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So I've have been looking for a new or used C7 for about a month now. I pulled the trigger this weekend and purchased a 2016 Shark Gray Metallic Z51 3LT A8. Has pretty much everything but MRC. It has 2870 miles, but I don't see how even that many miles have been put on it; it literally looks showroom new inside and out. Well, I'm pretty giddy; I can't stop walking back and forth to the garage just to peek at it. I paid $54.5k OTD. That probably sounds a little high to you guys, but I've been searching over a month and it was the best deal I could find, and I still had to drive over an hour to a Chevy dealership out of the city. Pics to come as soon as it gets light outside.
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
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So I've have been looking for a new or used C7 for about a month now. I pulled the trigger this weekend and purchased a 2016 Shark Gray Metallic Z51 3LT A8. Has pretty much everything but MRC. It has 2870 miles, but I don't see how even that many miles have been put on it; it literally looks showroom new inside and out. Well, I'm pretty giddy; I can't stop walking back and forth to the garage just to peek at it. I paid $54.5k OTD. That probably sounds a little high to you guys, but I've been searching over a month and it was the best deal I could find, and I still had to drive over an hour to a Chevy dealership out of the city. Pics to come as soon as it gets light outside.
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
I'm not sure if all C7's have them, but I suspect they do. Not sure what they are called, little air dams. Like reverse mud flaps on the front wheels. If those aren't scraping, you're fine.
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So I've have been looking for a new or used C7 for about a month now. I pulled the trigger this weekend and purchased a 2016 Shark Gray Metallic Z51 3LT A8. Has pretty much everything but MRC. It has 2870 miles, but I don't see how even that many miles have been put on it; it literally looks showroom new inside and out. Well, I'm pretty giddy; I can't stop walking back and forth to the garage just to peek at it. I paid $54.5k OTD. That probably sounds a little high to you guys, but I've been searching over a month and it was the best deal I could find, and I still had to drive over an hour to a Chevy dealership out of the city. Pics to come as soon as it gets light outside.
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
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That's a well know corollary to the laws of physics: Conservation of mess... can not be created or destroyed... etc, etc. Happens to me, too.
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So I've have been looking for a new or used C7 for about a month now. I pulled the trigger this weekend and purchased a 2016 Shark Gray Metallic Z51 3LT A8. Has pretty much everything but MRC. It has 2870 miles, but I don't see how even that many miles have been put on it; it literally looks showroom new inside and out. Well, I'm pretty giddy; I can't stop walking back and forth to the garage just to peek at it. I paid $54.5k OTD. That probably sounds a little high to you guys, but I've been searching over a month and it was the best deal I could find, and I still had to drive over an hour to a Chevy dealership out of the city. Pics to come as soon as it gets light outside.
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
I was really, really concerned about the ground clearance. That's why I was also considering the 2SS. So far driving it around this weekend over a myriad of different speed bumps and angles I'm shocked nothing has scraped or scrubbed in the slightest! This truly might be my DD!
I haven't had any problems scraping. In fact it scrapes less than my C6 did. Just take the car out and drive, drive, drive. Then get up the next day and repeat.
By the way, when I was at Purdue in the NESEP program I knew a few bubble-heads. USMC 1966-70. Semper Fi.
Last edited by FunDriver; Apr 20, 2018 at 07:41 PM.
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No buyers remorse this time she Is a beauty and love the Black wheels ! ENJOY!
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