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Old 07-07-2015, 11:39 PM
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Default Life after the C6 - Where are you going?

Question is simple...

What are your upgrade plans, if any, after your C6?

It's such a solid platform, will you wait for a C8? Will you wait for a Mid-engine Corvette? Will you wait for them to bring back those damned round taillights?

I just bought my C6 in late may, looking to see what y'alls plans are.

I'm 27 and I currently have a 2003 Corvette Convertible Manual with 70k miles and my 2008 Corvette 3LT Coupe A6 with 4,830 miles. The 03 will be paid off this year and the 08 is on a 3 year note (2018). Always thinking about what's next.

Special thanks to everyone being awesome here in the C6 forum!

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I really like the widebody look, so if GM does a "GS" version of the C7, I'll look at something like that, but that's a long ways away. I'll probably have my 2012 GS another 5 years or longer.

I've had other sports cars and muscle cars, but it's just not the same, and I always come back to the Corvette. I don't see anything from other manufacturers, either currently offered or on the horizon, that could tempt me away, at least nothing that is in my foreseeable budget.

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To look and see how many different forums you post the same thread in.

To look and see how many different threads you post that don't really deserve a response.
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At some point, there will be a C7 in my garage.
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Originally Posted by Vette_DD
To look and see how many different forums you post the same thread in.

To look and see how many different threads you post that don't really deserve a response.
Apologies, just want to have a conversation with different folks. I'm sure not all C5 guys have a C6, and vice versa.

Originally Posted by jrose7004
At some point, there will be a C7 in my garage.
Are you going to wait for a specific C7 trim?
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Originally Posted by Vette_DD
To look and see how many different forums you post the same thread in.

To look and see how many different threads you post that don't really deserve a response.
What? This wasn't a real question expecting a real answer?

Posting the response anyway.





Nothing wrong with moving on.
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We loved our C6 427 until the rod bearning went to hell at 2,800 mile. Now have a C7 .

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The grave.
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Originally Posted by Torchsport
The grave.


Let's hope not Torch!
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After owning this for nine years and loving every minute of it...




I've moved on to this, which I love even more.

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Personally I don't like the C7 so unless the C8 is a knock out probably a Viper.
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Viper is a dodge need not say more!

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Originally Posted by Torchsport
The grave.
Yep, appreciate what you have today.
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Originally Posted by mpuzach
After owning this for nine years and loving every minute of it...




I've moved on to this, which I love even more.

Love it.

Originally Posted by 94ltz
Personally I don't like the C7 so unless the C8 is a knock out probably a Viper.
#RealTalk

I'm pretty young and still on the fence about the C7 looks - despite it being totally badass in almost every way.
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Originally Posted by mpuzach
After owning this for nine years and loving every minute of it...




I've moved on to this, which I love even more.

Purdy!
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Hopefully in a few years I'll be able to trade the 05 in and get a C6Z or a 427. Those two are my dream cars. I love the C7, but those two C6's just do it for me.
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Originally Posted by mpuzach
After owning this for nine years and loving every minute of it...




I've moved on to this, which I love even more.


Very nice. absolutely beautiful.

Hope to do the same someday, but I want to keep my C6. It has been such a great car I love it more today than when I bought it in 07.

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Hoping to get a C7 Z06 after depreciation sets in for a few years.
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No plans. My car looks great, runs great, and it's 100% paid for!
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I'm planning on giving my 2013 GS to my grandson when he graduates medical school.
That's a number of years away, so by then, my 'vette will have about 30,000 miles on it, and still in excellent condition.
It'll be a great car for him, but I really don't know what I'll do at that point.
I'll probably be looking seriously at the C8, assuming I'm still alive.


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