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Maybe next time
AIR FORCE VETERAN
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Pennsylvania
:Its been 7 weeks since i ordered my corvette with z51 package with no movement and no straight answer on when I may see it. Today I am more than likely canceling my order and going with the Nissan GT-R. More money but in stock at local dealer. Shame I finally ordered the car i want and Chevy drops the ball. How are they still around is beyond me.
1 waiting so long to order
2 buying that Ugly ( but fast) Nissan.. Why do you think the dealer had a GT-R?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2012
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OP, you'll love the GT-R, especially if auto DCTs are your thing.
Melting Slicks
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From: Austin Texas
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Burning Brakes
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GT-R is a good car, we need not kid ourselves. As far as styling, beauty is in the eye of the beholder -- I like the look of them not because they look "Pretty" by any stretch of the imagination, but because they look like a beast/monster of a machine. I suppose I just respect more cars than the average joe.
That said, I LOVE my Z51. There is no other car that I want more, currently, for less than $100k plus. Given the choice of a GT-r vs my stingray for free, I'm biased, but I honestly think I'd take the stingray. I love everything about it -- heck I ordered everything I wanted.
One final note to the OP here -- I don't think you'll find any sympathy, storming onto a forum where people have been waiting for the rollout and deliveries of this car for nearly a year now, with some JUST having received their cars (many more still waiting). You ordered 7 weeks ago. Any amount of research would have turned up the following: the car (especially z51) is very much in demand, there are production constraints, only a handful of dealers currently have the ability to get you a newly ordered car moving down the line with some of the harder-to-come-by parts/options.
That said, I LOVE my Z51. There is no other car that I want more, currently, for less than $100k plus. Given the choice of a GT-r vs my stingray for free, I'm biased, but I honestly think I'd take the stingray. I love everything about it -- heck I ordered everything I wanted.
One final note to the OP here -- I don't think you'll find any sympathy, storming onto a forum where people have been waiting for the rollout and deliveries of this car for nearly a year now, with some JUST having received their cars (many more still waiting). You ordered 7 weeks ago. Any amount of research would have turned up the following: the car (especially z51) is very much in demand, there are production constraints, only a handful of dealers currently have the ability to get you a newly ordered car moving down the line with some of the harder-to-come-by parts/options.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Rhode Island
The GT-R is ugly, it's because of the size and weight. The C7 Z06 will lap it around Laguna Seca just like the C6 Z06 did. And just think the C7 Z06 will be cheaper than the GT-R too.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2012
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Of course, dollar for dollar, the C7 "Stingray" is a better value but I am not arguing that. Simply stating the GT-R is an amazing car and the OP will love it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Austin Texas
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A car that weighs as much as the GT-R does should not be capable of performing as it does. Line up next to one in your C7 and see how you do. I said supercar, not sports car, price only applies when you compare it to the C7 ZO6.
Of course, dollar for dollar, the C7 "Stingray" is a better value but I am not arguing that. Simply stating the GT-R is an amazing car and the OP will love it.
Of course, dollar for dollar, the C7 "Stingray" is a better value but I am not arguing that. Simply stating the GT-R is an amazing car and the OP will love it.
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"In honor of jpee"
and while I won't characterize the nissan at all, you did drop the ball by just coming to CF this month, mostly to "inform us" of your decision. thank you.
but what might have been more helpful---to you---is to have known the process, the problems, the dealers, the allocations, etc. had you been on here BEFORE you ordered. all the people complaining about their local dealers not getting any allocation, having allocation and not getting cars----all legit.
but as you said in your second(or first) post, "should" was one of your words. if you wait for "should" in much that you do, it won't happen at all. not that you are wrong, it's just the way many/most things work---not to the "should" of how it should be.
so, move on, enjoy the nisssan, maybe Chevy will see you again, and maybe next time around you will do a slightly more involved type of homework to find how to actually get a hot, first-year product. good luck.
but what might have been more helpful---to you---is to have known the process, the problems, the dealers, the allocations, etc. had you been on here BEFORE you ordered. all the people complaining about their local dealers not getting any allocation, having allocation and not getting cars----all legit.
but as you said in your second(or first) post, "should" was one of your words. if you wait for "should" in much that you do, it won't happen at all. not that you are wrong, it's just the way many/most things work---not to the "should" of how it should be.
so, move on, enjoy the nisssan, maybe Chevy will see you again, and maybe next time around you will do a slightly more involved type of homework to find how to actually get a hot, first-year product. good luck.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Glen Cove New York
:Its been 7 weeks since i ordered my corvette with z51 package with no movement and no straight answer on when I may see it. Today I am more than likely canceling my order and going with the Nissan GT-R. More money but in stock at local dealer. Shame I finally ordered the car i want and Chevy drops the ball. How are they still around is beyond me.
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