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First one (04) was from Kerbeck (now Ciocca) up in NJ.
Deal with Kerbeck was by far the best around.
Bought my 69 from a private seller.
Had stars in my eyes - big mistake.
Last (and current) came from Rogers Corvettes in Maitland, FL.
Rogers specializes in high end, previously owned ‘Vettes.
Bought it in Feb of 20.
No issues - car was extremely well cared for by the two previous owners.
Surprised not to see more " from the forum " and not surprised no one has chimed in buying off BAT yet, although there's been some good deals on Z06's over the past few months. I search about every known site weekly , some daily. You'll find a few that list here, usually list on ither sites too. Many say they have the best luck on FB marketplace.
I bought mine from a Chevy dealer in Tennessee four years ago...I live in SC...It was an ultra low mile car listed on auto trader...Story was car was in a guy's collection of a handful of cars and he passed and the dealer bought two of his cars from estate sale.The other was a low mile Caprice they had already sold....Wife and I drove up and looked at it came home and two days later I decided to buy it and did...Its been a great car, besides maintenance I had to replace passenger wheel bearing assembly because speed sensor broke and is not serviceable causing a code to be thrown over and over.(thanks GM) Otherwise car in still mint and trouble free fun and I drive it in good weather year round....now has about 30k on it..
I've had four other c6's and a c7 and all of those were purchased new from various Chevy dealers...so six total...
Bought my 2011 GS new from Macmulkin Chevrolet in Jun 2011 .. This was back in the day when dealerships had big inventories of Corvettes and they were discounted way below MSRP.
No trade-in, no financing, straight cash deal.
$59,980 MSRP. -$9,729 Dealer Discount . -$750 USAA Cash Back . = .$49,501 out the door (17.5% off MSRP)
+ Florida tax, title and plates once I drove the car down to Florida and registered it there.
Bought my GS used at Radley Chevrolet in 2019, one owner car, unmolested, before covid prices and I beat them down to 24k out the door on it since it was almost winter and I was trading in an equally nice Sierra 1500 that they knew they could make a quick buck on. Worked out pretty good. Car is no longer unmolested and has lived on the rev limiter ever since the way God and Zora intended.
My 98 I bought from some old man who promised me I wouldn't mod it. 3 years later and it had a vortech v3, ecs fuel system, and was making 700 wheel on a 5.3... long gone though unfortunately, fun car though when it worked.
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Bought mine from the widow of a friend that passed away. I'd always wanted a Corvette and was pissed when my friend bought one first (Corvette Envy). Not much more than a year later, he passed after suffering a heart attack leaving the car to his widow. For a few months I thought about asking her what her plans were for the car. My friend had a son too that I thought might be interested in it so I didn't want to intrude on that. After a few months, she contacted me asking if I would help her sell the Corvette because, a) she couldn't afford to keep making the payments, b) neither she nor her son wanted to keep it and c) she had no idea what it was worth and how to sell it. I thought about it for a bit and asked how she would feel if I bought the car. She was very excited and told me all she wanted for it was to payoff the loan. Knowing that wouldn't really be fair to her, I researched a fair market value and made that as my offer. She was more than happy with my offer and accepted immediately. In fact, she was so happy with the offer that she included a small pop-up camper that they had with the sale of the car. I've since sold the camper but love the car and drive it as much as I can while cherishing the memories that I had made with my friend.
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I picked mine up at a Buick GMC in the state of Delaware. I flew into a nearby airport, I live in Ohio, and drove it back 7 hours away. After watching the market for months, I decided to pull the trigger.
I watched your video and was laughing when you were talking about the aux cord not working right. Mine didn’t even have one and thought that I was missing out. Putting in a new deck is the first mod I did to the car. I’m surprised. you didn’t have the pricing figured out before going to take delivery.
You’re right about these cars and electronics. You have to know what you’re doing. No regrets on my purchase.
The drive home without music and nav kind of sucked. Lol.
I did have the pricing figured out before hand. It’s just that the car was not what they advertised and the flaws were not pointed out like I asked for from videos and pictures beforehand
Well, it varies. I've owned six (still own two) Corvettes so far:
2003 Z06 - came from a dealer used lot
2006 Z51 Coupe - brand new from a dealer (same dealer where I bought the Z06 - they gave me what I paid for it on a trade in even though I'd been driving it for a couple of years)
2008 Z06 - Corvettes of Houston (now Corvette World)
2010 ZR1 - Bought it from a performance shop that was using it as their test mule and show car
2011 Grand Sport - private party from this forum (C6 For Sale section)
2001 Corvette - inherited from my mother-in-law since she could no longer drive it - transferred to my wife
The latest one was from Carmax of all places. Had it shipped from Maryland. Paid too much for it but I wanted it that bad since it is an exact duplicate of my previous GS. I've purchased one new GS and an 08 from MacMaulkin too among other vettes at other places..
