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Old July 24th 15, 12:15 AM posted to alt.autos.corvette
unclevito
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Default 31,320 miles long term C7. Car and Driver


"Smarty" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>
>

If it is stolen or totaled, you will visit the resale value whether you want
to or not. Been there, done that, have the T shirt. It is not the C8 you
have to worry about. It is more powerful C7s and ZR-1 and Z06 C7s you need
to worry about. GM does its best to relieve folks like you of their
nearly new but obsolescent car. About like Apple and their IPhone.
Millions of folks ready to turn in their old phones and buy the new.
Notice how the BMW 3 series has changed very little.

My wife's 325ci convertible BMW is 15 years old. Cost $45k. Still looks
new with only 75000 miles on the odometer. This is a cost of $3000/year
with negligible maintenence cost since I do that myself. Buy all
maintenance parts from Pelican.com. Only a moron goes to the dealer. Our
BMW is faster than heck but I do not drive like that anymore. Your
Corvette C7 is laughed at by most west coasters and is made obsolete within
a few years by GM. Guaranteed your cost is more than $3000 per year.
Your Chevy dealer has a 50/50 chance of making your car worse leaving than
when you came in for maintenance! Your long warrantee is really worthless
because it allows the GM morons to ruin your car.


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