Well a few reasons. First, I've never had a "new" car before, I've always waited for prices to come down, as I detest losing insane amounts of money. In this case I got a deal just under MSRP, so it won't be that bad of a loss, well unless my local dealer doesn't get one for forever, and by then everybody else is discounting.
Second, there really isn't anything else worth considering at its price point. I have no real love for muscle cars, never have. I like sports cars. I TRULY love Boxsters, but not for the price of a new one. A Boxster is worth about $30k to me, I've had a couple of them, I would love to have one again. And also, the Cayman/Boxster have always been the best at what they are great at, straight back to the 986. No other car feels so good to drive, and the improvements in that don't justify paying $80k for a car that's heading, quickly, to a trade in value of $20k. They just aren't special enough to justify buying new, or is, in my opinion, any 911.
I bought my GT-R new, but that is a supercar, that is a unique piece of equipment with a place in history, and its not nearly as bizzare looking as the C7, lol. I bought my C6Z new, but again you have a truly special car there, one with a place in history, and neither of those cars did or will cost me much to own, as they hold their value so well.
I would never buy a new Ferrari unless I just decided I had $200k too much money and needed to get rid of it. I got a screaming deal on my 09 lp560, in 09, but that was the recession and nobody wanted exotic cars just then, hence the deal.
3. I actually have a use for the Corprius, if the run-crap tires don't cause insane tire howl, or if there is a replacement for them. I have to drive about 200 miles between businesses literally 2 times per week, it'd be nice to do it in a fun car once in awhile.
4. I currently only have an S2000 for a car with a stick shift, so in way the C7s complete failure at having anything that resembles a proper modern transmission fits into my life. I absolutely love driving stick shift, I just acknowledge that its nowhere near state of the art.
5. Mostly. I have loved Corvettes most of my life, even as the poorest kid in town, and especially as the owner of some C6s. I wanted the C7 to be unbelievable, to showcase what a small block can really do to an even greater extreme than the C6 did, to pound a nail in the skull of Vette haters. Instead they made it a prius, they made the rear end so bizzare looking that I can't quite get a grip on how anybody could love it, and so on.
To be honest, getting another C6z06 could satisfy 2, 3, and 4, and 5 - the C6Z is really just a set of non-run-crap-crapyear tires from being a proper touring car (and having more grip). But not one. I guess I could hold out for the Gallardo replacement, I imagine I could get in line for one, but I won't pay $50 or 100k over sticker for anything. Don't know if I have enough pull at the dealer to get MSRP, guessing I don't.
Don't' think I don't consider cancelling my order from time to time. I do, and maybe I will just eat that deposit. But for now, my plans are to purchase the C7.
In all black, to hide the design atrocities, and then black out the lights to further hide them.
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6. I supsect the car will be really nice to drive. The narrow tires should make it less intimidating to a driver of moderate talent like myself. I think I'm well above average, but far below great. I won an autocross once, and I can drive a bit, but in no way, no how, am I close to as fast as alot of guys at track days. Some guys could drive a Mustang GT a whole lot faster than I could drive a ZR1... that kind of thing. The E-Diff is a brilliant piece of tech, although that brilliance isn't Chevy's, as I noted above.
7. I'm just curious what the car is like, and I want to know.
8. I want my place in line in case the Z06 version is something truly amazing.
9. Maybe mosmt importantly, I'm American, I really don't want to have to buy foreign cars. I'd be happier sending my money to some chaps from Kentucky. It is that loyalty that allows the Corvette designers to be so far behind the times, so far off the curve, to make such a ridiculous rear end, and still find success. They exist because of my/our patriotism, and I suppose that sense of country will let them die thinking they did amazing things. Shame, that.
I guess thats about it.