How long have you been a fan what years have you owned?
 

Corvette has created a great new following with the C8 and I for one say welcome glad you're aboard . We all know that in order for a product to survive it has to have sales . We are coming upon the 70th Anniversary of the Corvette in 2023 , which is within itself an amazing feat . It truly speaks volumes for the leadership and engineering Chevrolet has had. That being said its success would not have been possible without the consumer. Many members on this forum have bought these cars for years . And are the reason Corvette still exists. Without tooting your horn let's see how Corvette has survived by listing what years you've owned ?State how long you've been a fan .

See my Signature. I bought my first Corvette 47 Years ago

Fan since the age of 8 or so, in the late '50s. Owned 2 new ones. A 1977, and a 2017.

2014 & 2021 coming. I was not interested in Corvettes even the slightest bit until the C7.

I've always had a curiosity for them as a kid in the 80s thanks to the C4, I've always thought the C3 was beautiful. I'll admit I had prejudice against the Corvette due to it's pushrod motor, leaf springs and "Fiberglass" body so I never saw myself owning one.......until the C7 lured me in

I kept up with the C7 from day one, I never did buy one however. By the time I could afford a C7 the C8 was in testing. I love the C8 and I do aspire to own one however I'm now waiting to see what the Z-06 has in store with it's DOHC motor. Problem is, the new Nissan Z is looking like one hell of a proposition and at half the price of a base C8 (and the same cost as a clean, used C7)

In short, I've never owned a 'vette but I have love and respect for them.

Same here.

Fan since the 1970s. Purchased my first in 2012 (Carlisle Blue C6), my next was a 2014 (White C7 vert, just sold), and I have a 2021 C8 HTC on order.

FAN: 10 months

Years owned: 0

Same here.

From 1979 YM through 2013 YM, I had zero interest in buying one. 2014 C7 changed all that.:yesnod:

Pretty impressive stable over the years ! By the way Thanks for your service ! May God Bless jm

Fan since I saw the first 53. Owned 59, 63 coupe, 64 convertible, 78, 87 convertible, 2000 convertible, 2006 convertible currently own 2020 coupe.

Wow now that's what I'm talking about .

Been a car guy since I was a kid. Followed in my dad's footsteps as an engineer with GM. Bought my first Vette, new in '74 (loaded, out the door $5,670 :eek:). Sold it when I bought my new '86. Sold that one last month in anticipation of my '21. After 16 1/2 months just got a call this morning that I was matched to an allocation! :party::rock:

Congratulations 👏

Fan since the 60's.

Bought my first (69) in 1972; second (07) in 2007; third (14) in 2014; fourth (17) in 2017; fifth (C8) sometime in the next few months in 2021.....576 on MacMulkin list at present....could be a 21 or a 22....we shall see....

I've been a fan since I was "knee high to a grasshopper":
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Yes, that's me.

I've driven C2's (including a 1967 L88), C3's, and C4s. I've owned C5, C6, C7 and now my C8.

2003
2005
2014
2021

I was never a fan until the 1984 came out. I was 16 and thought it was the coolest car in the world. I liked exotics, not muscle cars.
I have owned a lot of nice cars, mostly German. But the Vette will always be my sports car of choice

Owned 64, 74, 76, 84, 08, 17 coupes. Expecting a ’21 TR coupe in June/July.

Fan since I knew what a car was. Every Vette bought new, 1980 (C3), 1987 (C4), 2001 (C5), 2011GS (C6), 2015 (C7), and in a few weeks 2021 (C8).

first one ,, 1960 bought it while was in the army, rebuilt the motor in the shop, got discharged 49 years ago yesterday. My buddy flew out to calif. from Mich. We drove the PCH all the way down from SF, then to Corpus Christy Texas, then to Miami in time for spring break then home to Michigan, kinda like route 66, next 1975, next 1982 then 2013 GS and now my C8
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Driving back to AZ from the museum

Fan since I was a little kid when the C4 was new. Owned 2001, 2007, 2014, 2020.

Been a fan for about 45 years. My dad had a 1963 Stingray convertible, with optional hardtop. I have owned 85’, 95’ and now my 2019 ELB 2lt.

