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The 911 turbo seems cool but it handled like pooh and had turbo log galore, 308 - fancy body and classic what can I say. Oh ya they were just as slow as the Vette at the time….and you could speed shift them Quote:
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IMO he is all over the board. If you can’t afford a 60k Vette you can’t afford anything fun in the same 60k range. That includes the ZL1 Camaro or the 100k Audi in the other thread. If his point is GM wants to get the guys under 60 to purchase, GM never said they wanted people under 60 that don’t have 60k to finance. Again he lost me. GM had the Fiero which was the poor mans vette at the time. Those days are over. Show me a car in the same range or less that gives you the same bang for the buck all around. Quote:
WTF – Unless you are a celebrity that owns 3 or 4 or 20 gas guzzlers but drive a Prius once in a while to impress your fans (as if you really cared about a few tree hugging liberals) then no one drives a Prius to show they are successful. The same can be said for the Passat. It's a great car as is the Hyundai Genesis but the guys that buy those cars are not trying to or able to impress many folks with those vehicles. SORRY CHARLIE. To be honest, it all depends on which circles you travel in. As an example. Many people were never impressed with my GTR even when I was the first around to have it. BUT the ones that knew what it was would follow me like little kids and take snap shots. When I valet parked it at even the most fancy restaurants all the kids (and by kids I mean 18 to 25 year old car parkers) would move Ferraris and Mercedes out of the way to position the GTR directly in the front and then call their friends to come see it – it was crazy the respect that car got from the people that knew what it was. So in short the vette IMO is not intended to impress people that "I spent 60k on it" but to the right guy - they think this guy knows a great car when he sees it. Look at it like this everyone wants to race a Vette because it is a standard to which many want to be compared to. – That impresses me. The only thing I HATE about the Vette….everyone can have one. But that is also the reason why we all love it – it is in fact defacto the working mans exotic and every time GM brings out the latest version it’s that much better – count me in. Quote:
– I disagree. BTW I am now 45. I got my first Vette at 20 and never looked back. I would say of the vette owners I also hang out with, 95% of them are also in my age bracket not 60-somethings Quote:
Ok I would agree that many of the “kids” (under 50-something) probably are not sentimental about the Stingray history but they will dig the new modern logo. When I first read about the 2014 Vette I thought the paper indicated you could have a Stingray or a Z51. I wanted the Z51 package but also wanted the Sting Rays on the side of the car because I liked the look of them. I was pleasantly happy to find out I read it wrong and all the Vettes had the sting ray on them. They could call the new Vette a Fuego edition and I would buy still buy it if it represented the best Vette GM has to offer. Quote:
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02-07-2013, 08:41 PM | #44 |
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Way to dissect this article & its author...
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Kudos my friend. Your preaching to the crowd.
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Maybe an old man's car .... maybe not ... but it will definetely be THIS old mans's car ....
Trying to define a demographic for a machine like this one is quite simple ..You either want one or not ... regardless of age... affording one is the defining factor .... And it is looking like I am the old man here so far .... 63 next month ..... That being said my first vette was a 59 that I bought for $650 when I just got back from Nam in 1971 and I never looked back ..... Kind of like once a Marine always a Marine ..... Once a Vette owner ... always a Vette owner Vince....
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02-08-2013, 06:34 PM | #49 |
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Age is just a label; It doesn't matter, as long as you're young at heart.
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02-27-2013, 09:03 PM | #53 |
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4teen1... 5thteen2... 6teen3... Yup! Young at heart! :madgrin:
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06-17-2013, 04:28 AM | #54 |
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I dont think it is that corvette dont appeal to younger crowd..
Just where the car falls in the market.. one most younger folks once they can afford a corvette are 30 and starting a family. alot of the guys that can afford multiple cars have money and want to show off buying a luxury name.. Not sure what they call young but im 33 and single so I ordered one. Im planning on enjoying certain things now while I can.. I do have the camaro for the backseat.
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06-17-2013, 09:31 AM | #55 |
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I'm 30.
And the new C7 just fill the requirements for my new toy. # 9 spot on my dealer est. delivery Sep-Nov.
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seems every dealer has told everyone sept.. whether ur #1 with allocation or #50 without allocation
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