"The plain-Jane C7...
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Joined: May 2007
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From: Atlanta GA
Unfortunately I have a 1lt,I had planned on upgrading it & have been ever since I got it 3 weeks ago,but the inability of being able to add hud & lack of simple things like heated/cooled seats(should be in every vette @ what they charge for these things)has me regretting it big time.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2018
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Unfortunately I have a 1lt,I had planned on upgrading it & have been ever since I got it 3 weeks ago,but the inability of being able to add hud & lack of simple things like heated/cooled seats(should be in every vette @ what they charge for these things)has me regretting it big time.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.
WOW i just bought a base 1lt stingray and this is my first vette as well....I plan to do a couple basic upgrades however my take is a complete 180 from yours. Sounds like you should have spent more time researching & test driving before you bought your first vette.
My last couple cars were a 2013 BMW m3 e92 and before that was a 2010 AMG c63 and IMO this 2018 stingray is a american version of those two cars put together. And better looking at that.
Last edited by 65fastback; Apr 22, 2018 at 05:24 PM.
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From: Virginia
Unfortunately I have a 1lt,I had planned on upgrading it & have been ever since I got it 3 weeks ago,but the inability of being able to add hud & lack of simple things like heated/cooled seats(should be in every vette @ what they charge for these things)has me regretting it big time.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.
Don't believe I've heard that here before. I'm curious, what much nicer car could you have gotten for the $?
I know several who have HUDs all thought they were pretty cool the first couple weeks, but have since stopped using them.
Last edited by Kevin A Jones; Apr 22, 2018 at 05:34 PM.
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From: Virginia
isn't that 
I went to look for a new pickup a couple months ago, the one I liked (Dodge Ram) was going to cost me almost $2000 than I paid for my GS Vert. I will continue to drive my Tacoma with 407,000 miles on it; it's probably more reliable.
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: Cookeville Tennessee
Quality is not job one at today's dodge ram manufacturing facility.
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: Cookeville Tennessee
Wow, 'too plain and under powered' Don't believe I've heard that here before.
I'm curious, what much nicer car could you have gotten for the $?
I know several who have HUDs all thought they were pretty cool the first couple weeks, but have since stopped using them.
Don't believe I've heard that here before.I'm curious, what much nicer car could you have gotten for the $?
I know several who have HUDs all thought they were pretty cool the first couple weeks, but have since stopped using them.
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From: Plymouth Massachusetts
2025 C7 of the Year Finalist- Unmodified
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If you get a 1LT and you are happy that is all that matters.
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From: Virginia
Sounds like you purchased it on impulse.
Personally Mustangs (especially the ultra expensive ones) do nothing for me but to each their own.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2018
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I can't even begin to understand this trade...serious question did you not test drive the corvette?
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: Cookeville Tennessee
I have always liked vettes as I like American sports cars & had owned 2 in the past 1 Targa & 1 vert & figured that a new corvette would surely outshine the lowly mustang,but NOPE I was wrong.
I will however fix that & it is already taking shape & looks alot better than it did when I got it 3 weeks ago.
I love the manual trans in the vette as it's superior.I love the handling as it's superior,but that is about it.
The mustang is far superior in every other way & if you don't know that,well you simply haven't had a new mustang.
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: Cookeville Tennessee
I have a new truck as well,if not for that I I could of easily afforded the zo6,but I need a truck & I don't want a jalopy either.
I had figured I could simply supercharge the vette & call it good,but this things so fragile,I will have to build it up to handle any kind of power.
With the coyote,you don't have to worry about pistons or improving the heads,beefing up the differential etc if all you want is 700-800hp.
Last edited by Southeast Beast; Apr 22, 2018 at 08:50 PM.
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From: Virginia
Not exaxtly,I wanted a gt500,but it wasn't produced in 16 so I opted for the next best thing a fully loaded supercharged roush under the impression that it was warranted at any ford dealer & I had to go a good distance away to purchase it at a roush dealer,well it is not covered by any ford dealer & I simply didn't want to take it that far away every time it needed anything.
I have always liked vettes as I like American sports cars & had owned 2 in the past 1 Targa & 1 vert & figured that a new corvette would surely outshine the lowly mustang,but NOPE I was wrong.
I will however fix that & it is already taking shape & looks alot better than it did when I got it 3 weeks ago.
I love the manual trans in the vette as it's superior.I love the handling as it's superior,but that is about it.
The mustang is far superior in every other way & if you don't know that,well you simply haven't had a new mustang.
I have always liked vettes as I like American sports cars & had owned 2 in the past 1 Targa & 1 vert & figured that a new corvette would surely outshine the lowly mustang,but NOPE I was wrong.
I will however fix that & it is already taking shape & looks alot better than it did when I got it 3 weeks ago.
I love the manual trans in the vette as it's superior.I love the handling as it's superior,but that is about it.
The mustang is far superior in every other way & if you don't know that,well you simply haven't had a new mustang.
Good luck to you moding up your C7.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Sarasota Florida
Seems like you should have stuck with Mustangs.
Drifting
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Drifting
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Here's the problem with modern sports cars: this type of car has always been a dick measuring contest, now more than ever. But as cars have gotten more and more powerful in one critical sense they can become less fun to drive. Part of enjoying a sports car is flogging it for performance as you bang through the gears. I can barely open up my C7 on my local roads, and I live in a relatively sports car friendly place. Another 200 horsepower? Maybe if I lived in Arizona. Here, I can't see it. You'd almost never get the revs over 4K. It's hard to do it in my stock Z-51 Stingray.
I think that my car hits the sweet spot, but often enough even my plain-Jane Stingray is over-powered for the roads I drive it on.
I think that my car hits the sweet spot, but often enough even my plain-Jane Stingray is over-powered for the roads I drive it on.
Drifting
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Hey, that new BMW M2 has much less horsepower and can't keep up with a Stingray on a race track, but the auto writers love the car. I'm sure that car is a lot of fun to drive. So is a Miata. Horsepower is one factor, and more is not necessarily always better, at least for the way I like to drive a car.
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: Cookeville Tennessee
I also purchased a c7 thinking it was the pinnacle of American sports cars,seems I never get it right 😔
Last edited by Southeast Beast; Apr 23, 2018 at 08:17 AM.