow Tie Fanatic]

Same here. I have an A10 and I was at VIR for a couple days last November with no issues.

I'm actually taking my car to Pete (JPSS) this Friday for an alignment and GLocs.

[GrabTheWheel]

As long as you keep your sessions to 25 min or less you will love the A10. If you like to stay on track for longer you may want to consider the manual. My trans overheats at about 26-30min on track every time I've tried it.

[datboi448]

I think the only weather conditions I have not driven my car is snow or below freezing since I’m still on factory tires. Heavy rain will have you slippin and slidin even with low throttle. Snow and ice traction mode helps but anything that requires your max wipers needs cautious driving.

It goes without saying the suspension is stiffer than an average dd car so you will feel more bumps even on the softest setting. The parking garage where I work has a break in the driveway so I go 3 wheels every day even at an angle when driving in. The real big speed humps have to be taken carefully or at an angle as I have heard the scrape on one or two occasions.

Other than that be ready for lots of thumbs up, traffic cops stopping you in the middle of traffic to talk to you about your car, unmarked police cars wanting you to rev your engine and race, and neck breaking, lots of neck breaking from people looking at your car.

[JusticePete]

Originally Posted by Bow Tie Fanatic

Same here. I have an A10 and I was at VIR for a couple days last November with no issues.

I'm actually taking my car to Pete (JPSS) this Friday for an alignment and GLocs.

Looking forward to it!

[Stress]

Originally Posted by GrabTheWheel

As long as you keep your sessions to 25 min or less you will love the A10. If you like to stay on track for longer you may want to consider the manual. My trans overheats at about 26-30min on track every time I've tried it.

At GrabTheWheel: You mentioned you were going to check the fluid level of your transmission. I am curious if you got around to that and what the outcome was?

[philpacs]

Thanks for the info. What was your ambient temps tracking? I'm in South Florida so most of my tracking events are 80's plus, even 90's at times. I don't normally track more than 20-25 mins at a time though.

BTW I've tracked with ZL1's before which run similar times with a good driver, impressive for a stock car against my fairly modded one.

[k20attack]

I daily drive my M6 ZL1 in all seasons except winter and I love it. I only do back road driving so there's a lot of stop/go and hills and it's perfectly reasonable to deal with, especially with the hill assist. Driving it in FL every day would be even better. You can run errands and go grocery shopping, etc, just don't expect to move an apartment with the thing. Gas mileage is horrible on back roads, but on highway driving it's not bad. You could definitely get away with it in FL, not in any place with snow.

[RedHot18]

I have an A10 and run 2:25-2:30 at Sebring of course depending on traffic and passing rules. I drive my car 3-4 days a week and go to the track once a month. I'm doing Chin March 24 and again in April with PDG. I really like the A10 and car does well on race track. I initially had a tranny temp issue when car was new and GM flew some tech guys down to check my car. Did not have the overfill, though they re filled it with a new type fluid and the car has been flawless ever since. I don't think you will be disappointed with this car, it's a BEAST

[Sakudog]

A10 here, track on Circuit of the Americas which is probably comparable to VIR but probably a lot nicer.

The car has been bullet proof, but just to be safe I added a DEI heat shielding kit on the cats and on every inch of the transmission lines. Looks cool too, gotta love gold.

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