C7 Reliability = A+
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Car brand ownership is very subjective and It’s a personal choice. The choice becomes more personal when you buy a car and have a lot of mechanical issues. I have owned a few cars that had one issue after another. Over the years, especially the past decade, I believe Chevy has made a concentrated effort to make a better corvette and you get a lot of quality and great performance. For me, the C6 was a great corvette. I can only have a positive mind set about the C7 corvette until shown or proven otherwise. The only thing I dislike with the new Grand Sport is the AMF mode and from everything I have read the AMF can be history for about $200.00. Down the road removing the AMF mode could be an option for me and I am sure many of you guys as well.
Get an M7 and you can choose (although I have become a fan of AFM after being a skeptic)
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Another good reason to get an M7. My 2004 z06 had 73k miles on it when I sold it and was trouble free. My 2019 Grand Sport is like an updated version of that car with more hp. 2500 miles so far and going well. Quality is very high in my opinion.
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There's no way the car has had zero issues.
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Burning Brakes
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Le Mans Master
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Most reliable car I have ever had by far. And I have had some good ones. 75,150 miles. Only issue was a belt tensioner pulley replacement after 37,000 miles. You can see by my signature I have a A8. I have never had a better transmission. (knock on wood)
I drive this baby hard. I mean real hard!
I drive this baby hard. I mean real hard!
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My 2017 Z51 (2LT) has 13,300 miles after 19 months. Just had the oil/filter changed again. The only maintenance issue was the windshield washer fluid pump needed replacing about 8 months ago. Zero issues other than that. VERY happy with the car in EVERY possible way.
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Has there been an actual documented failure of an A8, like stranded on the side of the road failure? On any of the A8 platforms? I know there are a lot of issues, but I'm not aware of any straight up hard failures.
Personally, last year I drove an A8 C7 2,000 miles round trip to Drag Week and another 1,000 miles during Drag Week. Not a single problem or concern.
One thing I've noticed, once the A8 goes into performance mode, it's the most awesome auto I've ever driven. The low speed, driving in traffic and AFM performance is where most of the complaints are centered.
Personally, last year I drove an A8 C7 2,000 miles round trip to Drag Week and another 1,000 miles during Drag Week. Not a single problem or concern.
One thing I've noticed, once the A8 goes into performance mode, it's the most awesome auto I've ever driven. The low speed, driving in traffic and AFM performance is where most of the complaints are centered.
Time to get your head out of the sand buddy. Many have been stranded at the dealer for weeks at a time while the whole rear end of the car needed to be pulled apart, body panels removed rear end removed suspension removed all because of that poorly engineered A8 transmission.
Last edited by C5Driver; Sep 1, 2018 at 08:16 AM.
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Time to get your head out of the sand buddy. Many have been stranded at the dealer for weeks at a time while the whole rear end of the car needed to be pulled apart, body panels removed rear end removed suspension removed all because of that poorly engineered A8 transmission.
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A car left stranded at the dealer (a premeditated decision by the owner) is way different than being left stranded by surprise in the middle of nowhere on a long road trip though. From what a lot of people on here have posted, it's not like the transmission just completely fails on them and leaves the car undriveable. In some cases it seems people are bringing their cars to the dealer simply because they've watched the tach fluctuate up and down by 50rpm at cruising speeds, something IMO that's not worth worrying about unless it gets considerably worse than that.
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Please provide a post thread demonstrating a driver has been stranded with a malfunctioning transmission. I am by no means questioning your credibility. I have followed all threads involving transmission issues and I myself cannot site one example of a driver being stranded. Thank you.
Last edited by joemessman; Sep 1, 2018 at 11:38 AM.
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I don't, but like Joe above, I'm wondering how many people have honestly been left stranded by a completely failed transmission. It seems to me like a lot of people complaining about minor rpm changes and slight shuddering, which is certainly annoying as heck, but it's not an outright failure that leaves you on the side of the highway at 3am.