What’s Up everyone, I have owned a C4 and a C6 . I retired last year and want to purchase a C7 , my budget is 50k (don’t want payments) . I have been looking on CARFAX and auto trader and my color choices are white, blue or orange. Any other places to look or stay away from, LOL

 

Welcome, back good hunting!

 

Stupid question, have you tried the for sale generations sub foruns here? Lots of Vettes for sale.

 

Welcome back from Charlotte

 

Welcome back!

 

Welcome back and good luck with the search!

 

Since you want to find a C7, I’m moving this thread to the C7 General section for some recommendations on where to look for just the right car.

And welcome to the forum.

@Fierce7mm Sent you a PM.

 

I retired last year also and found mine on CarGurus

 

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We found our car in September, 2020 on Cars.com using their advanced search feature to limit the search results to just the 2017 & 2018 model years when Black Rose Metallic was available. Further restrictions of the search can help find just what you're looking for.

 

Howdy! Best of luck with your search! We found our C7 on CarMax; love it!

 

Welcome back. Good luck and keep us posted on what you find.

 

Welcome back from Hickory, NC, and best wishes with your search!
I agree with ChiefBoats’s recommendation of also checking the C7 for sale section at: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-for-sale-161/

 

X2 Great experience at Carmax and a great extended warranty. We have one local and had the car shipped to the local Carmax.

 

I’ve found cars.com to have the best list of available Corvettes and as mentioned above, you can tailor your search to exactly what you are looking to find.

Welcome back from the great state of Texas!

 

Welcome back. The first thing you should do is define how you want to use the car. Trips, Cruising, Shows, Track, Drag. That helps identify how you want the car equipped. For instance, Trips, Cruising, and Shows make more cars available since you can choose between Stingray, Stingray Z51 or the wide body cars. However, you can settle for a Stingray with various Trim Options. The seating choices are more involved than the C4 seats where you had a choice of base or Sport. With the C7 you have two seats available with the choice of base or sport with both. Then there are features that show up based on model year. For instance, front cameras only became available on 2LT/2LZ cars in 2016. Those cameras can be very helpful when pulling into a parking space with a front curb. The hatch pull-down became available in 2016 as well and that makes it a lot simpler to close the hatch. Features and improvements aren't easily back fit into cars that don't have them. Another example is Navigation. All C7s come with Navigation. However, that only means all of them have OnStar Navigation available (for a yearly fee). There is an optional OnBoard Navigation system that works with and independently of the OnStar system. That OnBoard Navigation system also comes with the Performance Data Recorder (PDR) which includes a video camera and car performance data capture that can be analyzed using Cosworth ToolBox on a PC. If you purchase a 3LT/3LZ car the OnBoard Navigation is standard. Then of course you have the Heads Up Display which isn't available on the 1LT/1LZ cars.

Purchasing on the used market means you need to know what you want and really need to verify a car you are looking at has what you want. Most salespeople won't have a clue and a large number of owners really don't have a clue. The forum has many threads where purchasers didn't do their proper due diligence and found out they didn't have an option/feature they considered critical. Auto Trader and Car Guru ads don't provide a lot of information about these various configurations either. There is still a lot of usage of the 1950s term "Loaded" but all C7s come "Loaded" some are just not as "Loaded" as others.

Bill

 

Great advice and followed to a “T” and that left me being the new owner of a C7 being delivered Tuesday.

 

Congratulations from a fellow North Carolinian. You will love it. Here in Raleigh if you need anything. Where in NC are you?

 

Just outside of Lincolnton