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I'm paying over 80000 plus tax for my car.... Not going to pay 70 bucks just to have my *** sit in one. I was going to go Friday until I found that out.
I was at the 25th Anniversary Celebration and Corvette Caravan at the Museum today and attach the following pictures. I wanted to thank the Museum staff, Chevy contractors and employees, and many volunteers at the Museum who are helping with this production. I can only imagine how much work this must be. Weather was perfect, too, by the way and should be all week. My wife enjoyed it as well, and she is not a car nut like I am.
Also, if you have not seen the various sinkhole exhibits at the museum, I commend them to you. Very interesting.
And darn those new LT2 headers are beautiful (and the seams on the red car's console line up perfectly--see pic).
If any C8 company drivers see this post and want to take me for a ride in your C8 pre-production car, shoot me a PM! I'll buy you a Snickers!
Regards, Bill
Last edited by quick04Z06; 08-28-2019 at 05:24 PM.
We are not charging to "sit in the cars". However, you have to be registered for the event to visit the 2020 Stingray display (the building GM brought) as well as to sit in on seminars. General museum visitors or people who show up do not get access to the display without having event credentials.
At Carlisle, you had to be registered and paid for the event to see the same display. At dealerships, they want to bring you in for free to get you to place an order for the car.
The car is visiting the museum. People pay to get into the museum. Therefore, there should not be a charge to sit in the car. GM makes the car. The museum needs GM to keep making the car to support the museum. It only makes sense that it should be simple and inviting to get to know the car without having to pay an extra fee.
Thursday morning people are sitting in at least the black car. For what it's worth, I see people without registration badges looking at the cars and entering the GM C8 display building.
The car is visiting the museum. People pay to get into the museum. Therefore, there should not be a charge to sit in the car. GM makes the car. The museum needs GM to keep making the car to support the museum. It only makes sense that it should be simple and inviting to get to know the car without having to pay an extra fee.
I don't know why you're continuing to be so argumentative about this topic. The NCM charges for all of its events; it has through most of its history. Sometimes Lifetime members get in for free, other times they have to pay a reduced fee; either way, you're paying to get in. Without income such as this, the NCM will cease to exist. GM doesn't sponsor the place other than to drop off a donated display or two from time to time. No large grants of cash or any such thing like that. WE keep it going.
As was stated: if you wanted to get into the Carlisle show, you paid money. No money, no entry. Once you were in the Carlisle fairgrounds, you had open access to the GM cars. Why should the NCM's event be any different?
There are some C8s on display that anyone off the street can come look at. No admission, no registration. And people have been sitting in them too. For free.
08-28-2019, 04:12 PM