I purchased mine from D&M Motorsports in Chicago. This is a family owned business that deals in low mileage 1 owner vettes and have expanded selling lots of high end cars. I negociated everthing via mail and phone calls for the purchase. It was at a time that I could not travel so I had it shipped with the following stipulations. I had right of refusal upon deliverly that if the car did not live up to expectations it would be loaded back on the trailer and returned at no cost to me plus a full refund of the purchase price. The 2nd stipulation was I had 3 days to check it out and could return it for a full refund of the purchase price but I had to pay shipping. I have bought a lot of biig ticket items in my day and I must say this was the most pleasant buying experience to date.
I bought mine off Facebook marketplace LOL. I had been searching and searching and had a list of what I wanted. While scrolling this car caught my eye and checked all the boxes I wanted and it was only a hour away from me. Seen it on Friday, Loaded it up in the trailer and brought it home the next Friday
Someone had built a search tool on a very basic-looking web site that would scan for certain cars across facebook, craigslist, cargurus, ebay, etc. and return matches.
Found mine on Facebook using that tool and then found it posted here in the for sale section. Within a few days of finding it, I rented a car, drove 4 hours up to see it, bought it with cash, and drove home.
Bought mine from a Nissan dealer. The driver door didn't open properly, there was a suspected leak in the trunk, and the roof creaked. Guy told me I could have them fix it, or he would take 2,000 of the price of the car. I chose the latter and fixed everything for 45 bucks. It was by no means a perfect car and had 131,000 miles, but its perfect for the nice street/track car I'm building. 20,000 out the door and its a 2008 LS3 Z51 car bought in February during Covid pricing
I scouted for awhile and ended up settling on one I found on Auto Trader that was at a Chevy dealer a couple states away.
While I regret letting my emotions get the best of me and not being 100% happy with the deal, I absolutely love the car for what it is.
I documented my pickup too, so I can cherish the experience/mistake forever. Hahaha *insert shameless plug*
I liked how your wife flipped you off when you were complaining about her being late. Did you ever get the glue removed from the interior seams? What did you use for future reference?
I bought my first Vette, a low mileage C4 base vert, from a private seller when I lived in the DFW area. That was almost 2 decades ago. I kept that car 7 years....wish I still had it.
I bought my second and current Vette, a really low mile C6 GS, in January of 2019 from Riverside Motorsports in Janesville, Wisconsin. Riverside is a family owned business that deals with Corvettes only. Easiest car purchase I've ever made. Spent several calls discussing the car, sent me tons of pics, he was very helpful, provided all the info he had on the vehicle, obviously knew Corvettes very well. Cash deal, I took the title with me, wife and I flew up, he picked us up at the airport, we checked the car out, drove it, then completed the transaction and the bride and I hit the road to home, stopping in Bowling Green at the NCM on our way.
I'm hoping to add another Vette to the stable and am looking forward to getting to do that on another Vette purchase one day; it was a fun trip.
I bought my second and current Vette, a really low mile C6 GS, in January of 2019 from Riverside Motorsports in Janesville, Wisconsin. Riverside is a family owned business that deals with Corvettes only. Easiest car purchase I've ever made. Spent several calls discussing the car, sent me tons of pics, he was very helpful, provided all the info he had on the vehicle, obviously knew Corvettes very well. Cash deal, I took the title with me, wife and I flew up, he picked us up at the airport, we checked the car out, drove it, then completed the transaction and the bride and I hit the road to home, stopping in Bowling Green at the NCM on our way.
I'm hoping to add another Vette to the stable and am looking forward to getting to do that on another Vette purchase one day; it was a fun trip.
I purchased my first Corvette a 1982 CE from Hobby car Corvettes in PA, in 2/2020, sight unseen and had it delivered. I traded that in 5/2020, for a 2017 C7 with 2K from Corvettes North in Waterville ME. I then traded that in 7/2021. In 8/2022 I purchased a 2005 C6, 21K from Corvettes North in Waterville, ME.
I prefer buying from dealerships, you may pay a little more but they have the paperwork, they change the fluids and do a great job of presenting the vehicle. I would highly recommend both dealerships.
I liked how your wife flipped you off when you were complaining about her being late. Did you ever get the glue removed from the interior seams? What did you use for future reference?
Funny enough, I didn’t notice it until after I posted the video. Hahahah
So most of the things I have corrected since then. That was not one of them though.
I cannot for the life of me get that glue off.
someone that works in a body shop suggested prep solvent pre paint I think it’s called, but I get scared it will screw up the door cards.
I may try it though as while it’s subtle, I have OCD and if you couldn’t tell from my other videos, little imperfections bug me. (Watch the second video of “Did I make an expensive mistake” hahaha. I took alot of flac for my grievances with my car on that video.
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