Wow, alot of opinions here about what Rogers sells. I bought my Grand Sport from him a few years ago. I paid a slight premium, but wasnt unrealistic for what I was looking for. He had the red gutted, near mint, driver, GS that I was lusting after for a few years. Sure there were others out there, but I knew that Rogers reputation for his cars was excellent. I looked at pics that were sent to me, drove my '94 up there, and drove home the GS that afternoon. I also had them yank the stock exhaust off the GS to put the Corsas on before I drove it home. The GS is not a garage queen, although it has many coats of wax on it. I drive it often and have been modding it from day one. I say if he has a car that you want, by all means buy it knowing that it will be all that and then some. To those who dont like what he sells, dont buy from him, plain and simple.

 

[QUOTE=Hot Rod 90]IMO Roger's Corvettes is about attracting the garage queen enthusiast. The guy who will keep his vette in stock form forever, afraid to drive it, never drive it in the rain and probably put less than 2,000 miles a year on it. Maybe the NCRS guy. For sure the waxer type. They guy who says "look at me". The non-doer.

What a TOOL

Finding a pristine Corvette takes time. People with $ don't want to spend time looking at corvette after corvette to be disappointed time and time again. Do I feel you need to pay Roger big bucks to find a pristine car. No, I found a car that is representative of a car at Roger's. As a matter of fact he offered me good $ to buy it about 4 years ago and I decided to keep it. There are other dealers out there especially in Orlando like H&H Corvettes.

Yeah, I'm the know nothing, do nothing waxer. This is my 3rd Corvette and I'm working on my 4th this year having probably racked up almost 200,000 miles on past corvettes.

 

Hot Rod 90 makes some valid points, mostly based on the perceptions of the dealership in question.

And for the most part, I see where is he is coming from and agree... to a point...

if I was dying for a specific low mileage C4, and didn't care about the price, I would check Roger out.

I have been to his store... the sales folks are a little on the cool side, to be honest. But that's their problem, not mine. I suspect if you were in a buying mood, they were perk right up.

At the same time, they don't kick folks out...

 

[QUOTE=bogus]Hot Rod 90 makes some valid points, mostly based on the perceptions of the dealership in question.

And for the most part, I see where is he is coming from and agree... to a point...

What you agree on about his cars, that they are priced high?

Yeah, its called overhead, rent, electric, transportation of cars etc.

If you don't like his cars, you don't buy one. Chances of finding cars like he has in his store on your own is very difficult. I should know it took me about a year to find mine.

His sales people are professional, they leave you alone but if you ask questions then they are helpful. Would you prefer some guy come over and start giving you his "sales pitch" when you are "just looking" - I highly doubt it.

 

Some of you may've shopped in Corvette-only resellers. I have. I've seen the good and the bad. Usually, the bad don't last, but there are exceptions to the rule. The fact that Roger's is still around should tell you some good things about it. For one, there is a market for his "product".

It doesn't mean his products are for everyone. And I doubt if anyone there believes that either.

If you gave me a choice of a crooked reseller (or individual trying to pass off a car) or a high priced, legit one, I know which one I'd rather have around.

Oh, and there's another kind, too: the one where almost no one knows anything about the cars they're selling. Ever been in one of those places calling themselves a Corvette dealer where they barely know it's made by Chevrolet? No kidding.

 

Corvette Palace out of Austin, TX is another places that specializes in low mileage cream puffs. Like Rogers, they don't negotiate much on price, but from what I understand, their prices aren't that unreasonable given the quality of product and service they deliver. This is where I might start if I were in the market for a pristine Vette and didn't want to spend the time looking otherwise.

 

I've never purchased a car from Roger's Corvettes, but I regularly surf their website. I was impressed with the cars they had in their inventory (A Callaway Twin-Turbo caught my eye...I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it was in the budget). The cars are pricey, but when it comes to Vettes, you get what you pay for.

 

I don't use wax - Zaino only for me

 

What am I missing here?....There are countless threads on this board, from people asking questions about what kind of Corvette they should buy, and the general consensus by most, is to be weary of the "uber low mileage" cars because of rotting parts due to little or no useage, so....why would one expect Roger's ultra-low mileage Corvettes to be any more "trustworthy" than Joe Blow's pristine garage queen down the street, that he's selling for half the price?
I'm not trying to be argumentative here, but why is it ok to bow to Roger's, and his amazing overpriced inventory, but be weary of John Q. Public, and his fairly priced garage queen?

