This guy's a fan...
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That’s a great article. I would bet that most of the forum members would agree with his assessments. Especially the guys that have owned multiple generations. Pure luck for me. Started out looking at C6’s but found a C7 that I liked, so I stepped up. Probably would have been happy with either one if they had the options I wanted. I would also guess that most of us here love to look at C1’s and C2’s at car shows, etc. Looking at prices online will make your head spin. If I could afford to have a stable of cars, I’d own one.😎
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Having owned C3s, C4s and C5s, and now a C7, I completely agree with his conclusion, The C7 is one incredible machine. The C8 is revolutionary, and perhaps some day I will own one, but my current car just does it for me.
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Having spent a lot of time talking to owners restoring C1-C5, and owners maintaining C6-C8, it was pretty accurate.
I would make exception to the '69-71 C2's as being slow.
Honorable mention should be made to the id10t at T-Bird that killed the two-seater after three years. Who knows how that might have turned out?
I would make exception to the '69-71 C2's as being slow.
Honorable mention should be made to the id10t at T-Bird that killed the two-seater after three years. Who knows how that might have turned out?
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Having spent a lot of time talking to owners restoring C1-C5, and owners maintaining C6-C8, it was pretty accurate.
I would make exception to the '69-71 C2's as being slow.
Honorable mention should be made to the id10t at T-Bird that killed the two-seater after three years. Who knows how that might have turned out?
I would make exception to the '69-71 C2's as being slow.
Honorable mention should be made to the id10t at T-Bird that killed the two-seater after three years. Who knows how that might have turned out?
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Good read, having had 6 of the 8 gens, I concur whole heartedly. Sent that out to a bunch.
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I bought my first C7 (2015 Z06) recently. I hope he is right! So far the only thing I've done is change oil and the triple flush on the transmission. He did fail to mention the creaky top, I've tried all the "fixes" except replacing the latches. I've learned to live with it. I will say it is the best one I've had so far ( C3,C5s, C6s) but to be honest the C5 and C6 s have all been great cars. It was a great article.
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I had a C3 for 15 years and a C5 for the same...totally agree with his C3 assessment - C5 too although I thankfully never experienced the EBCM issue that he mentioned. And after almost 6 years I'm totally happy with my 2019 M7 and will be passing that along to my son when I get too old to drive it.
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Coming from a 63 Stingray convertible that ate up $32k in a 20+ year frame-on resto. Bought in 1996 for $18K. Sold it after 26 years for $48K. $2K for 26 years of fun? I'll take that any day, but it was "time to get something comfortable", the wife said. I didn't need to hear that twice! After a deep dive, 4/2021 I found a 2019 GS, M7, 2LT, convertible with 5300k miles. Love this car. Best handling since I drove a Porsche 914. This will be my last Corvette for as long as my left leg will hold out! Great article and I completely agree.
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