Phil1098

My last fun car was a used Mustang and when I looked at the car, was offered a test drive and declined (I said "it has 2,900 miles on it, it won't pull hard to the left"). Made an offer and went back to work. They accepted and when my wife and I picked it up, I threw her the keys and said drive it home. When we got home she said "have you even driven a Mustang?" I said "no, never had a Ford in my life." She said "we just bought a car and it's home and you haven't driven it?" I said "they've made over 9 million of them, how bad could it be?" I ended up keeping the car longer than any other car I have ever owned. Refined it was not, but it was an honest car and was fun to drive.

I get it, if you are outside of "the norm" of 5'10" and 180 pounds you may have fit concern, but if there was a third of the owners posting on here saying "oh my God, what a mistake, if I could have just driven it first, I would have never bought it!" In fact, it's quite the opposite, it is universally praised by the owners.

kong

One of the problems with letting people sit in the cars, especially sold ones, is that occasionally they will have something in the pockets or on their person that will scratch or rip the leather. It has happened and the sales guy does not want to take that chance. Pagers, cell phones, glasses, keys, etc.

WardNH

I understand that completely. That's why I said I appreciate that they are sold cars and I wouldn't want someone sitting in mine before I picked it up

Eating Tires

Im in Myrtle Beach and any serious enthusiast is welcome to come check it out, and I'll take you for a drive.

yellolab

So typically, no ALWAYS, when some guy on the internet offers something like this, I politely just say "hey thanks man, I appreciate the offer", and quietly go about my way as I don't want to bother him. However....

YES PLEASE. I'll PM you.

Kevin

Eating Tires

She’s ready.

Phanni

I recently attended a 'cars and coffee' event and I allowed a few folks to sit in my C-8. I was choosy though.

Atari_Prime

There are some sports car rental companies out there that have them for rent if you want to get a feel for the car.

DeanJohnson

You can put down a deposit at 1 of the top 100 dealers and if you change your mind it's fully refundable. Kerbeck is in Atlantic city, NJ and they are the biggest. If people order a car then pullout they will have cars to sit in.

Jupiterjj

I recently called one of the big 3 dealers and asked what color C8s they had on their lot that day. They said they had 7 or 8, but the color I was most interested in was about to be delivered to a customer. I said I'll be there in 90 minutes. Naturally, the salesman told me before I got there that they would not open the cars for me, and would not allow me to sit in them. I was fine with that. When I arrived, a customer was getting the final briefing on their new Elkhart Lake Blue convertible with the adrenaline red seats. I told her I thought that was a beautiful combination and was one of my 2 finalists. She kindly offered to let me sit in her car, and I graciously accepted her generous offer. Maybe you could get lucky like I did.

yellolab

thinking about that. F3rentals over in Greenville SC(4+hours from me) has C8 for rent. $300/4 hours.

twilhelm39

I’m in Wilmington if your interested let me know.

flange

here is sortof your first then. in 1998 i was rear ended in my then 1995 convertible, hard. it spun my into a tree and wrecked the car. i have had back issues since then. i have had other vettes since, including my 427 convertible i sold to get my c8. upon getting the c8 delivered to my home i noticed immediately that entry was more difficult than my 427. perhaps being older and having back issues makes it worse, but i seriously struggled to get my head tucked in without agitating my back.i tried just leaving the roof down since its a htc and just a toy, but that isnt a viable solution if i get caught in rain or something.

at any rate it bothered me enough that i just sold the car. if given the opportunity to try upfront i may not have ordered it to begin with.

gmarcucio

I can certainly understand wanting to sit in one before purchasing and I went through the same dilemma before I ordered my C8 and still waiting for it without having been able to sit in one either. However, then it dawned on me. In this market, I will order it and when it finally comes in and I own it if something doesn't work out after sitting in it I put it on the market for $10,000 - $20,000 more than I paid for it and be gone!

PatricksPC

I’m also 6’4” and the.HTC gave me the room to drive it. ( my hand barely fits above my head)
in the coupe the roll bar hits my head. Ordered one the same day for $10 k over. Went 3000 very next Thursday (3/24). I researched the largest vett dealers in WA. The second on had a sold one they let me sit in.
get on phone.

wfoZ06

Go to a a local coffee and cars gathering and buy a C8 owner a coffee. That's what I did.

ProfessorDeath

From a sales standpoint, he probably answers that question several dozen times a day and also has to chase off all the Instagram idiots who want to pretend they're buying a Corvette and waste showroom space while sitting in someone else's already-sold Corvette while they snap photos for their non-existent followers hoping to go viral. He's probably just sick of all the tire kickers hoping for a test drive. Unprofessional? Sure. Warranted? Probably.

Atari_Prime

Seems like a win win to me. A day of play in someone else's sports car.

RickConti@Coughlin

One of the reasons I have a car, so thankful I let people sit in it and have let a couple drive it

PatricksPC

I am also 6’4” and only fit in HTC. (Barely)
the roll bar in the coup hit my head.
I did find a dealer who let me sit in a HTC.
ordered one that day and went 3000 4 days later (3/24). Still at 3000. MSRP 88k.