I hear the girls like a man in uniform.....

Been a fan ever since the C8 reveal on 7.18.19. Had my deposit in the next day.

I have always loved Corvettes. My best friend in high school got a new vette upon graduation, and i was very envious of that car. Got my first corvette in my early 20’s. Bought an almost new 1979 silver C3 with blue interior back in the early 80’s. Then life happened with kids, etc. Sold my pinball collection and decided to get back in a Corvette. Had a base C7 all black with 1LT interior auto. Then a z51 C7 torch red with black 3lt interior with a manual. Last one was a 2016 c7 z06 white with 2lt adrenaline red interior with 2 tops and auto. Sold the z06 when I got in line for a C8. Have on order an ELB coupe with 2lt sky cool grey 2 with tone seats. Hopefully will get a late 21MY.

Fan since I saw a white 1986 C4 Convertible up on the platform in front of Kerbeck in Atlantic City. Purchased my first New Vette...a 1989 C4 Vert when I was 25 years old. Next one was a 1991 white coupe that I purchased used in 1996. Next one was a 2007 Silver C6 purchased used in 2010. Next one was a New Silver Z51 Vert purchased in 2016. Latest one was a 2019 Silver Grandsport Vert purhased in 2019. I'm hoping for a 2022 or 2023 C8 Vert next summer.

Summary
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1989
1991
2007
2016
2019

Since 1968:
1965
1975
1997
2001
2010
2014
2016
Pretty much done.

Since I was 16 and have owned 2 C6 and C7 now a C8 in transit

I've been in and out with Corvette over the years. Bought my first, a 76 in 1980, when I was 20. Also had a 96, and was the Corvette specialist at a Chevy dealer for ten years and sold more Corvettes there than the other 22 sales people combined, that was from 1992 to 2002. Went into commercial sales and thought I was done with Corvette. Went to the dark side and owned a Mustang for five years (longer than any other car I have ever owned) and for some odd reason, just loved that car. (had never owned a Ford in my life). Was looking at buying a used 911S for about 9 months and the the reveal came on 7/18/19. Was in disbelief over what was being offered for that price and placed my deposit on 7/20/19. I actually enjoy the C8 more today than the day I brought it home, that's a good sign for me.

Fan since I helped a neighbor wash his new 1973.
Owned:
1985 coupe
1987 Vert
1990 coupe
1994 Vert
1994 coupe dedicated track car
1998 Coupe
2002 Vert
2005 Coupe
2009 Vert
2012 Coupe
2015 Coupe
2018 Coupe
2021 Coupe (being built today!) Wanteed to get Lucky13 as teh vanity plate but the wife thhinks that's tacky.

....Fan since 1966....
1959
1960
1961
1965
1966
1978
1992
............$20,700 Total Cash outlay for all 7 cars...purchased at the going prices.

Has your car been built yet or a expected date.?

Fan forever, Years I’ve owned below...

1989 2 coupes 1 white 1 red
1990 1 coupe 1 convertible. 1 metallic red 1 bright red
1991 1 coupe Yellow
1992 1 convertible black rose
1993 2 coupes and 1 convertible 1 metallic red 2 anniversary red
1994 1 convertible polo green
1996 1 convertible white
1997 1 coupe silver
1998 2 coupes 1 black 1 torch red
1999 1 coupe mag red
2000 1 coupe yellow
2001 1 convertible black
2004 1 coupe yellow
2008 1 coupe jet stream blue
2013 1 convertible torch red
2015 1 coupe white
2017 1 coupe G/S white
2019 1 convertible G/S torch red
2020 1 coupe bronze

24 total all purchased new

That's a nice array. You have the record for now!

Fan forever. Almost bought a C6 but pulled the trigger in late 2014 when the C7 came out (the interior quality and design finally was good enough for me). Getting my C8 delivered now.

Forever I personally think the 1962 Corvette is the best looking car ever built.

