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Tough choice for sure. My limited sports car history went vert, coupe, vert, vert, so I think you can guess which camp I'm in. Of course, if I tracked my car it would be different.
Don't get me wrong - I love my C7 coupe, but on sunny days like today (71 degrees and perfect in mid-February in CA) taking the top off the car makes it a different creature all together. I love it so much more. Which leads me to wonder if I should have bought a convertible.
I have never owned a convertible, but if I get another Corvette, I'm thinking it should have a soft top. Anyone else feel the same?
convertible is coupe AND a convertible
a coupe is a coupe
I guess I'm old then (at 37, probably true). You should see the looks I get though. Yesterday a 20 something female yelled at me while i drove past in grocery store parking lot "I love your car!". Priceless.
If the top don't drop, I ain't gonna buy it. Jimbob, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, make yourself happy. Life's just to short to drive a coupe.
BTW, ALL this whoha about you can't take a Vert on a road trip is bunk. We've taken several 3+ week road trips in ours. You just have to use your brain a little, and you can take enough along to suit you. Plus, you can put the top down with the truck full. When I see a photo of a coupes rear full, I wonder where they will put the top if they want to go topless.
There's nothing like that perfect day with the top down, your bestie by your side, driving down a quiet back road. It's the best blood pressure medicine known to man, and woman (that's for my ginger girl Lisa)
Yep, and I can put at least as much in the Vert and still be able to see out the rear. Top up/ top on, vs. top down / top stowed, I guarantee this is true. I never understood the "general belief" that the coupe has "so much more storage space." I've had both.
Although, I will say, I do use more sunscreen in the Vert.
I guess I'm old then (at 37, probably true). You should see the looks I get though. Yesterday a 20 something female yelled at me while i drove past in grocery store parking lot "I love your car!". Priceless.
don’t get too excited. They like your car not you.
It's an individual preference thing, however only convertibles for me ( at least for modern vettes) for the below reasons.
Visually pleasing top up or down.
Much lower production, hold resale value better.
Love the looks of the waterfall between the seats as opposed to just a storage cavity.
Improved driving experience with the top down (coup with top panel removed isn't even close).
Much quieter.
A secure trunk where all your junk can't be seen, and still (even with top down) enough space to store (2) full size roll around carry-ons with additional space to spare.
And most important 'real sports car don't have tops'
I had a coupe and went to a Convertible. I can tell you the coupe with the top off does not come close to the convertible. The convertible is quieter, less wind turbulence, and 1 button operation. As for storage it meets my needs.
I just purchased another convertible and when I told my Wife I wanted to get a Z06 her only comment was get the convertible.
Remind, which 1 month out of the year that it does not snow in Rochester?
One of the things many folks do not realize is that there is extra storage space in the trunk via the drop-down panel, if traveling with the top up. Adds A LOT of additional space.
Don't get me wrong - I love my C7 coupe, but on sunny days like today (71 degrees and perfect in mid-February in CA) taking the top off the car makes it a different creature all together. I love it so much more. Which leads me to wonder if I should have bought a convertible.
I have never owned a convertible, but if I get another Corvette, I'm thinking it should have a soft top. Anyone else feel the same?
