Did you consider a Porsche?
06-27-2018, 11:42 AM
#321
Burning Brakes
I used to have a 997 Carrera, but I wanted the Corvette for something different. The Porsche was a great car, well engineered and put together, and was trouble-free (excepting the horn I had to replace twice) for 6 + years. But, my C7 is more fun. It drives great, the v8 is magic, and the car just looks sexy. I would like another Porsche someday, but it needs to be a Turbo S - my good friend had one and it was a rocket ship. But, I'll always hold on to my Corvette. The manual shifter is soon to be extinct I'm afraid, so the Porsche will be fine with the PDK, and I can get my manual shift heebie jeebies satisfied with my C7.
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06-27-2018, 01:49 PM
#322
Burning Brakes
I was at the Porsche dealer this am to service my Macan. I took a walk around the lot and they had quite a few interesting cars, including a new 700 HP GT2 RS (in the white wrapper), MSRP $349k, and a fairly "base" GT3 (*not* an RS) for $163k. I have to say the GT3 was really a killer car. Agate Gray, 7MT, full black leather with red seat belts, center lock wheels, a couple of performance options, and nothing else. Very, very little orange peel, good paint. The build quality and interior is really stellar, and the price isn't much more than a GTS (there was one there for $146k). These cars are expensive to buy and service, but they really are nice.
06-27-2018, 05:36 PM
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I still can never get over the egg like look for a Porsche. To me they will always be a nicer looking VW Beetle. You can put lipstick on a pig but its a pig. I like wide body masculine cars like the zr1/z06/grand sport, Aventador SV, Etc.
06-27-2018, 06:04 PM
#324
Burning Brakes
I find that the styling on a 911 is timeless. Time will tell if the C7 will be generally thought of the same way. I think the C2 falls into that category. The difference between the two for me was every time I got in the C7, I felt I was missing the gold chain, pinky ring and backwards baseball cap for the wardrobe of the day.
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06-27-2018, 06:43 PM
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06-27-2018, 07:42 PM
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I was living in the UAE and my previous car was a 2011 Cayman with 10k miles on it. Mint condition. I really liked the look of the Cayman. Great fit & finish and was reliable. It was a great car. I loved how it handled and was small enough to get around tight spaces, though it lacked grunt torque and wasn't really in a hurry to get up to speeds. I came reallly close to buying a 2017 Cayman S, but was too late on pulling the trigger on a bid.
I hated the excessive cost of maintenance. $300 USD for an oil change and filter was exorbitant. Anything for maintenance was beaucoup $$$.
I returned home to Canada with my head-set on getting a C7, but thought I'd look to see what the base Cayman or the S series,would cost here. Unfortunately their price ballooned once I tallied the options which were already on the Corvette. It was really an easy choice. My wife liked the look of the C7 much more which made the decision a slam dunk.
I won't say I wouldn't buy a Porsche again, but they, I believe over price their cars.
Btw, the C7 BLOWS away the Cayman on all levels. Having the free oil changes for my Z51 is a nice bonus as well.
Can you imagine paying over $300 for an oil change & filter?!!!
I hated the excessive cost of maintenance. $300 USD for an oil change and filter was exorbitant. Anything for maintenance was beaucoup $$$.
I returned home to Canada with my head-set on getting a C7, but thought I'd look to see what the base Cayman or the S series,would cost here. Unfortunately their price ballooned once I tallied the options which were already on the Corvette. It was really an easy choice. My wife liked the look of the C7 much more which made the decision a slam dunk.
I won't say I wouldn't buy a Porsche again, but they, I believe over price their cars.
Btw, the C7 BLOWS away the Cayman on all levels. Having the free oil changes for my Z51 is a nice bonus as well.
Can you imagine paying over $300 for an oil change & filter?!!!
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06-27-2018, 08:06 PM
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I was living in the UAE and my previous car was a 2011 Cayman with 10k miles on it. Mint condition. I really liked the look of the Cayman. Great fit & finish and was reliable. It was a great car. I loved how it handled and was small enough to get around tight spaces, though it lacked grunt torque and wasn't really in a hurry to get up to speeds. I came reallly close to buying a 2017 Cayman S, but was too late on pulling the trigger on a bid.
I hated the excessive cost of maintenance. $300 USD for an oil change and filter was exorbitant. Anything for maintenance was beaucoup $$$.
I returned home to Canada with my head-set on getting a C7, but thought I'd look to see what the base Cayman or the S series,would cost here. Unfortunately their price ballooned once I tallied the options which were already on the Corvette. It was really an easy choice. My wife liked the look of the C7 much more which made the decision a slam dunk.
I won't say I wouldn't buy a Porsche again, but they, I believe over price their cars.
Btw, the C7 BLOWS away the Cayman on all levels. Having the free oil changes for my Z51 is a nice bonus as well.
Can you imagine paying over $300 for an oil change & filter?!!!
I hated the excessive cost of maintenance. $300 USD for an oil change and filter was exorbitant. Anything for maintenance was beaucoup $$$.
I returned home to Canada with my head-set on getting a C7, but thought I'd look to see what the base Cayman or the S series,would cost here. Unfortunately their price ballooned once I tallied the options which were already on the Corvette. It was really an easy choice. My wife liked the look of the C7 much more which made the decision a slam dunk.
I won't say I wouldn't buy a Porsche again, but they, I believe over price their cars.
Btw, the C7 BLOWS away the Cayman on all levels. Having the free oil changes for my Z51 is a nice bonus as well.
Can you imagine paying over $300 for an oil change & filter?!!!
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911Hunter (06-29-2018)
06-27-2018, 08:11 PM
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To answer the original question in post #1,yes,I owned 7 of them before I bought my 1st Corvette in November. But I'm older than the vast majority of folks here.
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06-28-2018, 01:27 AM
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06-28-2018, 11:34 AM
#335
Burning Brakes
Not for long, price & maitainence costs changed my mind. Glad it worked that way.
06-28-2018, 12:30 PM
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Le Mans Master
06-28-2018, 04:50 PM
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Ditto. I used to work for Porsche years ago as a Service and Parts Manager, so I have always appreciated their appeal. However, the Corvette offers very similar (or better) performance in a tried and true configuration of RWD American V8 horsepower and torque. It sold me.
06-28-2018, 04:53 PM
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I seriously doubt this place is "chock-full" of owners in their late '70s. I am sure there are some but "chock-full",no. Perhaps chock fullmeans something different to you than it does me.
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06-28-2018, 05:29 PM
#339
For some reason I picture you on a porch swinging a cane in the air yelling at the neighbor kids about the meaning of "chock-full".lol (no disrespect...just made me chuckle)
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06-28-2018, 05:30 PM
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