Skid Row Joe

Not always. I bought the 1st MY 1980 Lincoln Town Car. It was an excellent car in most every way. I drove it 11-years. One thing I've noticed is that some options or equipment changes that kick in the 2nd MY, are things that I wished my 1st MY had.

tcinla

Both Porsche and GM mass produce, right? So, how is it that Porsche has fewer issues than GM. Sure they both have them but the frequency is lower with Porsche. Their processes as more finely tuned and somehow they must be paying more attention...

Mr Triple Black

Guess you didn’t hear about the GT3 recall where they all had to get new engines...

BIG Dave

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PerKr

Yes. There tend to be issues and I don't want to be among the first to find out. I also don't have a need to own the latest and greatest before anyone else. If no issues come up, fine, I'll be late to the party. No big deal.

PerKr

So at least they did a recall instead of denying the issue and blaming the customers. If they have a history of dealing with issues this way then buying a first-year model gets to be quite alright.

tcinla

The IMS issue pre-dates the one you refer to... but, at least Porsche did a recall. Now, where is the A8 recall..... Hmmm, I’m sure GM is going to any day now? Accountability seems to be the difference you get when going with o e company over the other.

punky

Yeah here are some examples of Porsche's "attention to detail".



Motors that blow up and barbecue.

Struts that bust through their housing towers for which there is no fix. Nice. What do the boys from Stutgart tells these poor suckers, "buy another Porsche, maybe you'll have better luck"?

The Porsche Fanboys who bash Corvettes, their owners, along with GM need to get off the Kool Aide that car magazines feed them.

ByByBMW

Don't forget that Porsche replaced all 758 engines free of charge AND gave the owners an extended warranty. GM should have done something similar for the LS7 engines but all they did was say "we fixed it" when in fact they still had the issues past the date GM said the issue was fixed.
Granted, if your LS7 grenaded inside the warranty period, it was covered. Note the "IF". Porsche was proactive and got ahead of the issue.

BigF6B

Like the guy in the first post of this thread,..I'm just too long in the tooth to wait.So if the price is right down here in sunny Florida I'll be in line for a 1st.year C8...

punky

Amazing how the Porsche defenders of the faith on a Corvette board circle the wagons with a knee jerk mentality anytime the realities of their icon is mentioned or exposed.

BarneyZ

C5 steering column lock. C6 Z06 Cylinder head issue. The C7 A8 "problematic". All the techs will start with zero experience with this car. New Corvettes will likely sell at a premium, relative to future years. I think I'll let all of you beta testers finish your work. In the meantime I'll continue to enjoy my C7 M7 convertible.

BadAV

I have owned three first year models and had no major issues with any of them.

I am not in the market for a C8 and I would not buy one in the first year because I will not pay sticker price for a vehicle, let alone give a premium.

ByByBMW

Since I am very happy with my 2012 GS vert, I will continue to enjoy it for at least 2 more years. By then enough reviews will be available. Also, any issues that do arise will be well documented here in CF.

punky

My first Corvette was a 1984 which was a first year and from a totally different era of design and quality control. Never had a single problem with it in 3 years and I ran the crap out of it.

sly1

I had a 1970 and have two lingering memories of that car. The first was that the cockpit looked fabulous at night with all the LED displays, and the second was that the paint didn't adhere to the fiberglass. If a little pebble hit the car, the paint would be damaged. My only problem was the paint, but the car sure attracted attention. I had a convertible and it took no effort to get an attractive young lady to be my passenger.

BigF6B

Punky,...I also had an '84. It was my first brand new Corvette...It was a black stick 4+3 Doug Nash tranny,and it had a glass roof...I lived in a small town in rural upstate N.Y.at the time,and everybody knew everybody.So they all thought I'd won the lottery or something. Got to drive it alot more after the wife said it was time to move to Florida...We detailed it out and took it Super Chevy shows here in Florida.

sly1

When my father bought a new car in the 1960s, he would always have a pad and pencil in the glove box to note all the quality issues. He'd wait about a month and by then the pad was half full. So it was off to the service department to have all the problems resolved. Certainly for the past 20 years the quality of cars has dramatically improved. A car with the lowest quality score in Consumer Reports today would be at the top of the list in 2000. My recent experiences have been with Porsches, and they have been virtually trouble free. Along with intense competition, I expect that CAD and robotics have really helped to improve quality.
Bottom line is that I'd be a lot more comfortable buying a new model in 2019 then I would have 20 years ago. OTOH if you don't feel a compulsion to be first, there are lots of good reasons that have been cited in this thread for delaying a year.

AORoads

I'd say both the C7 (for its styling change) and the C8 are large departures from the "usual" Corvette. The C8 is a much larger departure, and unless some at GM are deluding themselves, a lot of people in general, buyers, potential buyers, and different brands all over the world will be watching. This will not be the time to have a serious flub or foul up.

For that reason, I'd have no problem buying a first-year car. I've done first year, last and in-between. Usually my best luck is last year of a gen or model run. My above comments about flubs and foul ups can also be about small stuff--things that just irritate the first time it happens, and then keep irritating. For the small things, we'll see how this first-year model does.

Truthfully, I'm expecting good things---like really hitting it out of the park. JMO.

NY09C6

While Porsche is slightly ahead of GM they are both top of the industry. All my GM cars have been solid.

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