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Next up: mid-engine CUV.
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Melon wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:07 pm
max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:49 pm I am really :popcorn: about pricing... i think if it sticks below 70k with the Lt2 and limited options i may go this route...
I'd wait a year or two to iron out all the issues.
This.. Plus, more options.

GM always adds things in the following years that they won't update or upgrade for first year buyers.
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Huckleberry wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:13 pm Next up: mid-engine CUV.
MG tried that with the Hummer Alpha. Didn't work.


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Anyone else think it looks better without the wing? It looks Ferrari~ish with the sleeker body line comme ça.
Also, I hate that yellow. It's too neon. Needs moar red in it to bring it down to what the Millennium Yellow is
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:15 pm
Melon wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:07 pm

I'd wait a year or two to iron out all the issues.
This.. Plus, more options.

GM always adds things in the following years that they won't update or upgrade for first year buyers.
I just want a fucked up valve spring situation....
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Oil burning....
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Leaky ass seals because they weren't weather tested properly....
or
fucked up tranny... due to wrong fluid spec...
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I think the gray convertible one is the best looking one I've seen so far, but I can't say why.
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Acid666 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:16 pm Anyone else think it looks better without the wing? It looks Ferrari~ish with the sleeker body line comme ça.
Also, I hate that yellow. It's too neon. Needs moar red in it to bring it down to what the Millennium Yellow is
I like the wing.
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max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:17 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:15 pm

This.. Plus, more options.

GM always adds things in the following years that they won't update or upgrade for first year buyers.
I just want a fucked up valve spring situation....
or
Oil burning....
or
Leaky ass seals because they weren't weather tested properly....
or
fucked up tranny... due to wrong fluid spec...
All that comes standard with the Bowtie!
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Oh yea... this thing is also a hard top and convertible... unlike all those 50-90k "spyder" upcharges... you can get an entire C8 ... for the roof less charge.
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max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:19 pm Oh yea... this thing is also a hard top and convertible... unlike all those 50-90k "spyder" upcharges... you can get an entire C8 ... for the roof less charge.
But you have to manually remove it and stow it in the trunk.

:rolleyes:

I guess if you always have your butler in the passenger seat it's not that bad.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:21 pm
max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:19 pm Oh yea... this thing is also a hard top and convertible... unlike all those 50-90k "spyder" upcharges... you can get an entire C8 ... for the roof less charge.
But you have to manually remove it and stow it in the trunk.

:rolleyes:

I guess if you always have your butler in the passenger seat it's not that bad.
The flipside is supercars with the cloth roofs up are hideous looking. So yes... the terrible 2 min inconvenience seems like a selling point to me.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:18 pm I think the gray convertible one is the best looking one I've seen so far, but I can't say why.
I was hoping to actually do what I said I was going to do on both my C7's and finally order a Torch Red Corvette.

My Z06 started out as a TR order but I changed it the morning before it went to status 2000.
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I love the targa aspect of the :poorvette: and I'm really glad it stayed for C8, especially with a place to stow the top in the vehicle. Such an epic feature.
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max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:24 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:21 pm

But you have to manually remove it and stow it in the trunk.

:rolleyes:

I guess if you always have your butler in the passenger seat it's not that bad.
The flipside is supercars with the cloth roofs up are hideous looking. So yes... the terrible 2 min inconvenience seems like a selling point to me.
:dat:
A guy a street over from me has an Audi R8 that's white with a black soft top. It looks horribad and just completely ruins the lines of the car.
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max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:24 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:21 pm

But you have to manually remove it and stow it in the trunk.

