"Smarty" > wrote in message
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> On 3/5/2013 1:21 AM, uncle_vito wrote:
>> "Dad" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> For the C6 it was more like 50 "X" cars that were road tested and then
>>> destroyed. Those with an "X" in the serial number plate can not be sold.
>>> There is a picture of a silver one in the CAC history with me sitting in
>>> it 6/3/2004 at the first National meet. My first model year has been
>>> that
>>> way, every time I turn around it need gas, and then it's tires again.
>>> Then
>>> there was the, oh wait there wasn't anything else except the AHC recall
>>> (no cost). So much for your first year antiquated theory, you need to
>>> get
>>> into the 21st century. Then there is your advice to not buy a new car
>>> when
>>> the C6 had a lower base price than the C5 for a few months then went up,
>>> saved me a bunch and I was driving my car not something someone else
>>> discarded.
>>>
>>> So what's your opinion of why Fisker Karma chose GM's engine to put in
>>> the
>>> most expensive car built in the most expensive state with the highest
>>> tax
>>> rates and most subsidized people and companies in the USA? Could only be
>>> to keep the negative KARMA going.
>>>
>> C6 did not really have a 'new model year'. Too similar to the C5.
>>
>> In the Fisker, the engine is merely a generator and does not actually
>> power
>> the car. I would not brag that my engine makes a good generator.
>>
>> Congrats for your photo in the CAC history.
>>
>> BTW, many folks besides myself say not to buy the first year of a model
>> change. It is not just my idea. Glad you had success. In our club,
>> our
>> President had her C5 replaced by the lemon law, another member got fed
>> up
>> and traded it in on a Cadillac (he hated that too) and a 3rd member was
>> totally dismayed at the problems with her C5 but hung in there. Was a
>> big
>> embarassment to our Chevy Sponsor at the time.
>>
>> For our club event this last weekend at the Peterson, one member could
>> not
>> attend due to car trouble. Again. Glad you have had success. Many
>> owners have not been so lucky.
>>
>> Did you read Hib Halverson's thread on him buying his C6 Z06. Hood
>> paint
>> did not match. On a $90k car! Kind of embarassing wouldn't you
>> think?
>> Even Chevy had an explanation for the problem. Do you think Chevy
>> corrected Hib's car before delivery? No left it up to the customer to
>> find
>> this out. Hopefully the customer would not be that observant. Also
>> rear
>> wheel alignment was off. Was still within spec so factory would not fix
>> under warranty. On a $90k car? Chevy dealers are an embarassement.
>> They treat customers as if they had just bought a Chevy Cruze. Sad.
>> Incredibly Sad!!!
>
> At risk of being a contrarian, I want to offer the comments that:
>
> 1. I think the new C7 convertible is quite stunning, more attractive to my
> way of thinking than the coupe. I owned a Corvette going back to the 1960s
> Stingray so I am not new to these cars.
>
> 2. My C6 and C5 convertibles were both from the first model year, and each
> has been a delight to own, especially in the reliability department.
>
> 3. I am a graduate electrical engineer and a fussy owner. The people at GM
> have done great engineering on these cars and they are very much world
> class.
>
> 4. Despite all the grousing and negativity, the forum messages still
> convey the passion and appreciation some of us / most of us have for
> seeing not only GM still alive but best of all Corvette still alive and
> making a strong comeback after a very tough period.
>
> Smarty
>
Well said and must agree the convertible looks much better. Still wonder
what happened to all those ugly waste chutes and vents? Not sure I agree
with the strong come back but in this case I hope you're the one that is
right. We have no idea how much the sales are being manipulated like the
massive sale to the government and fleet sales.

I have one convertible now and won't need another one for no other reason
than my health, spent way to much time with the top down in the early
sixties even after I moved to Michigan. Major damage to the bursae in may
shoulders and even got Bells palsy (bad ****) for awhile before I put the
top up for good. Plus, and this is the main reason, since 1992 I have put
close to 300,000 miles on 4 different Corvette coupes. Very close to 100,000
miles just to see my son and his family down south in all kinds of weather
including 8" of snow in the Smokies. Drove a new, (300 miles on it at start)
2004 from home to Portland Or. and turned around and drove it to Charleston
S.C. Later that year we when from Wawa Canada to Miami Fl. The convertible
is too easy to steal of rob with its soft top. Bothers me to let my '64 set
at a motel over night plus I used to forget to release the hydraulic brake
lock.

Right now I could use an automatic (knees click more than a 30/30
cam/tappets) and would enjoy continuing the ownership of the generations. Me
thinks I'm running out of time, retired 11 years now, and money is getting a
bit more use to keep healthy, stareing 80 in its ugly face.