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Old July 19th 14, 10:56 PM posted to alt.autos.corvette
Rufus
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Dad wrote:
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> "Rufus" > wrote in message
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>> Dad wrote:
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>>> "Blue C5" > wrote in message
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>>>> I had the opportunity to get a look at the C7 in town. Our first
>>>> (small town). It seems as though the roof has been dropped down. My
>>>> imagination?
>>>>
>>>> Bob Drake
>>>
>>> Height of the C5 47.7 inches, C6 47.7 inches, the C7 is 48.8 inches, any
>>> of then setting in the Corvette museum minus 38 feet..

>>
>> ...maybe this is why I've been having a really hard time warming up to
>> the C7. We have a couple of them in town, and I've visited them at
>> dealers, and I just flat don't like them. They seem "taller" and
>> boxy...and now I know why - they are taller. And I seem to be really
>> sensitive to what color does for the lines of the car.
>>
>> The pictures I've seen of the new Z06 do look "right" to me...because
>> they are wider and that makes them look as low as they should be, I
>> think. But there's no way I'd own a C7 Z06 because of the carbon
>> brakes...just plain too much of an expense on the upkeep for my
>> driving style.
>>
>> Maybe a C7 Gran Sport?..maybe...
>>
>> --
>> - Rufus
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>>

> So you need a fatter sports car for a fat American? Sorry, I just don't
> like the fat Grand Sport and I say keep it lean and mean.. I totally
> agree that the color make it look different depending on your tastes.
> The black is looking better with the dark gray second, I've even
> considered the dark green.
>


I think for the first time I've found a car that I don't like in
black...I think the colors you like are probably also the most
acceptable colors to me.

> We came out of our favorite restaurant 2 days ago and I had to open the
> hatch and crawl in to pull it out far enough to let the better half get
> in, (I can say that because she paid for lunch). The numb nutz in the
> whacked out Honda parked on her door would have taken the paint off a
> Grand Sport. I have also found more than just a few Grand Sports sitting
> on the lot, maybe a dozen or so.
>


That just sounds like people that like to park close and P-O Vette
owners...I always park mine strategically, and not based on how far I
have to walk. I find it a lot easier to get in and out of my C6 Z06
than my C4, but I still find my C4 to be a bit more comfortable because
of the way the seat hugs my back. I'm a skinny dude...

I do think there are probably things that can be done with the door
design that could help...my cube-mate put a Lambo-door conversion on her
C6, and while I don't particularly like that, it does reduce the car's
"wingspan".

> I to have to deal in a small town that has no allotment or ability to
> sell the C7, seems GM thinks it is its own brand name now. Believe me
> I've tried and after 6 dealers they can kiss my ass. On the other hand
> Les Stanford has a couple with $6,000 knocked off the price that I'm
> going to go take a look at next week. I have to say that I have lost my
> "burning" desire to even trade. Run a craigslist search around Detroit
> and at that time I found 5 used for sale, all with less than a 1,100 on
> them, what's up with that?.


I don't even have a GM dealer in my town at all - we lost ours in the
bailout. The only car I've ever bought in CA is my '87 Vette (sometime
around '89, I think) - I'm the third owner, and I bought it off a friend
that didn't keep it very long. I bought my '08 Z06 from a dealer in
Indiana two years ago now, for about $30K under the cost of a brand new
one...and it only had 4100 miles on it when it came off the truck - and
he shipped it to me gratis. Super clean car.

Outside of that, the cheapest place I've found to buy a car of any kind
is in the midwest - particularly in the Chicago area. I bought a '92
GMC Jimmy on a factory order and every dealer I went into came in under
the last one...without me even saying anything about what the last guy
offered to do for me.

Right now I've got my eye on a 2013 Camaro SS in Kansas that I'm
thinking of trying to get rid of the '87 for...loaded to the hilt, and
the price is acceptable. 2700 miles on it, last time I looked.

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- Rufus
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