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Old 10-18-2019, 08:23 AM   #141
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Originally Posted by rennlistuser3 View Post
soooo......

Reports are getting leaked on the testing of the new C8 Corvette Stingrey and it does not look good sad to say.........
@rennlistuser3, great personal prospective write up. Thanks for doing that.

My prospective is a little different. The reviews I've seen are overwhelmingly positive and seem a bit like they were written by Olympic judges, they don't want to give the current C8 models top scores because they want to see what is coming next first.

I'm not surprised there were some compromises, you don't get to this price point without that. But, I consider this the true next evolution of the Corvette (something I never expected I would say) and think its one hell of a deal for what you are getting.

I've also made no secret out of the fact that I have a different prospective on GM reliability than most having had multiple GM products that went well over 200,000 miles. The Corvette is truly the only sports car over $50,000 in price I would consider buying because I know I could still be driving it 150,000 miles later with minimal cost.

As far as your $80,000 price range, you want what you want, I get that but I would be quite happy with the base Z51 package at $64,995. I have never been willing to pay for expensive add-ons. That is one hell of a car for that price.

Will it have some compromises, sure, all cars do. But at that price I'll also be willing to drive it on the street. I can't honestly say that about any supercar it compares to.
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