Originally Posted by gsxr750

I almost bought a new 2012 C6 vette only 2 months , ago upon delivery idiot detailers scratched the entire clear coat of the car, cancelled deal and went across the street to nissan dealer and test drove the new pearl 2012 370z manual sport, I currently own.

I am very happy with the 370z prior to buying it I test drove all the high performance cars out in the $30-$55K and negleted to test drive the Z as I really wanted a V8 with 400hp plus, that is why I passed on test driving the 370z with only a V6 and 330hp.

I had test drove a challenger rt 375 hp and it was really a dog, but after driving the 370z I was sold on it, it just has to much classic styling, taste,refinement, and technical features that the american cars just don't have.

While I do sometimes regret not buying the 2012 vette, it goes away fast once I look at the 370z or drive it.

I've owned 2 corvettes in my life a 1987 C4 and a 2002 Z06 ( bought from a friend who was going thru a messy divorce and I basically stole it for what he sold it to me for).

I sold the Z06 a few years later, got tired of it with new yorks long winters and the C4 i puchased used for $9k with only 25k mles on it, body was perfect , but the interior needed some work. I basically learned a lot about corvettes working on this C4 and how poorly constructed and shitty materials chevrolet used to put them together. If you wonder why old corvettes rattle and make more noise than some babies toys rattles at 30k plus miles, its because a lot of the plastic mounting flanges on major assemblies are starting to crack or break away. The worst of these on my C4 was the main dash board mounting flanges which, originally were a solid ring flange had now turned to a slotted U shaped brackets.

I basically became an expert in plastic welding, refinishing and epoxy repair on that corvette.

After fixing up the C4, I swore I would never buy another used corvette, the only reason I bought my friends , is because I knew the history of it.

One day I may buy another, but one thing you need to be sure of, it that you get the best factory extended waranty available with it, don't keep it to long yrs. or miles and never buy a used one unless you know the seller personally.