New Vette?

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  1. rigidjunkie

    rigidjunkie New Member

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    Anybody else seen them out and about? Dear God what a great looking car. I chased a black with red interior today and really wanted to car jack the owner.
     
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    I have yet to see one alive in real life. That is the way to tell for sure how something looks. Pictures are good only so good.
     
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    So angular and modern in person the pictures don't do it justice. It also looks very much like a Ferrari from the front and I love that.
     
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    It looks good but the front end is kind of odd. At least they don't have to worry about hitting European pedestrians or the front would look like a Chevy Tahoe:D
     
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    Saw one over the weekend - my 6 year old daughter thought it looked mean and fast .. I think Chevy hit a home run - the performance / $ ratio is silly can't wait to see the C7R - because real sports cars have race car counterparts! :)
     
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    I love Vettes always have and I think the rear end looks great as well. I know people bitched about the loss of 4 round lights, but the square/circle things look great with the rest of the car.

    The $ to performance is astounding, I can't wait to see its Top Gear lap time my guess is there will be some very expensive cars looking up to the Vette.
     
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    I love all angles except the back--I think they'll do something with it, lots of complaints about the Alice Cooper/Camaro look of the tail lights. Otherwise, in the flesh, OMG an American car I actually lust for. It looks like a supercar, for the first time I can honestly say that about a Corvette. I totally agree with what was posted above--pictures do not do this car justice, it's looks good in pictures, but in real life, it is truly a jaw dropper.

    Interior is light years better than what it was--not Porsche quality, but in the vicinity, instead of the cheap crap that was on the previous generation. And more importantly, the seats. They are fantastic.

    Phenomenal performance--only potential issue is brake fade, but the stopping distances themselves are otherworldly. For the price, if I got out of my MINI, this would be the car.

    Funny thing though--with PTSM, the car is so easy to drive on the track, professional drivers are actually saying after awhile it becomes ho-hum, it's just too easy to turn fast laps because the nannies will make you look good, even better than a GT-R. That would take some of the fun out of it, if you're going fast in a MINI, you at least get some of the credit.

    Still, I'd love to drive one. I've sat in one, but haven't driven it or even sat in the passenger seat for a drive.
     
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    I like the new Corvette a lot. It is on my bucket list to own someday.
     
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    We saw one parked at the Ritz in Palm Beach. It had already been wrapped in flat black. Outstanding design except for the Camaro Tail Lights. Sorry Allen!
     
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    The Camaro has new tail lights now....
     
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    Folks complain about the interior if the C6, but i don't take too much exception.
    We have a C6 and it is a fun car to drive. Plan on shopping for a C7 in 2015.
     
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    After seeing the Jag F Type coupe, my lottery winnings will go there rather than a C7. I like the C7, but love that Jag coupe.

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    The Jag can hold a mouse fart in the trunk, just barely. The Vette can hold two sets of golf clubs and a couple small bags. I love the look of the Jag, BUT for the money it is a total rip off due to British interior engineering. The trunk is half the size of a Miata trunk!!!
     
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    But the Jag just looks soooooooo good.

    Besides, with Chuck's Lottery Winnings he can afford a butler and valet to follow behind in a more sensible sedan with the luggage.
     
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    I'm going to set up an Internet contribution fund so I can buy one of each. :biggrin5:
     
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    I saw the new Vette up close at the arthritis show. It's better in person than the pics. But it just doesn't work for me. I think they should have sententious curves instead of angular lines. The Camaro taillights are a mistake. But the inside is great. The best of any one yet.

    Now the Camaro has 200SX taillights
     
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    I can't believe you guys are so focused on the Corvette's tail lights; one of the reasons they're shaped that way is because they're part of a venting system for the differential and transmission heat exchangers.

    Sheesh, what's next - complaining about the F56's front end? :D
     
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    If you are driving the C7 it is everyone else that has to look at those tail lights. I don't mind them, but the Jag's are much nicer. Seems I'm on a Jag jag. :wink:
     
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    I'm a Vette vet, but I don't disagree with you. The Jag F Type R is sex on wheels - all it needs is a manual tranny. :cool:
     
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    Yep no manual is a glaring omission on Jag's part. Since I'll never be able to own one I'll be content to look at that sweet shape & not worry about the lack of a true manual.
     

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