:rolleyes:

I guess if you always have your butler in the passenger seat it's not that bad.
The flipside is supercars with the cloth roofs up are hideous looking. So yes... the terrible 2 min inconvenience seems like a selling point to me.
Uh, yeah. That was a joke. The roof is the best part of the car to me at this point, other than the neatness of being ME... but I don't expect failures with the removable roof.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:26 pm
max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:24 pm
The flipside is supercars with the cloth roofs up are hideous looking. So yes... the terrible 2 min inconvenience seems like a selling point to me.
Uh, yeah. That was a joke. The roof is the best part of the car to me at this point, other than the neatness of being ME... but I don't expect failures with the removable roof.
Oh you mean like when the C6 roofs used to delaminate :lol: But... it's a brand new car :sass:
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But if you store the roof in the trunk you can't fit the golf clubs. You'll have to choose your level of Gold-Chainery. You'll never be like 2-Chains. You'll have to settle with being 1-Chain or Fiddy Cent-chain or some shit
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Acid666 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:30 pm But if you store the roof in the trunk you can't fit the golf clubs. You'll have to choose your level of Gold-Chainery. You'll never be like 2-Chains. You'll have to settle with being 1-Chain or Fiddy Cent-chain or some shit
What % of Corvette owners play golf ? :iono:
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Acid666 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:26 pm
max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:24 pm
The flipside is supercars with the cloth roofs up are hideous looking. So yes... the terrible 2 min inconvenience seems like a selling point to me.
:dat:
A guy a street over from me has an Audi R8 that's white with a black soft top. It looks horribad and just completely ruins the lines of the car.
"Spyder" or whatever versions always look terrible IMO. Top up or down, doesn't matter. That's why targa is so epic, it's just really hard to package a spot to put the top in the vehicle, and since these are usually afterthoughts, they don't bother to try.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Detroit wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:04 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:02 pm

Civic Sport vs C8. :popcorn:
Love this place.
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Nowhere else can you find these cross shops. Or the :turboyaris: :poorvette: :turboyaris: :poorvette: :plac: moves. It is truly special.

I think this would be a pretty darn rad car for Max, kind of along the lines of when I suggested a first gen NSX. Cool, rare, mid engined sports car that won't drop a ton in value in the year or two he has it if he goes this route.
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D Griff wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:55 pm
Detroit wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:04 pm
Love this place.
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Nowhere else can you find these cross shops. Or the :turboyaris: :poorvette: :turboyaris: :poorvette: :plac: moves. It is truly special.

I think this would be a pretty darn rad car for Max, kind of along the lines of when I suggested a first gen NSX. Cool, rare, mid engined sports car that won't drop a ton in value in the year or two he has it if he goes this route.
It would be :neat: but so many forces against it... at this point in time... "early 2020" means at least late 2020 for me, I certainly wouldn't want a first batch... and that's a :plac: ternity away...
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Detroit wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:25 pm I love the targa aspect of the :poorvette: and I'm really glad it stayed for C8, especially with a place to stow the top in the vehicle. Such an epic feature.
:dat:

Sure, when you remove the roof, it takes cargo room, but in normal convertibles you lose that all of the time whether the top is up or down. Targa is best of both worlds, IMO.
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D Griff wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:12 pm
Detroit wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:25 pm I love the targa aspect of the :poorvette: and I'm really glad it stayed for C8, especially with a place to stow the top in the vehicle. Such an epic feature.
:dat:

Sure, when you remove the roof, it takes cargo room, but in normal convertibles you lose that all of the time whether the top is up or down. Targa is best of both worlds, IMO.
Exactly. And I have the top off all the time.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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max225 wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:58 pm
D Griff wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:55 pm

:dat:

Nowhere else can you find these cross shops. Or the :turboyaris: :poorvette: :turboyaris: :poorvette: :plac: moves. It is truly special.

I think this would be a pretty darn rad car for Max, kind of along the lines of when I suggested a first gen NSX. Cool, rare, mid engined sports car that won't drop a ton in value in the year or two he has it if he goes this route.
It would be :neat: but so many forces against it... at this point in time... "early 2020" means at least late 2020 for me, I certainly wouldn't want a first batch... and that's a :plac: ternity away...
:plac: ological Time.
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