Worst Corvette ever built...
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Racer
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From: New Iberia LA
Worst Corvette ever built...
Up until I ordered my C7 everything I read was positive. Best Corvette ever, flawless design, unbelievable value for money, great build quality, etc, etc, etc.
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
Race Director
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From: Hurst, TX USA
Before I bought my C7 I stayed awake some nights wondering if I would get one nearly as well put together as my 2 C6s or a lemon. Turns out I got a good one, so far. 2200 trouble free miles; if something would be prone to falling off it would likely have done so by now. But remember on forums it is a lot easier to fill people's ears with bad stuff than it is to post about how wonderful the car is.
Safety Car
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From: IL / FL .
Up until I ordered my C7 everything I read was positive. Best Corvette ever, flawless design, unbelievable value for money, great build quality, etc, etc, etc.
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
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Racer
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Up until I ordered my C7 everything I read was positive. Best Corvette ever, flawless design, unbelievable value for money, great build quality, etc, etc, etc.
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
And I assume someone paid money to do this?
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Up until I ordered my C7 everything I read was positive. Best Corvette ever, flawless design, unbelievable value for money, great build quality, etc, etc, etc.
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, the EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
SWEET CAR! NO PROBLEMS HERE...
That's right, I yelled it!
Drifting
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From: Staten Island/NJ NY/NJ
You need to realize the failure rates are below 1% the problem with forums is there are so many people posting from all over the world, with the same product. Therefore, someone has to have a failure. But I agree with you I read some posts and **** a brick worrying what will happen to my car. You just need to remind yourself how small the failure rate actually is.
Racer
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From: Shelton CT
gregd,
Take a deep breath and try to relax and enjoy the time before you're car arrives... after all it's only a car. YEAH, RIGHT!
I admire your ability to wait it out. I ordered a C7 this time around, even though I usually buy off the lot. I lasted 3 weeks at 1100 then bailed because I was lucky enough to accidentally find a beautiful C7 sitting in a showroom 20 minutes from my house at a dealer that I thought didn't even get a Corvette allocation.
Hang in there,
Ed
Take a deep breath and try to relax and enjoy the time before you're car arrives... after all it's only a car. YEAH, RIGHT!
I admire your ability to wait it out. I ordered a C7 this time around, even though I usually buy off the lot. I lasted 3 weeks at 1100 then bailed because I was lucky enough to accidentally find a beautiful C7 sitting in a showroom 20 minutes from my house at a dealer that I thought didn't even get a Corvette allocation.
Hang in there,
Ed
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You need to realize the failure rates are below 1% the problem with forums is there are so many people posting from all over the world, with the same product. Therefore, someone has to have a failure. But I agree with you I read some posts and **** a brick worrying what will happen to my car. You just need to remind yourself how small the failure rate actually is.
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Up until I ordered my C7 everything I read was positive. Best Corvette ever, flawless design, unbelievable value for money, great build quality, etc, etc, etc.
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, t he EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
Now I am going into week 4 of gestation and after reading some of the posts I am convinced the engine will fall out before I leave the museum, only 10% of the fasteners on the car will be properly attached, t he EPA will arrest me for illegally discharging oil in parking lots and if orange had been an available color and I had ordered it the orange peel in the paint finish would land the car a spot in the next Florida orange juice commercial...
Gotta quit reading the few horror stories...
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Its the internet.
In the old days, you had to get out your typewriter, find a clean sheet of paper, carefully type out your complaint, use white out to make your corrections, probably start over several times as you changed your mind, find a pen to sign the paper, find an appropriate envelope, get a stamp if you had one, and remember to post it on your way to work the next morning.
Then, that letter would be picked up and carried to a distribution center, sent in the belly of an airplane to another distribution center, hand sorted, carried by a guy to the business you have an issue with where it was given to the mail room. There it was sorted again and moved to someone in customer services "IN BOX" where it sat waiting to be opened to be sorted again to someone in charge of answering the complaint or finding someone to contact you by having their secretary type out a letter......
Now you turn on your cell phone and 2 seconds later post a complaint on a forum.
Everything looks really crappy in this new reality.
In the old days, you had to get out your typewriter, find a clean sheet of paper, carefully type out your complaint, use white out to make your corrections, probably start over several times as you changed your mind, find a pen to sign the paper, find an appropriate envelope, get a stamp if you had one, and remember to post it on your way to work the next morning.
Then, that letter would be picked up and carried to a distribution center, sent in the belly of an airplane to another distribution center, hand sorted, carried by a guy to the business you have an issue with where it was given to the mail room. There it was sorted again and moved to someone in customer services "IN BOX" where it sat waiting to be opened to be sorted again to someone in charge of answering the complaint or finding someone to contact you by having their secretary type out a letter......
Now you turn on your cell phone and 2 seconds later post a complaint on a forum.
Everything looks really crappy in this new reality.