6 C4s
1 C3
1 C7
1 C8 on order

I wasn't so much a fan early on. I was a hard core big block muscle car fan. Then the late 70's and early 80's came along and there was nothing in the way of American performance. The C4 spiked my interest but on E5 pay and putting my wife through school a new 1984 C4 wasn't going to happen. The local Caddy dealer in Hastings, Nebraska where I was stationed took an 82 CE in on trade. I made that car my first Vette in 1985 and have not been without one since. Here's what I've owned:

1982 (2 - CE and regular)
1989 conv.
1998 conv.
2006 conv. (still own from new)
2013 427 conv.
2017 Z06 coupe (still own from new)

A C8 is on the radar. Waiting to see if the Z06 will be TT. If not, I wait for the ZR1.

Fan since 1982, my favorite is the 1988 Anniversary Edition. My First was an 2009. I have bought 13 Corvettes. And nor I have never received anything from GM.

2 C4's
3 C5's
5 C6's
1 C7
1 C8
plus
2 Ferraris
3 Porsches
2 VW's
1 Dodge Viper SRT 10
1 Dodge Charger
1 Plymouth Something or other
1 BMW
1 Mercedes
1 Audi
1 Mini Cooper
1 Triumph Spitfire
1 Nissan 300ZX
1 Toyota MR2
1 Sunbeam Alpine
1 Olds Cutless
1 Ford Maverick
1 Lincoln Continental
1 Jeep CJ7
1 1955 Chevy Belair
1 1963 Chevy Nova
1 1987 Camaro IROC Z
1 Chevy Corvair

The best cars of all of the above: all of my Corvettes with the C8 being # 1.
The worst car of all of the above: the Dodge Viper.

Purchased my 1st one in 1963. A white roadster with blue interior and both tops.
1977, 1979,1985, 1997, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2019 all coupes.
Order for #10 went in with today's MacMulkin allocation, a 2021 2LT HTC.


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[QUOTE=RonnieC6Z;1603168215]2 C4's
3 C5's
5 C6's
1 C7
1 C8
plus
2 Ferraris
3 Porsches
2 VW's
1 Dodge Viper SRT 10
1 Dodge Charger
1 Plymouth Something or other
1 BMW
1 Mercedes
1 Audi
! Mini Cooper
1 Triumph Spitfire
1 Nissan 300ZX
1 Toyota MR2
1 Sunbeam Alpine
1 Olds Cutless
1 Ford Maverick
1 Lincoln Continental
1 Jeep CJ7
1 1955 Chevy Belair
1 1963 Chevy Nova
1 1987 Camaro IROC Z
1 Chevy Corvair

The best cars of all of the above: all of my Corvettes with the C8 being # 1.
The worst car of all of the above: the Dodge Viper.[/QUOTE

The viper was worse than the Ford maverick LOL ]

Saw a white C3 at a car wash in 1981 and said one day...08 LS3 and 13Z06...currently Vette less....Waiting on the C8Z...may be....A huge fan of Vettes...But I do value other performance vehicles...

Got hooked in 1967, friend had a 1964 white coupe, 4 spd manual w/ 327/365HP. My 1st was a 1974 Red w/Blk int, 4 speed manual, college grad present to myself. Since then 1998, 2000, 2005, 2011 GS, and 2014.which I soldls to buy C8. Hopefully I get allocation for it this month from MM.

Been a fan since I was maybe 8 years old - start of the C3 days. I owned an 03 vert, 07 coupe, and my current 12 Centennial GS vert. Never warmed up to C7 styling so C8 will be my next if/when I get tired of my Centennial.

Been a fan since the C5 came out in 1997.
Have owned:
1998 C5 Coupe
2000 C5 Convertible
2003 C6 Convertible
2007 C6 Convertible
2015 C7 Convertible
2020 C8 HT Convertible

Out of all the Corvettes you've owned, which one was your favorite?

As for me, I have a 2021 that should be here April/May and this will be my first Corvette. I test drove a 2014 manual-transmission a few years ago and I had a smile from ear to ear the entire time. It was the most fun I've ever had driving a car. Unfortunately the deal didn't work out, but from that point on I told myself that I would own a Corvette some day. Fast forward to when the C8 was announced and I was immediately hooked. Also, I've always wanted to own a car from my birth year (1981) and the Corvette is the coolest car from that year. So maybe one day I'll have a C3 as well.

