Good luck with you decision.
1lt, 2lt, 3lt???
Safety Car
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From: Marlborough Ma
I got 1SB (2005 equivalent of 3LT) because I specifically wanted most of what it included (HUD, heated seats, auto-dimming mirrors, etc.) AND because I wanted nav (ordering nav required also ordering 1SB just as it currently requires 3LT). The top option group is clearly overpriced but to me it made more sense to overpay and get the loaded car that I wanted than to save the $$$ and have regrets later. Now, after 2 years and 11,000 miles, I don't miss the $$$ and I have zero regrets.
Team Owner
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From: Short Hills, NJ
6th Gear
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Safety and resale
I would suggest at least a 2LT. Reason being they come with the side airbags. That alone is reason enough. I do believe that as far as resale goes, most folks are looking for the most for their $ and listing a used vette with all the toys is simply more inticing.
That being said, I am writing this also to justify the fact that I have a 3LT Z51~
I feel better!
That being said, I am writing this also to justify the fact that I have a 3LT Z51~
I feel better!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: New Orleans Louisiana
I got 1SB (2005 equivalent of 3LT) because I specifically wanted most of what it included (HUD, heated seats, auto-dimming mirrors, etc.) AND because I wanted nav (ordering nav required also ordering 1SB just as it currently requires 3LT). The top option group is clearly overpriced but to me it made more sense to overpay and get the loaded car that I wanted than to save the $$$ and have regrets later. Now, after 2 years and 11,000 miles, I don't miss the $$$ and I have zero regrets.
I have no regrets with my 2005 1SB Corvette.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2000
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From: Rowlett Texas
I would suggest at least a 2LT. Reason being they come with the side airbags. That alone is reason enough. I do believe that as far as resale goes, most folks are looking for the most for their $ and listing a used vette with all the toys is simply more inticing.
That being said, I am writing this also to justify the fact that I have a 3LT Z51~ I feel better!
That being said, I am writing this also to justify the fact that I have a 3LT Z51~
I feel better!
Le Mans Master
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From: Hope, Arkansas - '07 LMB Coupe
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Use the 'Build and Price' link at www.corvette.com to see the MSRP of each equipment group. Keep in mind though when you settle on a price which should certainly be below MSRP, you are getting a discount on the entire order including the options, not just the base car.
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Safety Car
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From: Live in S.Dayton, Work in Cincinnati Ohio
Coming out of a Mustang Cobra, my 1LT is plenty of car. It has most of the same features as the Cobra did, but is, IMHO, a much better car. We went to the dealer and put together an order for a loaded 3LT (including Museum delivery). $55K for all the options that I thought I wanted. I'd never driven a 6-speed manual so, I asked the dealer if he had one I could sample before I placed the order. After driving that car, VR 1LT coupe (MSRP $46K), I bought the car that day. I realized in the hour that I was test driving, that all the bells and whistles that I thought I wanted were extraneous to why I was buying the car.
Memory seats make the car easier to live with (especially if you share with the spouse) but don't enhance the driving experience any more than the non-memory seats. Nav system is fun gadget, but I've gotten around just fine for 20 years using maps.
I do agree that you should buy the most car you can afford, I just don't think that all of the bells and whistles are worth the cost.
Memory seats make the car easier to live with (especially if you share with the spouse) but don't enhance the driving experience any more than the non-memory seats. Nav system is fun gadget, but I've gotten around just fine for 20 years using maps.
I do agree that you should buy the most car you can afford, I just don't think that all of the bells and whistles are worth the cost.
Team Owner
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From: Swansea IL
You are approaching this the wrong way. Buy the Vette with the options YOU WANT. Never SETTLE. If that means buying an option package just to get a feature you want it's been my experience you'll be happier in the long run.
And you know what, suddenly all those features you felt you didn't want will become appreciated and used, enhancing the ownership experience.
Tom
And you know what, suddenly all those features you felt you didn't want will become appreciated and used, enhancing the ownership experience.
Tom
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Livermore California
You are approaching this the wrong way. Buy the Vette with the options YOU WANT. Never SETTLE. If that means buying an option package just to get a feature you want it's been my experience you'll be happier in the long run.
And you know what, suddenly all those features you felt you didn't want will become appreciated and used, enhancing the ownership experience.
Tom
And you know what, suddenly all those features you felt you didn't want will become appreciated and used, enhancing the ownership experience.
Tom
). You'll always wish you had some feature later if you have the slightest interest in it at the time of purchase. But, option out the car exactly like you want it. Then enjoy it.FM
Le Mans Master
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From: Sammamish WA
Just kidding. Forgive me.
No problem.
Instructor
Joined: May 2005
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From: Waleska Ga.
I have C5 Targa, just picked up 3lt Vert @ museum, bought the cat-back exhaust installed by dealer. GET THE 3LT w/6spd. This is a keeper! C5 was loaded, but auto. Love the C5, but the C6 is a completely different Vette!
Burning Brakes
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From: Cary North Carolina
There seems to be a presumption among many of the respondents that if price were no object, everyone would want a "loaded" car. Not true: if the price of 2LT and 3LT were swapped, I'd still choose 2LT.
For example, I greatly prefer a real, tactile console interface to a touch-screen LCD.
For example, I greatly prefer a real, tactile console interface to a touch-screen LCD.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Chicopee MA
I ordered mine with the exactly the same options. The only one I didn't order was the rip off onstar. Who ever buys any car with the thought of how much it will be worth when you sell it except antique cars or something of that matter. When I ordered mine selling it was the last thought on my mine. If you bought a vette for investment you better change your financial adviser. There is no right or wrong option combinations. Its your car you pick the options you want. No right or wrong choices.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Houston TX
St. Jude Donor '09
Why did you purchase the option you have? Cost? Like Gadgets? Must have? Performance related? I'm thinking of just going basic 6sp . Not sure if all the fluff is worth it. I just want to drive it for the fun of it. I can possibly get a new one instead of used with options. Not sure I even want the Vert as I thought I did before. I guess a Z06 would be ideal but way too much $$$ I'm thinking a 1LT 6sp coupe would still be a hell of a lot of fun.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: San Diego CA
Exactamundo! I also got the transparent top and the polished wheels. 
Melting Slicks
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From: upstate new york
