Hello Corvette World
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Hello Corvette World
Like so many others I am joining because of the anticipated arrival of my first ever Corvette, a C8. My introduction to Vettes was in the '60s when my brother bought a new '65 Tuxedo black 327 roadster. My creds were elevated in high school just having a brother who owned a Vette. In those days I spent more time reading the Corvette News than any other car magazine.Got closer to them working at GM Research in the GM Tech Center in Warren. Although always around them I have never owned one.
My first new car was a Firebird in '70 while working for GMR. It's about to undergo a heavily modified, much needed ground up resto-mod. My current daily driver is an E60 M5. My autocross, track car, back roads car is a heavily modded, Rosso Corsa 3000GT VR4.
Although like so many, I admired Vettes from a far but never owned one. I had been looking at buying a 360 Modina for about a month before the C8 reveal. I had seen the spy shots but was not impressed except for it being a mid-engined design. That all changed when the actual car arrived. Although Ferraris remain a favorite marque the new Vette has jumped up to world class standing with what we've seen already. So, I could own an expensive to maintain 15yo exotic that I find gorgeous or a brand new 'exotic' under warranty and containing better performance with the latest technology. The choice was made simple after watching the reveal and subsequent videos.
That's my story and I'm stick'n to it 🚘😀
Dennis
My first new car was a Firebird in '70 while working for GMR. It's about to undergo a heavily modified, much needed ground up resto-mod. My current daily driver is an E60 M5. My autocross, track car, back roads car is a heavily modded, Rosso Corsa 3000GT VR4.
Although like so many, I admired Vettes from a far but never owned one. I had been looking at buying a 360 Modina for about a month before the C8 reveal. I had seen the spy shots but was not impressed except for it being a mid-engined design. That all changed when the actual car arrived. Although Ferraris remain a favorite marque the new Vette has jumped up to world class standing with what we've seen already. So, I could own an expensive to maintain 15yo exotic that I find gorgeous or a brand new 'exotic' under warranty and containing better performance with the latest technology. The choice was made simple after watching the reveal and subsequent videos.
That's my story and I'm stick'n to it 🚘😀
Dennis
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Dennis - welcome to the forum and best of luck with your C8 order.
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