Been a fan since I was a teenager and am now 66. Corvettes owned include:

1979
1979 (yes, two of them)
1984
1989
1994
1995
1999
2000
2003
2014 (current car)

66, 73,77, 05, 20. personally each had its on unique qualities, I liked them all then, still do. Which one is the greatest? The one you currently are sitting behind the wheel of.

I would say I am more of an auto enthusiast as I have owned 4 Porsches among other muscle cars. As for Corvettes I have owned the following:
1968
1973
2008
2015
2019

I love the '62
But as to the best looking car ever -
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Over thirty years of Corvette ownership here. Fell in love with the cars back in the 1970s

LOL. Somewhat older than that photo I wore an Air Force uniform.

I am partial to the 1969... since "best looking" is subjective:

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What car?

What a journey congrats on the C8 love the color . Thanks for your service !

It took GM over 14 months from deposit to delivery but it was more than worth the wait. It never gets old driving this car.

Thanks for your service too !

I was looking at Generation 3 Vipers. Almost pulled the trigger on a 2003. What was wrong with yours?

My 1992 black rose convertible with white top and white interior. I remember at the 1992 Bloomington gold road tour staging area I literally had a crowd around the car until we launched. Each and every one of my cars had its own personality. I also loved my 2001 triple black convertible and to this day I’m sorry I ever sold it. I’m also liking the 2020 very much but with only 500 miles on the clock I just haven’t had enough seat time in her. I can tell you this it’s definitely the most sophisticated and refined Corvette I have ever owned hands down.

We were at Bloomington that year. And several others before and after. Been in NCCC for a LONG time now. Used to be Northern Rays outside of Chicago.

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I’ve been a fan since 15 (1976). A local lawyer drove a 1963 split window and a friend of mine had a new 1976. After a ride in the 76 I was hooked!
I bought a used 75 coupe at 19, a 05 coupe at 57, and now own a 15 1LT Laguna Blue coupe. If I was a wealthy man I’d own at least one of each generation.

I was a die hard Mustang guy, still am a little until a friend of mine who knows everything about older Corvettes (he used to own Western Corvette here in Calgary) asked me to help him pick up a 2000 triple black C5 automatic in Edmonton, I was to drive it down to Calgary back in 2003. After driving that car I was hooked, I loved that C5 and promptly sought one out and after a few years I managed to get a 2000 BGM 6 spd 'vert, then a year later a 2003 6 spd Speedway white with white top 'vert which I kept for 7 years. 2013 I ordered an Arctic White C7 Z51 MN7 which I had up until Feb 2020, sadly got rid of it to happily get my current Torch Red C8 Z51 which I picked up in October of 2020. So about 20 years and 4 Corvettes later I still love them and will keep upgrading.

A fan since late 60's. Owned '78 coupe (traded for a baby - adoptions were costly back then), '94 coupe, '98 convertible, '05 coupe, '15 coupe, '17 coupe, '21 coupe (being built tomorrow - 3/19). I ditched both the '15 and '17 cars due to the same auto transmission (torque converter) issue in both cars.

I was never really a car guy until the past 20 years. Been to busy with school and training. Loved the look of the new Challengers so I bought a 2008 Srt 8 B5 Blue Challenger (1 of 150 made) and sent it to Florida and chopped the top off to make a convertible.......Loved the look but ruined the car. Sold it and got a 2011 Inaugural edition 392 Hemi Challenger. Loved that car but never drive it. Sold it and got a 1966 Mustang GT convertible. Still have that one. never been a Corvette guy, until I saw the C8 and it was all over. Had to have one. So now I sit on Macmulkins list, #349 after today's allocations.

57 (in 61)

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15

21 , ordered

Was never a Corvette fan until the C7Z arrived. Had to have one. Still undecided if I will own another.

number of Vettes
 

I have been a amazed since high school when I go my first ride in a '62. I remember going 100 mph... WOW
Since then I have become addicted:
'63 SWC
'65 Conv
'66 Conv
'81 coupe
'89 Conv
'00coupe
'01 coupe
'02 coupe
'08 coupe
'13 Conv
'16 coupe
'21 on order coupe (hopefully my last one)

Six so far.
 

