"The plain-Jane C7...
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"The plain-Jane C7...
Embedded in the May '18 Road&Track ZR1 article is this:
"The plain-Jane C7 Corvette is probably the finest American sports car in history." (p.27)
"The plain-Jane C7 Corvette is probably the finest American sports car in history." (p.27)
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04-21-2018, 08:49 PM
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Yay! Mine is as plain jane as you can get, a base Stingray with 1LT. I still love it to bits!
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Yay! Mine is as plain jane as you can get, a base Stingray with 1LT. I still love it to bits!
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Well mine is a base 1LT but I think it's the best value of any car I have owned. Fantastic looks, performance and it turns heads as well, hardly plain Jane.
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The C7 is the best value (HP/performance per $$) of any sportscar, and the plain jane versions may be the best value of the C7s.
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On the other side of the coin, I found value (to me anyway) in every feature of the $10,000 Grandsport package.
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I am on my third 1LT. My first was '10 GS, followed by a '14 with Z51, and my inbound '19 GS. I am quite satisfied with the 1LT trim.
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My first was a c6 1lt vert, my fourth was a 1lt c6GS vert, I strayed away from the 1lt packages only in the 2 C6 Z06's i bought. My newest one is right back where I like to be, a heavy duty 1lt vert with extra coolers (Z51) in the right colors. I only sinned by choosing MRC vice real shocks. But, in my elder years the T mode with the upgrade is surely the most comfortable riding Vette I've owned. And that rear camera moving guidance for backing into a space is absolutely spot on and much appreciated!
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Coming from a 3LT C6 I haven't missed but one thing, and that's the heated seats in the winter. Butt that's not a big deal. When you say 1LT today you still get more for your bucks than you did back in the day with the fully loaded C4's, and C5's
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Plain Jane C7 is a classic oximoron!!
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I have a 2LT Z51 but a 1LT Stingray is 9/10's of it costing thousands less, I just wanted the best that I could afford at the time.
I always said that the C7 in any trim is world class (although getting a bit dated) and for the money it can't be beat.
I always said that the C7 in any trim is world class (although getting a bit dated) and for the money it can't be beat.
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Loving my plain Jane 1LZ has all I want and need.
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ExRedRacer, the direct quote referred wholly to the base model. I don't have the magazine since I read it in the library, so I cannot provide the entire sentence here; sorry.
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Unfortunately I have a 1lt,I had planned on upgrading it & have been ever since I got it 3 weeks ago,but the inability of being able to add hud & lack of simple things like heated/cooled seats(should be in every vette @ what they charge for these things)has me regretting it big time.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.
This is my 1st vette & feeling underwhelmed with it(To plain & under powered),could have gotten a much nicer car for the $(zl1),but I guess it is what it is.