View Poll Results: what do you think?
really clean, nice looking Vette....
174
31.46%
a very different Vette but we'll sure as hell take it.
165
29.84%
i'll be ordering one soon.......
98
17.72%
No thank you
116
20.98%
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Thoughts on the new corvette?
#1651
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#1653
It will be 100k. The C7 ZR1 was 120k. Even if they bump the price 20k at 120k that’s nowhere near GT3 or turbo pricing. In fact 120k is a nicely loaded GT4 which makes the GT4 way to underpowered. Hopefully it will wake up Porsche to stop short changing the Cayman.
#1654
Oh they are going to reduce the price from the C7? Come on! Prices are going Up my friend. Don’t be fooled by the starting price!
#1655
You probably should go and spec one - you're really looking at 145k. If you think a car is all about power you are missing the point - its about how they use the power. This is something Porsche get right bar none.
#1656
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The proof of the pudding (car) is in the eating (driving) . Nissan GT-R looked like Superman on paper but felt like a pig when I drove it. If I love it when I drive it, I'll buy it. If I don't love it, I won't, regardless of how much of a bargain others tell me it is or how good it looks on paper. The Boxster looks like nothing on paper, but may be THE BEST car for my backroads, regardless of price -- and I'm being completely serious here.
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CaymanCarver (07-27-2019)
#1657
Please tell me me where I could find a NEW GT3 or Turbo for 130?!
This place is getting worse than FerrariChat.
#1658
I assume they mean $59,995. The base C7 is $56,995 and you can buy some today with that # on the window. Thats even before the ubiquitous negotiations in our favor we Americans have come to expect, notwithstanding factory incentives. I even saw one and the only option was $195 wheel locks. I might expect a bit of gamesmanship from dealers soon after delivery on their DSO floor models but that won't last very long. The notion of anyone going into their Chevy dealer and NOT being able to buy one for MSRP +ttl etc is ludicrous. Especially when I can be at a about a dozen different dealers with an hours drive.
Heaven forbid any of us be forced to relinquish anything, butt...
Company folds before options mature and you need $400K of chemo but still want to get to the doctor in a flashy but still new car.
You do the cost of ownership calculations over 5-10 years and 100K miles then realize that the amount of real dollars spent per mile minus tax destructibility could be zero as opposed to $150K. So screw the depreciation.
or You just need a cheap car to drive when it rains.
It comes with a built in lap timer.
Its sooo cheap you won't need track insurance
You want to meat a slightly trashier bleached blonde babe or a way smarter brunette or an even funner redhead.
or You wonder if you are really satisfying your current one so you give her the "Honey I just lost 80% of my net worth" test.
Merkel insults Mr T who in turn declares war then the ProudBois start awarding bounties for destroying everything foreign.
Maybe you just want to have the latest iteration of Americas Sports Car...and a more than enviable airplane.
WHO KNOWS!
Look, nothing is simple when money or emotions are concerned. If they are for you then great, buy a C8 next year and document all the problems and shortcomings on your youtube channel and maybe someone will value you opinion more next time. Because its an entirely new car.
Most of us get it. Haters gonna hate but ignorant hatefulness or even rational tribalism for the unappreciative tribes' sakes is becoming laughable and sadly di rigueur.
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Nm2far (07-27-2019)
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This is a buddy with 1000hp + one with adjustable boost at one of our track days at COTA showing everyone the proper line through the esses.
Last edited by soulsea; 07-26-2019 at 10:17 PM.
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thebishman (07-27-2019)
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And I never understood why everyone is only talking about and comparing NEW cars. Why restrict your choices when optimizing bang/buck to such a narrow universe?
Would I pick a NEW C8 over a used 996 GT3 for even $? Not so sure. Not even sure that a new DCT 3600lb 500hp C8 would be faster than a 15yr old manual 3100lb 380hp 6gt3 in good hands on any track either. Not even getting into how much more fun driving one would be over the other. Or depreciation...
Would I pick a NEW C8 over a used 996 GT3 for even $? Not so sure. Not even sure that a new DCT 3600lb 500hp C8 would be faster than a 15yr old manual 3100lb 380hp 6gt3 in good hands on any track either. Not even getting into how much more fun driving one would be over the other. Or depreciation...
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And I never understood why everyone is only talking about and comparing NEW cars. Why restrict your choices when optimizing bang/buck to such a narrow universe?
Would I pick a NEW C8 over a used 996 GT3 for even $? Not so sure. Not even sure that a new DCT 3600lb 500hp C8 would be faster than a 15yr old manual 3100lb 380hp 6gt3 in good hands on any track either. Not even getting into how much more fun driving one would be over the other. Or depreciation...
Would I pick a NEW C8 over a used 996 GT3 for even $? Not so sure. Not even sure that a new DCT 3600lb 500hp C8 would be faster than a 15yr old manual 3100lb 380hp 6gt3 in good hands on any track either. Not even getting into how much more fun driving one would be over the other. Or depreciation...
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#1663
Chevy is just laughing at all the dust they can stir up on a Porsche forum. All this passion for a new car that has never even been tested and using all the manufactures (Chevy) numbers. Dance my puppets dance.
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