Skid Row Joe

Depends......not, hardly.

My 2006 E320 CDI, (#3,800, 3.2 liter, turbodiesel) is capable of 41 mpg, easy, on a cross country, 70 mph Interstate drive. Yesterday, I covered 112 miles in DFW Interstate driving,as well as miles and miles of stop and go congested Interstates in the Metroplex. Including; crawling, bumper to bumper for miles. The car turned in 33.7 mpg. I didn't look at the average mph for the onboard computer log, but it was probably in the 30 mph range. How I use the car? 30 to 33 mpg is what it yields on average use. However......1 mile each way to the health club? 24 mpg. As I wrote, it depends. Your C7 isn't going to average 30 mpg. I should have stipulated that. 30 mpg, is a very doable average for perhaps many new cars on the road today. Depends.

Skid Row Joe

I have no experience in owning a BMW, or Lexus, but I continue to read disaster stories on the BMW's cost of repair/ownership and dismal reliability issues. I have read none, or cannot recall reading any about the Lexus brand.

I am almost disgruntled on ever purchasing the MB brand, even used, ever again. Far too many better transportation choices out there, IMO. If, I lived in snow & ice Country, I'd probably own a 4 cyl. new Subaru Outback & a C7. As it is, I'll continue to struggle by with my now 11 year old, MB turbodiesel sedan, with 70K miles on it as my DD.

patentcad

Your post made it sound like 30mpg cars are commonplace. Hardly. My guess is true 30+mpg cars like your E320 CDI or my Lexus CT200h comprise well under 10% of the market. They are out there but you have to choose carefully and actually pay attention to real world mpg when buying a car. In my experience many consumers don't understand that the EPA numbers really mean, or what those numbers translate to (usually less mpgs) on the road. Diesels are the exception (those cars often exceed EPA estimates) but they appear to be on the way out.

I think within 10 years a substantial portion of cars on the road will be hybrids and plugin hybrids (and full electric) and then efficient cars may start to become commonplace.

dony45

I've owned two 911 Porsches and some Corvettes in my younger days and have also had BMW's, a true driving machine, My Mercedes had great handling and ride. The Infinity and Lexus was not impressive. Currently own a new 2019 Grand Sport. It is noisier than my Ram Truck and also makes my Ram feel like a luxury car as far as driving comfort. The Grand Sport does not compare to the handling and ride of a Porsche. My Grand Sport already makes minor squeaks and I never had that on my porches, Porsche definitely was of higher quality. The Grand Sport rides stiff even on Touring. Noise is not too bad. So what would be my choice today. If I had the money a Porsche Turbo. But that is not a fair comparison. I think for the money the Grand Sport is a bargain compared to other sports cars. I was debating on the Cayman S and the Grand Sport. What made me buy the Grand Sport is I just love the way it looks. I've had strangers come up and start talking about the car and I get people staring all the time. Of course it is the Long Beach Red which really stands out. No one seemed to notice my porsche. I love the car and some noise and stiffness is ok. It is so much fun to drive, so were the prosches but in a different way. I also looked at maintenance expense. Not sure you can really compare a Porsche and Corvette. Two different cars but the Corvette is my favorite.

VETTE-NV

Lose the runflats and it's a different car. Rides well and tire noise disappears.

patentcad

I threw in those Block-It mats in the rear cargo area and behind the seats in my couple and it lowered the tire noise quite significantly. I don't notice it now.

patentcad

I've owned a couple of BMWs. 'A true driving machine' is an advertising slogan. My C7 is FAR superior in that dept. Liked my 3 series, hated my 540i, greatly prefer my old 2007 C6 (which I owned prior to the C7) and my current 2017 Stingray.

Also I could never drive anything that slow.

SilverGhost

GM has a solid gold brand, Corvette, yet they let their econo-car brand sell/service it. So's we have pages and pages of complaints on this forum and others from affluent corvette buyers being treated like they brought a Chevy Chevette in for warranty issues and service. Even a GMC pickup truck owner gets better treatment because GM product-places the GMC brand upscale from Chevy.

it would take GM all of five minutes to create a luxury car niche for their high-end offerings. Simply rename the GM Cadillac Dealerships a new high end name, eg, Level 10, and let those Dealerships sell and service GM's high-end offerings exclusively, including Corvette. Worked for Toyota-Lexus, Nissan-Infinity, and Honda-Acura. The days of being treated like a second-class citizen in a Chevette dealership would be a thing of the past.

fsvoboda

Franchising agreements and laws would make this difficult; however, many of the forum dealers that specialize in Corvettes probably come close to what you hope for.

Buy from your local Chevy dealer and you'll get the same service they offer everybody else, whether excellent or not-so-good.

JFJr

Yes, good management coupled with competent service advisors and mechanics makes a big difference. I don't need my *** kissed every time I go in for service, just because I have an approximately $80,000 MSRP Stingray, only a competent service department with good people.

Frosty

Purchased two new Porsches and one Corvette. New build quality the same with zero problems in all three. I like the look of the C7 Corvette the best

jstewart

They don't fit my big azz. But that is nothing a few months on a keto diet would not cure.