All convertibles.

‘89 black.
’98 red.
’02 red.
’04 black.
’09 cyber grey..
’15 NRB. Still own.

2021 (2022?) will be black, black interior except for seat seats. Same color condo as my ‘89.

I'm guessing your order is for a HTC

I became a fan when I was around 10 to 12 and my uncle, a design engineer for Chevrolet, brought the “Mako shark” home and gave me a ride. I was hooked from then on. I’ve owned a 2003 and 2014. Waiting on my C8 to be built in April.

Love me some Corvette.

1974 at age 23 bought a 70 big block, 4 spd. 1978 saw a new L82, 4 spd. Replace the 70. Sold in 1981 when son was 2. Since then a “95” in 1998, an “06” in 2008, a “96” Grand Sport in 2015 (still have it), and a”16” Z51 in 2019 (still have it also).

I have been a fan of Corvettes since about 1968 when I saw a white C2 convertible with red interior going down a busy road near my house. I have been hook every since. I bought my first Vette at 36. And of course it was white with red interior.

See my signature for the Vettes I have owned. My wife has owned two Vettes.

In the 70’s, I was always the kid pointing and yelling “Vette! Vette!” when a lucky owner would roar by. I have been a fan all my life but could not afford one until 2000.

2000 C5 Torch Red Convertible
2003 C5 50th Anniversary Edition Black Z06
2005 C6 Black Coupe Z51
2006 C6 Velocity Yellow Z06
2020 C8 Torch Red Coupe 3LT Z51 Mag

My neighbor had a brand new 68 coupe with a 427. I managed to get a ride around the block in it and was impressed but wasn’t hooked. A few years later, at the impressionable age of 15, my manager at a restaurant I was working at as a dishwasher gave me ride home in his 68 327 convertible. I will never forget that ride home! He opened it up and I was hooked! It wasn’t until much later until I could afford to own a Corvette and ordered a white 85 coupe that was capable of 150 mph. It had port fuel injection. Got married then divorced, bought an 87 coupe. Then sold it to buy s boat. I always wanted a 68 to relive that first experience so I bought a 68 convertible 427. I still own that car some 20 years later. I bought a torch red 02 coupe with 500 miles on it. I loved that car but it didn’t love me and was unreliable. Then I found a 2010 ZR1 and bought it used. I thought I would never sell that car, but when I ran across a 2019 ZR1 coupe with low miles I made trade. I still have the 1968 British Green 427 convertible and 2019 black ZTK 3LT ZR1. I have a 2021 ELB Z51 coupe on order that has a 3/22 build date. I plan to keep all three Corvettes. I need more garage space so a lift is in my future. There is nothing like a Corvette. I’m hooked for life!

I have owned 32 corvettes first in 1970 a 67 big block.
Been a fan since 1957 when I saw 2 new 57s at a gas station. Info I’m 77 current ride 16 Z06 18000 miles

I've been a fan since I was a kid watching Route 66 TV show. Then my Uncle got a '63 Vette and I was crazy about it and stated that one day, I'll own one !!!

In the mid 60's we moved into a very affluent neighborhood, and my folks made it clear to me that although there were numerous Corvettes in the neighborhood ( Northern VA..... Lake Barcroft ) that I would be driving something much more in line with my saving my lawn mowing , and shoveling snow money....

At age 24 I bought my first Vette, a '65 Roadster ...... it was 1975 at the time.
Others owned were all new.....
1994, C4
1997, C5
2000, C5
2004, C5
2005, C6
2010 C6 GS
2013 C6 GS
2013 C6 427 Vert 60th Anniv
2016 C7
2017 C7 GS
2020 C8 Current car

Been a Fan since I first saw a C3 in the mid 70s
Bought my 1st, a 2002 in 2002. I had that until 2018 when I finally sold it for Garage Room
Number of years back I added a Copper 68 Coupe that I later sold and bought a 68 International Blue Convertible.
A couple years added a Triple Black 64 Convertible
Then I bought the 2014 Velocity Yellow Stingray Coupe. This was sold 2 Years ago to make room for my Blade Silver 2020 C8 which I got in September.

