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Wow!!!
WOW!!! that's all I can say! just saw the new stingray at Jon Hall Chevrolet in Daytona Beach Florida - black on black, 3LT, automatic. I've got to tell ya, they nailed that design - pics look good, but damn, the real thing looks 10X better than any pic i've seen so far...
Burning Brakes
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WOW!!! that's all I can say! just saw the new stingray at Jon Hall Chevrolet in Daytona Beach Florida - black on black, 3LT, automatic. I've got to tell ya, they nailed that design - pics look good, but damn, the real thing looks 10X better than any pic i've seen so far...
154% - No picture does this car justice - It must be seen in person.
Drifting
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WOW!!! that's all I can say! just saw the new stingray at Jon Hall Chevrolet in Daytona Beach Florida - black on black, 3LT, automatic. I've got to tell ya, they nailed that design - pics look good, but damn, the real thing looks 10X better than any pic i've seen so far...
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I think the reason C7s look so much better in person than in pics, is the depth to the body lines. Pics are 2D and especially the rear end needs to be seen in 3D to be appreciated.
Even those (at first in pics) hideous looking taillights look phantastic on the car, due to the depth they have.
Those dep pockets in the actual lights themselves make it almost look as if the leds were hovering in mid air I guess... Hard to explain, but it all makes perfect sense when seen IRL.
Even those (at first in pics) hideous looking taillights look phantastic on the car, due to the depth they have.
Those dep pockets in the actual lights themselves make it almost look as if the leds were hovering in mid air I guess... Hard to explain, but it all makes perfect sense when seen IRL.
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I think the darker colors (i.e. black, CG) really set the car off. Really helps blend things in especially the back of the car where it transitions from body color to the diffuser area.
The white is the exception to this though; they look really sharp in white with the black accents.
The white is the exception to this though; they look really sharp in white with the black accents.
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I guess its a matter of taste, because i didn't like the rear on pics. But i waited till to see the car in person before make a jugdement. Then there was like every colors and trim at Carlisle. No the rear doesn't look good even in person! The front isn't bad although like the viper 2014 i liked more the generation before. I think the vette lost is own personnality! Now its a blend of Ferrari, GT-R and camaro but nothing from corvette expect the badges! Actually the only thing really improve is the seat and ICE!! Of course everyone who actually never sat in one will say how better it is from the C6!
narrow body look like... well very narrow, because of the stance and higher general feeling of the car. There was one sitting next to a C6 same colors and its surprising how bigger it look!
narrow body look like... well very narrow, because of the stance and higher general feeling of the car. There was one sitting next to a C6 same colors and its surprising how bigger it look!
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the salesman, FWIW, told me that it was sold, but the buyer backed out. if you're going to flagler, it wouldn't be much out of your way to swing by (i'm guessing 15-20 minutes from the I95/I4 interchange) - It just might be there in the showroom. Jon Hall chevy is on north nova road, about .5 miles north of international speedway blvd.
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I think all modern Corvettes look better in person than they do in photographs. I remember seeing the early press photos of the C5 and thinking it looked horrible until I actually saw them driving on the road. People are going to fall in love with the C7 once they start seeing them cruising around more frequently
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I guess its a matter of taste, because i didn't like the rear on pics. But i waited till to see the car in person before make a jugdement. Then there was like every colors and trim at Carlisle. No the rear doesn't look good even in person! The front isn't bad although like the viper 2014 i liked more the generation before. I think the vette lost is own personnality! Now its a blend of Ferrari, GT-R and camaro but nothing from corvette expect the badges! Actually the only thing really improve is the seat and ICE!! Of course everyone who actually never sat in one will say how better it is from the C6!
narrow body look like... well very narrow, because of the stance and higher general feeling of the car. There was one sitting next to a C6 same colors and its surprising how bigger it look!
narrow body look like... well very narrow, because of the stance and higher general feeling of the car. There was one sitting next to a C6 same colors and its surprising how bigger it look!
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I think all modern Corvettes look better in person than they do in photographs. I remember seeing the early press photos of the C5 and thinking it looked horrible until I actually saw them driving on the road. People are going to fall in love with the C7 once they start seeing them cruising around more frequently
I recently saw in person the new Jag roadster, and it surprised me as being the first car in a long time I thought looked better in pics than in person.
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the salesman, FWIW, told me that it was sold, but the buyer backed out. if you're going to flagler, it wouldn't be much out of your way to swing by (i'm guessing 15-20 minutes from the I95/I4 interchange) - It just might be there in the showroom. Jon Hall chevy is on north nova road, about .5 miles north of international speedway blvd.
Appreciate the info
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I think all modern Corvettes look better in person than they do in photographs. I remember seeing the early press photos of the C5 and thinking it looked horrible until I actually saw them driving on the road. People are going to fall in love with the C7 once they start seeing them cruising around more frequently
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I can tell you what most likely happened and why he walked away. Like most of us back in April or May when we placed our orders we asked what our trade might be worth and they got their little book out and gave him a range. Now it's time to make the deal and the offer for the trade is a lot lower than the lowest number of that range he was quoted back in the spring.
At least he had the intestinal fortitude to walk away. My hat is off to him!
At least he had the intestinal fortitude to walk away. My hat is off to him!
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