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I am a long time corvette fan and owner. I went to check out your newest flagship, the Z06, at a dealership last night. I was able and prepared to make the purchase if impressed enough. I came home empty handed, disappointed, maybe even a little insulted. In my opinion you are giving the corvette a bad name by releasing these vehicles in the condition they are in and expecting people to not notice. I'm no trust fund baby, I work hard for my money and $100,000 is an awful lot of it representing years of demonstrated pride in what I do. There is no way I am spending $100k on a car that has orange peel so bad, it looks like the acne covered face of a teenager addicted to pizza.
There is no way I am spending $100k on a car that has a rear bumper so misaligned, it protrudes out the side worse than Steve Buscemi's teeth. ( I could easily set a #2 pencil on that ledge.)
There is no way I am spending $100k on a car that has seats so poorly assembled that the leather sags on the frame worse than Rosanne Barr's arm flap.
Nope. I'm not going to do it. I am withholding my money until you take AT LEAST as much pride in your work as I take in mine that earned me that $100k.
I'm ashamed and a little insulted to be a corvette lover right now... I will not support you. Not when my $20k Mazda econo-box has better fit and finish. You want $100k! You're drunk GM, go home. Go home and do it right, so that I can feel good about writing that check and wearing those flags on my jacket and hat. Stop shipping out this garbage and asking YOUR BIGGEST FANS to stand behind it.
I won't do it, and neither should anyone else who loves the corvette.
I don't understand the seat cover issue. My C7 has perfect seats as did any I have seen. Paint, yes there are issues. Read up on the new composites to understand why.
Oh I am.
Throw stones, tar and feather me, draw and quarter me... I don't care.
I'm sick of this cr@p.
I want to be PROUD of what I drive, and this doesn't qualify.
They will never fix it if everyone keeps buying it. its NOT OK people.
I have a z07 vert on order but I am starting to get nervous. I looked at one on the floor of a dealership in Hartford Ct yesterday and it had some serious panel alignment issues. Door gaps did not match on driver and passenger side, front bumper space did not match and hood was out of line. I will say that the paint looked fine to me. I am not canceling my order but I am concerned.
I understand your frustration, but my experience has been completely different than tours. My seats don't sag and my paint has very little orange peel.
I agree that the example you featured in your post should not have passed quality control.
I don't believe that this is a systemic problem, but a local one. The Bowling Green Plant Manager should handle this personally.
No, he should write it here so that potential prospective customers also see what's going on. This is the year 2014. We are living in the age of information sharing. Why do you guys want to censor people so much for showing the faults of the car?
Oh I am.
Throw stones, tar and feather me, draw and quarter me... I don't care.
I'm sick of this cr@p.
I want to be PROUD of what I drive, and this doesn't qualify.
They will never fix it if everyone keeps buying it. its NOT OK people.
Well, I haven't had the pleasure of seeing the new Z06 in person. So I can't speak for or against the car. Just want to make sure you're not going to throw a hissy fit without actually contacting the company itself, (that'd be as useless as not exercising your right to vote and complaining about how the big wigs are running things).
If others feel the same way, definitely rally them to your cause.
I understand your frustration, but my experience has been completely different than tours. My seats don't sag and my paint has very little orange peel.
I agree that the example you featured in your post should not have passed quality control.
I don't believe that this is a systemic problem, but a local one. The Bowling Green Plant Manager should handle this personally.
BobD
This is not the first time someone posted pictures of seats and panels like that. I know first hand 3 different threads at 3 different times. That's a lot considering this forum has only a handful of people who has seen these cars in real life.
Nice job cherry picking a seat pic from a yellow car. That pic has been on here before. I don't have any of these issues with mine and am very happy with my car. If you don't like it don't buy it, someone else will.
Those seats look like they have seat covers from walmart on them. Terrible.
Seems like these cars are hit and miss in terms of quality. For $100k, I'd expect alittle better quality considering youre now dipping into a whole new league of top notch cars.
OP, have at it my man!! Kudos to you for stepping up and saying something ON THE FORUM. These asshats that think you're bitching must live in a frggin' delusional bubble not wanting to hear/know about such experiences. Nicely done and thank you!
I have a z07 vert on order but I am starting to get nervous. I looked at one on the floor of a dealership in Hartford Ct yesterday and it had some serious panel alignment issues. Door gaps did not match on driver and passenger side, front bumper space did not match and hood was out of line. I will say that the paint looked fine to me. I am not canceling my order but I am concerned.
When it comes in accept it only after it passes your quality test. Also if something comes up that doesn't work that called a warranty. Let's not feed the beast on this forum! If the guy who started this post has 100k to spend and has a GM issue buy something else as not interested in your issues.
12-17-2014, 09:33 AM
Dear GM/Chevrolet,