Fan since 1984 when I first saw a picture of a C4 at the mall at one of those t shirt screen printing kiosks. I was 9 years old. I didn't know what it was but thought it was the coolest car I've ever seen. Fast forward to July 2000 when I placed my C5 millennium yellow order , 15 months later on Oct 15th,2001 I was a proud and Lucky owner of a C5 coupe. Still own it and will never sell it. Looking to add hopefully add a C8 HTC in 2023.

When I took my first “career” job in 1976, my boss had a new C3 and my best friend had a 280Z. No contest — I did not particularly like my boss, and his expensive C3 was nowhere near as nice a ride as my buddy’s Z. The “phallic substitute” stereotype really fit (in my small sample size) so far as I was concerned.

And so, perhaps unfairly, a disdain for Vettes and a love of foreign sports/sporty cars was born. That is, until nearly 30 years later I test-drove a ‘93 M6 in 2004. It was competing for my affection with similarly priced used foreign sports cars, notably the Porsche 944S2/968 (I had owned, and loved, a used 944 about a decade previously.) I was completely shocked at how much I enjoyed everything about that Vette — I bought it and have been in nothing but Vettes since. In order, ‘93, ‘99, ‘01 Z06, ‘05, ‘08, and my current ‘15.

Not only are they great sports cars that work wonderfully as daily drivers, but the whole Vette experience — club activities, Carlisle, National Corvette Caravan and Museum, Corvette Racing and the Corrals, track days, shows, cruise-ins, C&Cs and charity events — has truly added so much richness to my life!

Now, I’m hanging around here as I am strongly considering buying my first ever NEW Vette — an HTC. Totally against my philosophy of buying used, but I feel like I owe myself — and my wife has become an enthusiastic co-conspirator.

It’s been a fun ride...

Fan pretty much my whole life! Bought my first in 2005 when I was 25 and was hooked on the car and the Corvette community as a member of Longhorn Corvette Club in Austin, TX. I've had the following cars since then, in this order.

'73 - L82 Coupe
'04 - Z06
'09 - Z06 (still own)
'64 - 327/365 Coupe (still own)
'21 Coupe (scheduled for NCM pick-up on 4/19)

Been a fan since the sixties. Got my first one in 1972 after returning from war games in SE Asia. Have owned a total of nine Corvettes. 1965,2004,2007.2011GS,2014,2015Z06,2016Z 06,2018Z06,2020.
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Looks like a couple tri-fives sitting in the background there Robert do you still collect any ? By the way Thanks for your service!

It is journey with lots of sweet memories.
 

Years: 63, 64(2), 65(3), 68, 73(2), 79, 85, 88, 90(ZR1), 98, 03, 07,10(ZR1) & 21. = 19 total. My corvettes have all been daily drivers. Over the years, I built several businesses with the last one as the only owner. My special joy was commuting and driving between clients and business partners the Corvette I had at the time. After selling my business, I retired and went to driving Porsches and Ferraris. My wife saw the new rapid blue C8 in an airline magazine, fell in love with it and had to have it. She was right, I am impressed with the design, engineering, drive and value of the C8 HTC we have. We have a 2021 and a 65 Convertible. C2 and C8 are our favorites.

Enjoy that 21 ! You're pretty lucky to get one as soon as you have but just goes to show there's more dealers with allocations. Congratulations

Your story is so similar to mine . My Uncle took me a ride in a modified 64 , I was 16 still in school no job with maybe a learner's permit at the time . I had always love Corvettes but that hooked me . Your car buying experience is like mine except the C6 era (skipped that era raising family)

Another fan since Route 66, bought my first new C6 in 2007 , Monterey Red 3lt, my second Vette was a factory order 2016 C7 2lt and now with a deposit last Dec for a C8 I assume it will be a 2022 at this point.

I’ve been a Corvette fan since I was 16 and my Great Uncle Howard let me drive his ‘66 silver big block coupe.
I’ve had all the muscle cars from the 70’s and built a couple of hot rods over the years.
Nothing could match or replace the feel of driving the true American Sports Car.
I purchased my first Corvette 5 years ago, a ‘73 big block coupe.
It’s not my Uncles ‘66, but it’s as close to it as I can afford.
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The 57 Chevy Wagons are long gone. I have moved on to first series (47-55) Chevy and GMC Panel Trucks.

