Talk me into a C7
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Talk me into a C7
I have worked my butt off my whole life, and raised a bunch of kids. I have always driven older cheap cars, and have owned hundreds of old Vettes, and other muscle cars, but I am old school, and have been a professional mechanic self employed for over 30 years. I say old school in that I hate all of the over engineering with the electronics, and the problems modern cars are plagued with in that regard.
So is it worth it to own a brand new, or nearly new corvette?
Talk me into one.
Give it to me strait, the good, and the bad.
So is it worth it to own a brand new, or nearly new corvette?
Talk me into one.
Give it to me strait, the good, and the bad.
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9779 (02-13-2017)
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If you have owned "hundreds of old Vettes" then I would think you would want one just because!
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If you hate electronics and all the other 'over engineering' of modern cars you should stick with the old school stuff. The c7 has lots of that fun stuff.
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Anybody here that has put 30-40,000 miles on one want to chime in on reliability?
School me.
#6
63,000 miles and still going strong, but I don't care if you buy one. Just saying. If you want one, buy it, if not then don't .
Why do you want us to talk you into one?
Why do you want us to talk you into one?
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centuryoldracer (02-12-2017)
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I don't start seeing new cars in my shop until they are at least out of warranty which is usually 4-5 year old cars, and of course older than that.
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51k miles here on my stick shift base model Stingray that I bought with 2 miles on the odo and I started modifying it right away. Currently its pushing over 640 to the wheels and i'm upping the ante next month. Only major problem these cars have is oil ingestion due to fuel being delivered via direct injection and not PFI (nothing to clean the valves), and some members have automatic trans problems from time to time. Beyond that the best recommendation is to buy one new, and get a 100K or 120K extended warranty just to be safe. Will pay for itself when one computer goes out..
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You forgot the tail lights
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I have worked my butt off my whole life, and raised a bunch of kids. I have always driven older cheap cars, and have owned hundreds of old Vettes, and other muscle cars, but I am old school, and have been a professional mechanic self employed for over 30 years. I say old school in that I hate all of the over engineering with the electronics, and the problems modern cars are plagued with in that regard.
So is it worth it to own a brand new, or nearly new corvette?
Talk me into one.
Give it to me strait, the good, and the bad.
So is it worth it to own a brand new, or nearly new corvette?
Talk me into one.
Give it to me strait, the good, and the bad.
You have worked your butt off your whole life, you raised a bunch of kids. You've always driven older cheap cars, and have owned hundreds of old Vettes, and other muscle cars, but your old school, and you have been a professional mechanic self employed for over 30 years.
I also understand the only real negative is you hate all of the over engineering with the electronics, and the problems modern cars are plagued with in that regard.
Get an extended warranty and it's worth it to own a brand new, or nearly new corvette!
How did I do?
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^^^ Do you own one?
Do you have your own opinion?
Do you have your own opinion?
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berk4422 (02-14-2017)
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Turn off all the electronics roll the windows down and enjoy one of the best performing muscle cars.
I agree electronics etc make it over engineered.
take it as a raw driving experience and it's unmatched
I agree electronics etc make it over engineered.
take it as a raw driving experience and it's unmatched
#17
I have an early 2014 Z51 with 19k miles. Only issues were replace a screen which was a problem on many early C-7's. In addition, they did not tell people to do a 500 mile oil change until after I got oil in my air box. I had 2,500 miles when I did my first oil change by then I got oil leaking on my garage floor. The plus side is this car has been flawless since then and I find myself making excuses to drive it. What nobody talks about is how safe the car is. Brakes are fabulous, also in weather mode you cannot get this car to slide on wet roads. I drive carefully but went to Spring Mountain and was shocked when we stopped and did figure 8's on wet roads in their C-7's. Life s short and told my wife if anything happened to this car I will be getting another. I will never be without my C-7 - period.
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Drifting
I have worked my butt off my whole life, and raised a bunch of kids. I have always driven older cheap cars, and have owned hundreds of old Vettes, and other muscle cars, but I am old school, and have been a professional mechanic self employed for over 30 years. I say old school in that I hate all of the over engineering with the electronics, and the problems modern cars are plagued with in that regard.
So is it worth it to own a brand new, or nearly new corvette?
Talk me into one.
Give it to me strait, the good, and the bad.
So is it worth it to own a brand new, or nearly new corvette?
Talk me into one.
Give it to me strait, the good, and the bad.
#19
Melting Slicks
If you need to be coaxed into buying a Vette, then I believe your not yet ready. YOU have to want it. I will never need anyone to convince me into buying a Vette.
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Le Mans Master
You can live in the past with cars or move to the future which is all about technology. I prefer the future. I've had 1960s cars in the 1960s and you cannot compare the two. Those junk mobiles (by today's standards) had many more problems than today's cars-remember going though huge puddles during heavy rains and getting the wires wet and the car refusing to start for starters-no pun intended. You bought a new car and had to make a list of the problems to give to your dealer to correct. The C7 is a super car and if something breaks after warranty-just fix it and move on. The car is a technological marvel.