Originally Posted by romaja (Post 1585421798)

Greetings,

Despite people supplying you evidence of many different cars with fitment issues and orange peel, you still seem dismissive and wont accept the fact that a great number of these cars have problems. Somehow these people are complainers and are not Corvette enthusiasts.

Your constant drum beat of “it's not that bad” rings hollow. You received your car and it is acceptable to you. Glad to hear.

A great many have received their cars and are not happy and with good reason. This can be a stressful time for a new owner. Must of us accept the fact that mechanical issues come up. What is alarming is I see a car with a #3500 number with acceptable paint, then I see another one #4000 that has glaring QC issues. It appears it is not just the first ones off the line.

Your allegations above suggesting that many of the forum member won't be buying and are only present to "rattle some nerves" could not be farther from the truth. I for one, have placed a deposit down on a 2015 C7 through a dealership in Kellogg ID. The dealership is a member on the forum. I suppose I could contact him and supply you with proof although you don't seem to deal with proof and factual data very well. Please let me know and I will do my best to supply you with this.

When it is time to order my car, I will be clear with the dealership as to what my expectations will be. I don't want him to be disappointed and I don't want be disappointed either. If the paint is as good as my neighbor's Chevy Spark, I will be happy. But a bad paint issue will follow me around like herpes. It never goes away, all the way up to the sale of the car or trade in. Many of the forum members have a long history of ownership, many have owned 10+ Corvettes and some 20. Most don't like what they see and I trust their judgement. Knowledge is power. I like to be informed and that is why I am here.

Upon delivery, if the car looks like it was painted and assembled by a high school shop class, I will be forced to refuse it. That said, I will be disappointed as I really want the car.

I could accept an inferior car and “shuffle to the train with my head down” but I would be doing a disservice to future Corvette owners and the GM name.

You unknowingly seem to advocate against yourself by allowing GM to deem this as an acceptable practice. Very shortsighted, indeed. The change will need to come from the top of the company. This forum contains many repeat customers and their vote counts. Hopefully GM is listening. This forum has the capacity to make a change.


Find some charity in your heart and compassion for your fellow brethren who have taken delivery and experienced problems and also the people who have orders in with justifiable anxiety. They are the future of GM.

Originally Posted by Michael A (Post 1585425380)

This is well written. However, I would still recommend the forum Ignore list. There are some people who see the world and black and white, and can't see shades of gray, or orange peel, or body fit issues. No amount of logic and convincing will change their belief of "It's new so it has to be better" (and resort to attacking people), when, in fact, aspects of it (e.g. build quality) are far worse than a 14 year old C5.

Michael

Originally Posted by SRQVelocityyellow (Post 1585426243)

Cancelled my order this morning. My 09 is a great car and I think I will wait for the bugs to get worked out in the C7. Maybe next year.

Originally Posted by SRQVelocityyellow (Post 1585427061)

So less than a half hour of calling to cancel, the dealer calls and said the car is on the assembly line. This is the first and only call I have gotten from the dealer since placing the order. I think someone ordering a Spark from my dealership would have a better dealer experience. I guess when it comes in, I will go see it. I am still leaning heavily toward waiting until next year.

Originally Posted by SRQVelocityyellow (Post 1585427061)

So less than a half hour of calling to cancel, the dealer calls and said the car is on the assembly line. This is the first and only call I have gotten from the dealer since placing the order. I think someone ordering a Spark from my dealership would have a better dealer experience. I guess when it comes in, I will go see it. I am still leaning heavily toward waiting until next year.

Originally Posted by rexracerx9 (Post 1585427283)

Take a friend who knows cars and has a good eye.

Originally Posted by SRQVelocityyellow (Post 1585427061)

So less than a half hour of calling to cancel, the dealer calls and said the car is on the assembly line. This is the first and only call I have gotten from the dealer since placing the order. I think someone ordering a Spark from my dealership would have a better dealer experience. I guess when it comes in, I will go see it. I am still leaning heavily toward waiting until next year.

Originally Posted by runutzzzzz (Post 1585429838)

Update about the front fender paint issue.

Per GM Tech Support they are stating that there is excess material left behind from the mold.

Solution:

Sand and apply touch up paint. We will see how it looks. :toetap:

Originally Posted by Z0Sick6 (Post 1585429861)

It better be perfect and I find it hard to believe sand and touch up can get it 100%....

If it isn't 100% perfect I would not accept the car back. That is BS

Originally Posted by BlueOx (Post 1585395234)

Sorry, not buying it. It doesn't look like paint missing at all to me. It looks like some material in between the fender and the light. After all the complaining you've been doing, you are just now seeing this?
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/...ps45d7ab47.jpg

Originally Posted by thespymaster (Post 1585430426)

All should read this post on another forum, how after he repainted his C7 for SEMA, the GM folks paid him a visit to find out how he fixed the huge GAP between 3rd brake light and bumper ..

POST # 17 at: https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...d.php?t=325558

Originally Posted by thespymaster (Post 1585430395)

Thats PAINT coming off this C7 plain and simple~

Originally Posted by runutzzzzz (Post 1585429838)

Update about the front fender paint issue.

Per GM Tech Support they are stating that there is excess material left behind from the mold.

Solution:

Sand and apply touch up paint. We will see how it looks. :toetap:

Originally Posted by SRQVelocityyellow (Post 1585427061)

So less than a half hour of calling to cancel, the dealer calls and said the car is on the assembly line. This is the first and only call I have gotten from the dealer since placing the order. I think someone ordering a Spark from my dealership would have a better dealer experience. I guess when it comes in, I will go see it. I am still leaning heavily toward waiting until next year.

Originally Posted by HPmarkjustinc7 (Post 1585435494)

It's all part of a first year...remember the 05 :(

At the end...its worth it.....I am pretty much the only C7 I ever see

Originally Posted by runutzzzzz (Post 1585430008)

They assured me that I won't be able to tell that it's been touched up.

I wish I had those touch-up skills. We will see!