Considering a C8?
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Burning Brakes
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They made about 200,000 C7’s, about 40,000 of those are 7M’s. Value is only going to go down from here.
The 7M C7 is such a blast to drive on a twisty road, for me it would be boring driving a sports car with a DCT/Automatic.
Good luck getting a C8 or a getting a deal on one.
The 7M C7 is such a blast to drive on a twisty road, for me it would be boring driving a sports car with a DCT/Automatic.
Good luck getting a C8 or a getting a deal on one.
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Same as almost all vehicles, I would think. I remember reading something about them cutting inventory so they do not have to have so much in incentives to sell at the end of the year. Obviously it depends on whether the manufacturers can keep not producing extra inventory to lower the unit cost.
Burning Brakes
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Until you get competitive, maybe. Human shift is about 500 ms and the DTC is about 20% of that. 2nd place might be fun for some. Used to be sports cars were manual because technology forced it to be. Now it has to be manual because of the past that cannot accept that the old system is replaced by one that shifts faster, consumes less fuel and is more consistent.
Same as almost all vehicles, I would think. I remember reading something about them cutting inventory so they do not have to have so much in incentives to sell at the end of the year. Obviously it depends on whether the manufacturers can keep not producing extra inventory to lower the unit cost.
Same as almost all vehicles, I would think. I remember reading something about them cutting inventory so they do not have to have so much in incentives to sell at the end of the year. Obviously it depends on whether the manufacturers can keep not producing extra inventory to lower the unit cost.
I’ve never raced but I’ve done a lot of trackdays on 1000cc sportbikes on road racing course, some in the expert/race group and have run cars at the drag strip.
For what I use my car for I prefer a M/T.
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Just saw a report that the Corvette assembly plant had to shut down again? a parts shortage? Also saw that a un related shortage of chips has GM eliminating Magnetic Ride control?
Other GM models they are shipping without auto shut off, park assist, and other stuff?
These are weird times. Next thing you know gas will be $5/gal?
Other GM models they are shipping without auto shut off, park assist, and other stuff?
These are weird times. Next thing you know gas will be $5/gal?
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Until you get competitive, maybe. Human shift is about 500 ms and the DTC is about 20% of that. 2nd place might be fun for some. Used to be sports cars were manual because technology forced it to be. Now it has to be manual because of the past that cannot accept that the old system is replaced by one that shifts faster, consumes less fuel and is more consistent.
Same as almost all vehicles, I would think. I remember reading something about them cutting inventory so they do not have to have so much in incentives to sell at the end of the year. Obviously it depends on whether the manufacturers can keep not producing extra inventory to lower the unit cost.
Same as almost all vehicles, I would think. I remember reading something about them cutting inventory so they do not have to have so much in incentives to sell at the end of the year. Obviously it depends on whether the manufacturers can keep not producing extra inventory to lower the unit cost.
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For a car that I bought for power, kinda. For my sedan, not so much.
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They made about 200,000 C7’s, about 40,000 of those are 7M’s. Value is only going to go down from here.
The 7M C7 is such a blast to drive on a twisty road, for me it would be boring driving a sports car with a DCT/Automatic.
Good luck getting a C8 or a getting a deal on one.
The 7M C7 is such a blast to drive on a twisty road, for me it would be boring driving a sports car with a DCT/Automatic.
Good luck getting a C8 or a getting a deal on one.
Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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First off, it is MSRP. I know, a couple years ago and we'd have passed on MSRP but these are different times. 8 months ago was July 2021 so he was wanting a 22.
Burning Brakes
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Same deal on trucks these days. If you want one, you have to order it at MSRP plus T&L and wait months to get it.
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Supply and demand. More trucks are going off the road than replaced and each will be worth more. Good time to sell, decent time to trade up and lousy time to buy.
Burning Brakes
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If you’re looking for a Euro 458 type of car and driving experience the C8 is clearly the best choice out there. Personal not my cup of tea.
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NO.
After 3 years I still can't get the yearning for a C8.
I don't race, enjoy my M7 and the C7 grew on me within two years of introduction.
And with the C8 issues, the C7 is priced much closer to a used C8.
After 3 years I still can't get the yearning for a C8.
I don't race, enjoy my M7 and the C7 grew on me within two years of introduction.
And with the C8 issues, the C7 is priced much closer to a used C8.
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In fact, I stated from the beginning that I would wait for a 3rd year C8 to give GM one year to find the broad issues and another year to fix them as I really expected the C8 to be littered with problems. That really hasn't been the case.