Caught C8-itis

[Petrol Head]

Originally Posted by avalonandl

One of my neighbors in my condo complex has ordered a C8 and will get it in August.

Of what year?

[zaimer]

Originally Posted by CamaroSSStlfan

I live in Punta Gorda and saw my second one in the area today. Well it was at Englewood Beach when I was out to dinner. White C8. Guy looked around 60, white collar type, retired and had MI plates so a snowbird.



Why is it you rarely see young people driving them? I mean under 60. I know price is a large factor in it, but still. You'd think guys in their 40s with good jobs would buy one.


I personally would rather have a late model C7. I like the design better. Except I get different wheels on it due to the defective problems some of them had (see lawsuit.)


The C8 looks too much like a Ferrari and not a Corvette. I'd rather have a 2019 Z06

I agree, especially for the money right now. The C7 Z06's are NICE cars, and I'm historically not a vette fan. . If you have never driven one, I highly encourage it!

[ctrlz]

Originally Posted by avalonandl

Man this is fun....

We got your basic ... C8 haters...

"C8H8R" will be the vanity plate for my C7

[CamaroSSStlfan]

Originally Posted by FarmerFran

We do, i bought one in my 20s and traded it in for a stroller. When you are trying to retire, raise a family, put kids through school, etc... it is tough to justify that much money for a 3rd vehicle.

I'm 37 and bought a 1980 L82 Corvette if that counts when I was in high school! Turned out to just have too many problems to fix though and kept breaking down so I ended up trading it in on a 1999 Mustang GT. Glad I did because I learned how to drive a manual on that Mustang. That was a POS too down the road but that's for another thread.

[CamaroSSStlfan]

Originally Posted by zaimer

I agree, especially for the money right now. The C7 Z06's are NICE cars, and I'm historically not a vette fan. . If you have never driven one, I highly encourage it!

Or even one that's a bit older like 2015 or 2016. Down here in FL you see them for sale with under 30,000 miles all the time. Some with less than 12,000 miles. You have these older guys who buy them and don't drive them much and they end up selling them because it's too hard for them to get in and out of them.


My used 2016 SS I bought last fall had really low miles. It was an old snowbird who bought it and didn't drive it much. Dealer said he traded it in for an SUV. Also, those older guys typically get the maintenance done timely as well.

[avalonandl]

Originally Posted by Petrol Head

Of what year?

Well 2021.....but there is a different President in the WH....LOL

[avalonandl]

Originally Posted by ctrlz

"C8H8R" will be the vanity plate for my C7

ROTFLMAO



You realize the C7 platform is now 8 model years old......

[Xaxas]

Originally Posted by avalonandl

ROTFLMAO



You realize the C7 platform is now 8 model years old......

Older than that, it's been constant revisions since the C4 I believe, nothing wrong with that though, it's the most refined front engine Vette chassis ever

[CamaroSSStlfan]

Originally Posted by Xaxas

Older than that, it's been constant revisions since the C4 I believe, nothing wrong with that though, it's the most refined front engine Vette chassis ever

Not that there is nothing wrong with that.


I'd rather have the performance of the C8 in the Chasis of a C7!


At least the previous models look like a vette.


but the way it sounds if they keep making the Camaro that the next Camaro will still be similar to ours.



Personally I'd love an F body Camaro like the late 90s. Great visibility and I'd trade in for it.


It's 2021 not but if this were a year ago and I was made of $$$ and looking for a C8 BUT saw a left over z06 for a great price I'd jump all over that Z06.


Once the C8 hoopla wears off in a couple of years I wonder if Chevy will go back to a traditional Vette design if sales are slumping.

[JBinSD]

Went to try convince myself a V-6 camaro would be enough; saw these on the lot. . .

[c4racer]

How do they stick to the ceiling like that ??

[JBinSD]

I have never been able to figure out why my images are always inverted. grr.

[c4racer]

The new Corvette. It simply ignores gravity.

New slogan ?

[UnknownJinX]

Originally Posted by c4racer

The new Corvette. It simply ignores gravity and people who want to drive a stick shift.

New slogan ?

FIFY.

Sorry, it's just very hard to let that one go...