BlueOx

I agree...having seen the F12 and the C7 in person I don't really think they look that much alike.

Dave80C3

Yep, get compliments and looks every where I go. I have had a few say the car is "Bad ***". Many say the best Vette ever.

I do think they are in range of most people if they really want one.

Must be in range of Lots of retired people as FL has the second most registered corvettes in the country, CA has more.

xphnmn

Mine hasn't been mistaken for a Ferrari but it turns a lot of heads and I've gotten loads of compliments on it.

rrod436

2013 Mustang GT500 runs me down in traffic. He pulls up besides me, rolls down the window and gives me "the nod" a thumbs up, and pulls off. Not bad.

Dave80C3

On great complement Saturday, and one very embarrassing one also.

While getting at some fresh fruit and vegetables at the grocery store, they guy selling something out side at the front, and I parked up front. When I come out, he said, Mister, ten people stopped to take pictures of you car. I was in the store 10 minutes max. Thought that was cool and made my day.

Ten minutes later I get a call from Tom at Range Rover which I had left just before I went to the grocery store. Tom says my Corvette left a puddle of Oil on his white concrete. At first I thought he was messing with me. Turns out he was correct. Left a puddle in my own driveway latter that day.

DanTheFireman

A few months back while taking my sister-in-law (in from Vermont) for a ride we passed a red Ferrari California going the other way and got a thumbs up. She looks at me and says "Is that the new Mustang?".

SoCalC7

I had some fool ask me if mine was a Scion last week! LOL.

fsvoboda

Heh.heh.

My wife and I have an agreement. She takes care of identifying plants. ("It's green" is about as far as I can go.) I take care of identifying cars. ("It has wheels" is about her speed.)

2vette2

A car pulled up next to my wife and I at a stop light. He looked at the car and told my wife that the car was almost as good looking as she was. Can't get better than that.

Mr Snappy!

This thread made me recall the funniest compliment I ever got....but not on a vette.

1993. I bought my first new car ever. It was a brand-new Eagle Talon TSI-AWD. Bright Red. One of the best cars I ever owned.

Anyways, my wife and I were just starting out and we were renting a duplex. We had plumbing issues and the landlord called a service to come and deal with it. Old guy shows up (60's) and has to go through the garage to get to the pipes.

After the work is done the guy, very nice guy, sheepishly comes over to me and says "Sir, can I ask you a question?"....uh, yeah. "If you own a Ferrari, why do you rent a duplex?"

That car got alot of complements in it's day, but only once was it accused of being a Ferrari!

Second Vette

Why yes, yes it is.

xphnmn

I took the C7 to a car show last month and while I was sitting by the car watching people go by, a guy came up and said "My wife wants to go for a ride in your Lamborghini." He was serious! Turned out he couldn't convince his wife it was a Corvette.

Mike Campbell

When we first got our Stingray back in March my buddy & his wife came down to visit us from PA. We went for a cruise over to Fort Myers Beach and he followed me in his beautiful TR Grand Sport. He told me later that he "couldn't believe how many people stopped and stared and took pictures of my car while we drove along!" Here's a picture of me going over the bridge from his car.



Later one young lady stopped after I had parked and said, "I was never a big Corvette fan but that car is the sexiest car I've ever seen!"

Glen e

I posted this on the funny/stupid thread, I love it....at a gas stop half way across alligator alley, guy in a truck fueling up, walking back from the office said:

"Man, that thing needs a runway...."

chas70

I was out for a ride with my grandson and as I stopped a alight a cop pulled up in the other lane and proceeded to tell me what a beautiful color it was(LRG) and he said everybody has black, red or white. I told him that we need a 100mph street and he agreed. Another time I was going down the freeway and noticed a porche on my butt so I punched it then changed lanes to take an exit and he came alongside and gave me a thumbs up. (I think I spelled porche wrong. Oh well)

Crossed Flags Fan

Stopped a diner in a small town and of course asked to sit near a window so I could view the C7 while eating. Dads and their kids leaving the diner would walk over to it and walk around it in amazement. Some would take pix.
As I was leaving a father and son were walking around it. I looked at the kid, about 8 yrs old and asked him if he wanted to sit in it.
The father, said yes. I openned the door and the father jumped in!!!!
Of course I laughed and said "ok, now its his turn" motioning to his son!
At a gas station in NJ the attendant kept saying wow and asked if it was the only one like it in the world.
Stopped at a car show featuring pre-WWII cars. Took me almost an hour before I could finally get out of the parking lot and see the show there were so many asking about the Vette. Several asked if it cost me over $100K. When I said it lists for mid 50's they did not believe me.
All the above happened in the last few weeks....

NoOne

In the 18 months that we have lived in our new house I've met 2 of our neighbors.

Since buying the car 2 months ago and washing it every Saturday morning in the driveway I think I've met the entire neighborhood.

HolyRoller

After seeing a Ferrari F12 in person at the dealer, I agree it looks nothing like the C7. If they look alike in pictures it's likely due to the happy grin they share, except the C7 has a teenage retainer.

A little late, but and

F4 Phantom

Porsche.

BarneyZ

So this guy leans out his truck window and hollers "HOLY SH*T" at the top of his lungs.