 

ProTeam
Rogers

Both been around for a while and both well established and successful but with completely different views concerning business philosophy. Which one would you rather buy from?

 

Expat asked for opinions of those that have bought from Rogers. It seems that everybody has an opinion on everything, whether they have experience with that thing or not. IMHO, if you have not bought from Rogers, or at the very least visited his showroom, then you're sharing an opinion, not an experience. Can you get a car for less? Of course. I drove to Orlando with a list of five cars I wanted to look at. For me, finding a 1996 CE LT4 with 10,700 two owner miles was well worth the premium Roger's charged. I had a great shopping experience, was treated well, and was confident in the car I was buying.

 

Rogers hands down has some of the best cars in the country.
Those who trash them and high priced low mile cars only do so because they are the tire kickers . See them all the time at car shows. Never have much good to say .
RAY

 

Nobody is bashing the Joe Blow guy. All I am saying is that its hard to find Joe Blow with the quality car that Rogers typically has. We have all been there before - telephone call says the car is pristine and flawless, photos are sent over email and then when you get there the car is not as represented by the seller.

Time is $ - most people don't want to mess around. Low mileage cars get a bad rap. I have a low mileage ZR-1 and over 4 years have had no problems but an alternator and oil sensor for $20. I have bought nothing but low mileage cars and have never had problems.

 

Dude, your shinning a light into the darkness. Unless that light hits something it won't come back.

Logic would dictate that a low mileage car from anyone could be a problem. But a car from a Corvette speciality shop must be the exception?

I think, based on what I've read here, its the expierence of buying from a high end dealer that really matters.

It might be based on, if its expensive it must have value.

In my area a 1200 sgft home is $759,000 and for $300,000 in Plano Tx you can buy a 3500 sgft home. If a 3500 sgft home is that cheap can it be any good?
Its precevied value!


People here spend $500,000 plus for a dump and think they got a good deal.

Reality is perception.

 

Personally Id walk across the street to H&H Corvette. You can get a cream puff anywhere. The people youre buying from make the big difference.

 

i am not into the garage queen trailered show car. but i would not ever write off rogers corvettes or any other corvette boutique shop. i don't know what that annoys anyone. we should want to see mint corvettes still carried on. if it is overpriced, then don't buy it.

 

Having searched for and bought more than a few Vettes I have to respect Roger's for putting together the inventory they have. It is a service provided to those who may have neither the time or knowledge to search out nice cars on their own. I myself plead guilty to enjoying the hunt for a car much too much to let someone else do it for me!!

 

No question.

 

H&H

 

Here's the bottom line. You buy what you want and what you can afford, very rarely is it both, but sometimes you get lucky.

I have a few dealers by me that fall into "Rogers" category.

Kerbeck only sells nice cars and they don't budge on their prices. They also don't let you testdrive them the way they should. They want you to baby the car it's entire life.

Paying a premium at Kerbeck gets you an outstanding car, much like Rogers.

Conte sells classic cars, mostly Corvettes. His prices are at the upper end of the market, I've only spoke with Joe a few times in person, he has my dream car right now, but I don't have the $50,000 to buy it.
It's a top quality car and I don't even think it's got a Top Flight or Gold certification, though it could.

My point was that if you have the money to spend and you see the car you want, buy it.

In this case, the original poster is asking for experiences with a particular dealer, while I agree with what Brad said, that wasn't exactly the right answer for this post.

What Brad was getting at is similar to a dealer I deliver to.
He has new(as in never titled) and used cars and loads of classic cars. He charges about 40% more than what the market calls for, but his customer base consists of nothing but millionaires who have nothing better to do than spend money.

They just right checks and drive home. Lots of them will call him up and ask what he has, mail a check and have the car delivered, sight unseen.
He told me there is no reason to drop his prices when 90% of his customers don't complain. Does that make it right? I don't think so, but he's in business to make money and doing a good job of it.

People in this town get off on the fact that they have money to spend and they do try to outdo each other.
Just like the Barrett Jackson retards who spend spend spend because they want that car.
Then everyone else bases their prices on the unrealistic auction prices and we all lose.