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Originally Posted by Slow-V6
Its sad. I still really dont like the C7. Its been a month now since its release and I still feel the same about it.
Over on the Vette Forum there is still a 50/50 fued ( more like 55bad/45good) for the people who love the car and the people who have issues with the car. Thats bad when half the people who actually buy corvettes have issues with the new one and are uncertain if they will buy it. If Gm cant sell this new Corvette to the Corvette crowd then who will they sell it to?
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As a past owner of an '81 and current owner of a '99, the vette crowd changed when the c5 was released. This was a vehicle, in a sense, that was put through its developmental stages in the artic and the most extreme heat conditions. Point being, it was designed to be an everyday driver. With that, more people bought them w/out being true purists....some became eventually and some just view the car like those 350/370z buyers...a sportscar that could be driven everyday. No doubt gm will still sell a lot of them and until i see one in person i really can;t comment on my like/dislike completely..at first i dislike and now a like it more. What GM wants to do, like every other car company, is appeal to a wider market for increased revenue. If you dislike this one but are a purist, changes are you'll buy a c5z or g/s or zr1. A model year change won't completely turnoff anyone that has a love affair w/the model, but still whether it be a '62 fuelie, '70 lt1, '81 Cali edition 305 c3, xfire '84 or '12 zr1 a vet is a vet. There is a thread dedicated on the 'wave' on the vet forum, how a lot of newer owners don't understand the 'wave' b/c they don't know the lineage of the model or the love affair associated w/owning one...in due time.