Great review! I’m a Corvette guy and absolutely adore my 2004 Z06! Mines bone stock and pristine. I love the interior and honestly don’t understand the hate for it. Stock seats feel great.

YESSSSS!!!!!! Thank you for this review, Zack! Maybe it's just me, but the C5 is my favorite generation of Corvette. The Z06 is just the coolest. Love that trunk space! Makes "Boomer mode" (golf clubs in trunk) much easier.

I think people are starting to realize what a great performance car this is. Last of the lightweight Corvettes.

Picked up a C5 Z06 a few months ago. Gotta say, I'm impressed all the way around. Once I swapped out the stock seats for some Corbeau's, I'm honestly at a loss to find any complaints. Love it love it love it.

Six speed manual transmission...pretty rare for a lot of cars within the corvette's price range in 2004. Yes, a number of cars also had a six speed manual, but they were probably more expensive than the C5 corvette when new.

It's weird that everyone dings the Corvette for being dated, but never does the same for a Mk IV Supra, FD RX-7, Acura NSX, etc when they are also very much of the same style. The seatbelt didn't even occur to me until you said something, but now that you mention it it's actually kind of nicer, the newer style is just a cost cutting measure as it only has one retractor instead of two. The seats are too squishy for sure, but the styling is supposed to be a throwback to older Corvettes to keep with the lineage. I'm not a fan personally either, but I get it, but it's also dead simple to swap in sport seats and the seatbelt reminder doesn't even chime when disconnected as it's wired in a way that if it's disconnected, it just always thinks the seatbelt is buckled. The shift knob is terrible for sure. I don't know that it's dated so much as it's just an ugly shift knob and is too chunky for how close the shifter goes to the dash, so I'm replacing mine as soon as it comes in the mail. My specific knob also has a gigantic problem in that it's just loose and the shift pattern cap keeps popping out and it's just this floppy piece of crap that makes every shift difficult because it keeps flopping around. God I can't wait to swap out that stupid shift knob.

Yes. Great review. Subbed up. Buying one vetty vetty soon. Gettn more and more stoked b/c i havent driven one. Its just confirming its the right move for me.

Well done. The “final thoughts” section is just awesome.

One of my favorite Corvettes, looks wise.

Cool….great reviews!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Great Corvette 👍 Just purchased my 6th C5 zo6 CE ,, Had a C6 and C7 Vettes always come back to a C5. Just a easy simple Vette that's fun to drive 🚗

Driver: it’s not going to kill me, but it could.” ZO6: “damn right.”

I overlooked Corvettes too when I was little too. Sure are great bang for the buck!!

I own a 2002 C5 Z06 that’s heavily modified 600HP and I daily drive it !!! 20 mpg you can’t beat these cars for the money.

Earned a sub for this video. Well done

these are the best reviews!

This was one of the last cars to come with pop up headlights from the factory.

Congratulations. That's one of the best bargains you'll find for a sports car. (:

What is a “spitometer”? Is “a beefy 405 hp” any different from 405 hp?

I have a 03 C5Z with Full Exhaust, Intake and Tune and it feels slow to me now.

What’s the outro music you use?

Some of your vocal characteristics annoy me, but you’re good with words and a decent reviewer. 👍🏼

Amazing

2023: Chevrolet does not support this car in any way. It's a shame. I've been to Naperville several times. Cool. I bought a 2004 Z06 Commemorative New. Great Car. It has done over 172 MPH. I still have it. Great Looking Wheels. It's a real V8, Not some little V6 or 4 cylinder. American V8 all the way! Shame on Chevrolet for not supporting this car in any way! Replace that horrible stereo with a good one, AND those Bose Speakers actually sound GREAT! Thank You

Here we have a cluster of gauges, some would call a gauge cluster 🤣🤣

nice !

The cars are dated of course, they are 17-20 years old. The exterior still has a badass look today but other than that the whole car is dated. You have to be into early 2000s cars to dig it, otherwise you're better off getting a newer car. I LOVE the stock shift knob and the pop-ups.

Review the C7 z06 this fall?

This is a nice bmw!

Now do a rob dahm and rotary swap it!

So a Z06 is like a huge buff passive aggressive aussie, semi-fake punching you in the shoulder over and over going "nah you're alright mate, you're alright, I mean I could take you down with one punch but you're alright!"

Sure is a lot of wheel hop.

too many ads , bad decision KZfaq- you will fill your pockets but lose a lot subscribers, great job !

The Corvette is not the only thing that is well rounded. Seriously dude, you are too young to be that heavy. Hit the gym and save your life...

"cheat to win" is an old saying in your household? If I were your parents I think I would consider sharing that to be an insult to your family. I hope that just got oversimplified in the edit.

You have no idea what you are talking about

Z06 are coupes