Quality control
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Racer
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From: hilton ny
Quality control
I just had the honor to see a new red coupe, being "ready" for the new owner.
He would not pick it up until they adjusted the front fender- doors gapped badly. bottom edge of the fenders stuck out a tad too I noticed.
I stopped back the next day, it was better, but when they opened the door, nearly scary close to rubbing each other in the middle section of the opening.
. I hope this is a fluke. The car looks scary nice other than that.
but kinda mustang like non-rounded rear window.
but I'm a non-red convert. guy anyhow.
He would not pick it up until they adjusted the front fender- doors gapped badly. bottom edge of the fenders stuck out a tad too I noticed.
I stopped back the next day, it was better, but when they opened the door, nearly scary close to rubbing each other in the middle section of the opening.
. I hope this is a fluke. The car looks scary nice other than that.
but kinda mustang like non-rounded rear window.
but I'm a non-red convert. guy anyhow.
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Racer
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From: hilton ny
Sorry, no pictures, The car being there in life caught me off guard. But, surprised even more, was body-fit a issue after all GM's engineering. C1 days are gone.
Last edited by wild oats; Sep 30, 2013 at 11:52 PM.
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It's unfortunate that the new owner and the dealer did not check first and find that this fit is intentional. It looks slightly wrong but it does protect the bottom of the door from being blasted by stones from the front tire. By altering this fit they have likely caused other areas to be misaligned.
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Not sure why it would be surprising. My 2012 C6 had terrible rear hatch alignment and driver door to fender alignment. Battery failed at 30 miles and harmonic balancer at 3 k miles.
So if they had those issues with a car they had been building for more than 8 years it should be no surprise the issues would show up on something they just started building.
So if they had those issues with a car they had been building for more than 8 years it should be no surprise the issues would show up on something they just started building.
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I'm not sure either. One can spend a few hundred thousand and probably (maybe) get better shot lines. But reliability isn't necessarily inherent in a vehicle that costs more or is a more mature design.
Most of the cars I've owned have had problems at one time or another. Some minor and more of a nuisance. Others catastrophic with terrible support from the manufacturer (Toyota... not to name names.)
Of all the different manufacturers I've owned (no blue ovals, thank you,) some of the GM cars have been the best. Maybe just lucky but my Corvettes have been almost entirely trouble free.
on wood.
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Most of the cars I've owned have had problems at one time or another. Some minor and more of a nuisance. Others catastrophic with terrible support from the manufacturer (Toyota... not to name names.)
Of all the different manufacturers I've owned (no blue ovals, thank you,) some of the GM cars have been the best. Maybe just lucky but my Corvettes have been almost entirely trouble free.
on wood.Rat
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