Crazy question for some of you.....

I see some have owned multiple years of the same gen, why? I can sort of understand the gens that had a ton of changes (C1, C3, C4) but some gens didn't change much during the run (C2, C5, C6, C7)

I bought my second C6 because it was a special, one year only car - 427 Convertible 60th Anniversary

Mostly for new options, upgrades, and colors, personal preference.

Bought the car new in 2005. It was in the shop almost every week. Parts literally fell off. Sun visors, knobs, handles. The car handled like crap and the heat from the side pipes was so intense that I had to drive with the AC on full blast, top up or down. The V10 sounded awful. It was a poorly designed and built car.

I've been a Corvette fan since the 60's. I ordered a red,1970 454 Corvette shortly after returning home from Vietnam. Unfortunately, the waiting period for the big block back then was nearly 6 months. I had a '69 Plymouth Roadrunner at the time and sold it in 1 day. I didn't want to be without a car for 6 months, so I cancelled the Corvette and ordered a '70 SS 396 Nova (375 hp). A Corvette didn't make any sense for me financially after I got married and we had children. I purchased a used, low mileage, '98 C5 Corvette in 2000 and promised my wife I was going to drive it every day and not do anything to it. I had that car for nearly 17-years and it became a garage queen. It was highly modified and was never driven in the rain. I decided to sell my C5 in 2015 with the intent of ordering a C7 after being diagnosed with Agent Orange related cancer. My wife suggested that I go all out and get a Z06, so I ordered a 2016 Z06. :D I loved that car, but decided to order a '19 Z06, which is what I'm currently driving. My Z06 makes me feel like I'm 17 again and puts a huge smile on my face. :cheers:

Always loved them, but poured my money into my company. Was finally able to buy the 2017 in 2019. My first was a 2017 Z06 Blade Silver with Red interior and calipers. Dealer screwed up powertrain, yielding a driveline vibration, so I traded it on my 2020.

Since 1976 - 9
2 1965's
1966
1976
1985
2005
2007 Z
2019 GS
2021 @ 3000 as of 2/17/21 waiting:flag: Loved them as a young kid and as an old guy, who still thinks chrome is COOL !

Thanks to all the veterans on here . If it wasn't for them we wouldn't have the opportunity to choose. :salute:

1995 Polo II Green Metallic Base C4
2001 Metallic Pewter Z51 C5
2006 Victory Red Z06 C6 - R8C
2015 Velocity Yellow Z06

My wife is to blame for this madness. I had never been a Corvette fan; my wife had owned a 1978 Corvette long before we met. In September of 1995 I was driving home from work one day. The kids had grown up and moved out and as I sat at a traffic light I asked myself why was I driving a car that would hold five or six people? I liked the Z-28 so I went to a Chevrolet dealer to look at one, a red convertible. I told the salesman I needed to let my wife see it and he said to drive it home and show her. She didn't like it; she really, really didn't like the odd level change in the passenger's foot well where the catalytic converter was. Her comment was "if you want this car, get it; but, I'm not riding in it". Then she added "if you want to do this, get a real car". I asked her what she had in mind and she said to go look at a Corvette. I told her I wasn't interested in one to which she replied "have you ever driven one"? I told her no, I had not. She told me that I owed it to myself to drive one and then decide. The next day we went to a dealership and as soon as I got into one I knew I was toast.

The rest is history.

EBS

You have a good, smart woman. Be sure to keep her happy and keep her.

Since I was a kid.

Have had 92, 05, 06, 08Z, 09Z and 21 on the way. I still own both Z's

Been a fan since 1980. Bought my first one in 2006 (C5Z), second one in 2017 (C7 Stingray) and my current one in 2018 (C7Z07).

Been a fan since 1963 when my 2nd cousin took me for a 4 hour ride in the back of it. 1st one owned was in 2014. Now waiting hopefully for the 2022 Z06.