On 7/21/2015 6:56 PM, unclevito wrote:
> "Smarty" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/18/2015 1:32 AM, Dad wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 3:31:25 PM UTC-4, unclevito wrote:
>>>> August 2015, pp 79.
>>>> 2014 Stingray Z51
>>>>
>>>> New Engine at 6000 mi
>>>> New starter
>>>> New rear axle seals
>>>> New climate control module
>>>> New seat mounted side airbag
>>>> New seat after airbag replacement botched
>>>>
>>>> What a piece of ****.
>>>>
>>>> At best, a lesson into NEVER buying the first year.
>>>>
>>>> Vito
>>> Like always you have found one to be negative about. Here's what I found
>>> with the first year, 2005, 6 speed, 50,000 miles, drove it for 11.3 years
>>> and paid for $46 in repairs. That was to reprogram new rims and rain
>>> tires, guess what dealer I didn't get my C7 from. This POS is just like
>>> the '05 and just keeps demanding I put gas in it. The only first year I
>>> ever had a problem with is thew '63, now that was junk from the word go.
>>> You need to get your nuts off once in a while, relieve that
>>> hate.............. ;-))
>> My C7 convertible is 20 months old and has been in for service for 2 oil
>> changes and a mirror replacement. No other issues.
>>
>> Unquestionably the best Vette I have ever owned with fabulous styling,
>> great comfort, and, of course, superb performance.
>>
>> I have often purchased a new design car over the last 50 years, and indeed
>> there can be more problems in the first production year. For whatever it
>> is worth, my C5, C6, and C7 were all purchased in the very first batch of
>> production convertibles and I have had utterly superb reliability with all
>> three, better in fact than my winter cars (2 Lexus and 1 Acura RL) all
>> purchased in their first year after design changes as well.
>>
>> No complaints here so far......
>>
>>
>>
> Glad to hear you have had no problems. However the problems others have
> had have destroyed your resale value.
>
>
Sorry to hear that. Speaking as just one very satisfied owner, I really
am not going to lose any sleep over what this C7 will bring when the C8
comes out 8 years from now.

What I WILL most likely do, if your experience is typical based on
Consumer Reports and other reliability data, is buy the longest warranty
that GM Protection Plan offers. Although it may cost a few grand, I will
have essentially bumper to bumper out to nearly trade-in time.

Talk to folks like my brother who own Porsche 911s and other exotics and
they routinely pay a lot of $$$ for maintenance and repairs. I consider
this C7 as well as all my prior Vettes to be a HUGE BARGAIN, and the
last thing I would personally fret about is resale value.

I am an older guy with grandkids who would love this C7 when I get ready
to trade so it also may be irrelevant to me what the resale value is.