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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 10:34 PM
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geez... wonder what they say about c5's
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 10:45 PM
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Some people have to always have the newest thing. Happens all the time with the Iphone. The corvette is no different. The same thing happened when the C6 came out. All the people that were the first to buy one was calling the c5 old tech, and all the c5 guys were saying how the c6 just looked funky and the c5 was where it was at. (not "everyone", but you know what I mean).
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 10:48 PM
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i hope to meet up with some and show them how dated they are
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by R&L's C6
I honestly am trying my best to warm up to the C7 and just when I think I'm making progress someone posts a picture of one out in the public and I don't care for it..... I still like the C6 better

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Ahhhh warm days....looks great, not dated to me.

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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Gary '09 C6
IMO, the C6 design will be timeless like the C2s & early C3s. Everything Chevrolet was trying to do
with the C4s & C5s came together with the C6.

The C7 is an aggressive re-design of the Corvette, and was needed for many business reasons.
I don't necessarily like/understand every last detail that I've seen/read about it thus far, but I do
generally like it and I'm certainly not dismissing it. It will sell, and it will get better...
I like it, however, the more I see of it the more inclined I am to buy a 2013 427 vert or, a narrow body coupe. I've never bought the odd numbered series Corvettes. The C1's were my dad's.
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 11:22 PM
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There is a possibility that the C6 will be timelessly handsome, like the 1957 Bel Air. The Impalas which followed never hit the same mark.
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeyTX
I like it, however, the more I see of it the more inclined I am to buy a 2013 427 vert or, a narrow body coupe. I've never bought the odd numbered series Corvettes. The C1's were my dad's.

I've said I could see having a (used) C7 'vert someday (keeping my ZR1, though !).
I really like the 427 'vert, but I can move-on to the new body-style...
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 11:29 PM
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Agree with what everyone else said here.

I still don't understand the gripes about the interior. I much prefer the interior of the C6. It's just looks cleanly laid out to me. Yes the materials could use a massive upgrade, but that is nothing our faithful aftermarket can't deliver. The seats are what they are, but again, nothing you can't fix.
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Originally Posted by Pinky...
Agree with what everyone else said here.

I still don't understand the gripes about the interior. I much prefer the interior of the C6. It's just looks cleanly laid out to me. Yes the materials could use a massive upgrade, but that is nothing our faithful aftermarket can't deliver. The seats are what they are, but again, nothing you can't fix.
The interior whiners are wanting a Neiman Marcus class interior at a KMart price. The one on my '11 is fine.
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 11:37 PM
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Some people will always allow corporate marketers to dictate taste to them.

Here are some pictures of a wide stance car...it must be a brand new model! Oh wait! It's a 1984!

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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 11:44 PM
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STUPID thread designed only to stir up ****.
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 11:59 PM
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How dare those C6 owners have a thread talking about how they like their car more than the new model!

Heresy I say!
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:00 AM
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When the C7 hits the streets the C6 will be 'dated' but that doesn't mean it's any less of a car. Irrespective of the C7 I think the clean lines and look of the C6 will endure.
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Racer
STUPID thread designed only to stir up ****.
Brought to you by the official pot stirrer/
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by boraxman
Brought to you by the official pot stirrer/
That didn't come out right, you implied I started this thread. I am not that insecure about my C6's.
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Racer
That didn't come out right, you implied I started this thread. I am not that insecure about my C6's.
OK i'll give you that
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by boraxman
OK i'll give you that
And I will give you the pot stirrer thing.
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Originally Posted by Racer
STUPID thread designed only to stir up ****.
Let me know what and when I'm allowed to post.

BTW - it was meant as a tribute to my car, not to stir excrement. However, if I was aiming for the latter it obviously worked - you showed up, didn't you...

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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by JockamoIPA
Let me know what and when I'm allowed to post.
Sounds good, call me.
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Sounds good, call me.
See previous, edited, post.
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