test drive
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Racer
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From: tampa,florida
test drive
i test drove a 2010 base corvette 1lt with the auto. the car was great but the seats are so stiff can some tell why the seats are so stiff. i guess i will wait for the 2013 vette and hope the seats are better.
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From: La Center WA
Based upon your posts on this forum, it seems pretty clear that you're not seriously in the market for a Corvette. It sounds like you'd be much better off finding something else that's more to your liking.
Melting Slicks
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Racer
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From: tampa,florida
i have had corvettes 1997 1999 and 2000 and the seats where great to me these new seats i think are trash compare to the old seats in my older corvettes i thnk that corvette is on it way down and need to do something to bring more conform to the owner i had 3 nsx and those seats put the corvette to shame.
Pro
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From: Wisconsin
I think the seats are just fine. They are no means a big plushy Caddilac seat that sucks you in like a old waterbed which I don't care for anyway. These seats have decent support and bolster to keep you from sliding around during spirited driving which is all they need to do in my book. 
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Pro
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From: California
The dealer prepped the seats with viagra? how old are you? doubt 2013 seats will be softer and why 2013?
Racer
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From: Sterling Heights Michigan
i have had corvettes 1997 1999 and 2000 and the seats where great to me these new seats i think are trash compare to the old seats in my older corvettes i thnk that corvette is on it way down and need to do something to bring more conform to the owner i had 3 nsx and those seats put the corvette to shame.
Le Mans Master
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If you can afford a Corvette then you can afford some big fluffy pillows to put on the seats.
BTW, did you adjust the seat bolsters and lumbar support or just assume that, like most cars, you had to take whatever seat adjustment the factory gave you?
BTW, did you adjust the seat bolsters and lumbar support or just assume that, like most cars, you had to take whatever seat adjustment the factory gave you?
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Apart from better seats in 2020 they are raising the ride height several inches and putting a long hollow box in the back... I'd wait for that if I were you.
Racer
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From: Peterborough NH
I've had my 1LT for a year now and the seats are fine, just as they were when I first sat in it. They were different than what I was used to sitting in, that's all. They aren't the greatest and they aren't the worst either. Are you going to let the seats keep you from getting this car. You didn't really drive it then, did you?
Team Owner
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i have had corvettes 1997 1999 and 2000 and the seats where great to me these new seats i think are trash compare to the old seats in my older corvettes i thnk that corvette is on it way down and need to do something to bring more conform to the owner i had 3 nsx and those seats put the corvette to shame.
FAIL
Maybe a night class or two before you Corvette shop would be money better utilized.
FAIL
Maybe a night class or two before you Corvette shop would be money better utilized.
Race Director
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From: La Center WA
i have had corvettes 1997 1999 and 2000 and the seats where great to me these new seats i think are trash compare to the old seats in my older corvettes i thnk that corvette is on it way down and need to do something to bring more conform to the owner i had 3 nsx and those seats put the corvette to shame.
FAIL
Maybe a night class or two before you Corvette shop would be money better utilized.
FAIL
Maybe a night class or two before you Corvette shop would be money better utilized.
I think you could be on to something! 
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St. Jude Donor '13, '15
i have had corvettes 1997 1999 and 2000 and the seats where great to me these new seats i think are trash compare to the old seats in my older corvettes i thnk that corvette is on it way down and need to do something to bring more conform to the owner i had 3 nsx and those seats put the corvette to shame.
FAIL
Maybe a night class or two before you Corvette shop would be money better utilized.
FAIL
Maybe a night class or two before you Corvette shop would be money better utilized.
Irony, it's in here somewhere.