1+ Year Update - Build Quality
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From: Holly Springs NC
St. Jude Donor '16-'17,'22,'24
We ditched GM for family cars 30 years ago because of quality problems, we went Japanese and never looked back.
The Corvette is a special case because there are so few other cars that check all the boxes I want. But since the C7 & C8 Corvette get longer/wider/heavier/poorer visibility; with each generation, our current C7 (or a good used 2019) will probably be my last one.
We've had 4 new Corvettes over the last 20 years. Each of them had more problems during the first year than any of our Toyotas had in the first ten years.
Our current 2017 C7 is better, but still not up to our Japs in quality. I wouldn't own a Corvette that wasn't under original or extended warranty.
The Corvette is a special case because there are so few other cars that check all the boxes I want. But since the C7 & C8 Corvette get longer/wider/heavier/poorer visibility; with each generation, our current C7 (or a good used 2019) will probably be my last one.
We've had 4 new Corvettes over the last 20 years. Each of them had more problems during the first year than any of our Toyotas had in the first ten years.
Our current 2017 C7 is better, but still not up to our Japs in quality. I wouldn't own a Corvette that wasn't under original or extended warranty.
I don't think there's a right or wrong here, but each of us bases our purchase decisions on our experience.
