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I like to document and post a lot, so if you like to read along as part of your C7 owning experience, get ready! If you just like pictures and dynos, I'm also your guy. Well, today marks the completion of my first week with the car. It has been a lot of fun so far! It's crazy going back and driving a "fast" V8 after having driven a late model CTS V. The CTS V came stock with 556HP and within the first month of ownership, we upped that to 600+whp. The car was 1000lbs heavier, but pulled like a freight train, while being very comfortable inside. Now the car as over 1,000whp so there isn't much to compare it to haha. We have a lot of cool stuff planned for the C7 though too including some of our own experimental stuff. I can't wait to show you guy! So far while I'm waiting, I picked up a green filter and a Diablo tuner to play around with and do some testing. Ahhh to be back at stage 1 mods... makes me tear up lol.
Initial impressions - I have to say I'm a big fan! The new looks are stunning - obv because of the redesign, but also because they're rare right now, plus everyone loves a Corvette! The car has a lot sharper edges much like the V, which I'm very partial to. (wait till you see these wildly sharp street wheels I'm after haha - only on this car!) The car has much tighter body lines and fender gaps on this model were greatly reduced. The doors and trunk are solid and shut nicely, even the V, the door can be slammed shut more easily if not cautious. The lights are very alluring in the twilight and at night. I'm not a fan of the car not having fog lights though. I'm working on something for that as we speak incorporated into the new grill . The car even at factory ride height is LOW when you're in the seat, so crawling out of a car that low again has take some getting used to, but it'll be lower soon!
Performance - It has the mag ride again so I'm obv used to that but it is much more refined IMO than the C6 setup; although, highly debated as more aerodynamic. The power on tap for an NA car is really stout. It has a lot of low end power but is really missing something up top lol. Don't get me wrong, it's still really fast and a lot of fun to drive. A blower on these and you're going to see 700whp pretty easily as most shops are already getting over 500whp with a head/cam package. A head/cam C7 is going to give a stage 1 or 2 V a real run for the money being 1000lbs less! I told my V clients they had better get their stage 3 kits on! (shameless, ever so shameless plug lol). The active exhaust is great and the sound note is really well done as it's very throaty. It's a little wearing at highway cruising after awhile though. I had a decent drive back from picking it up and ended up closing the butterfly about half way home. It quiets it down instantly just like my old 94 Stealth TT which had this back in the day. I always liked it then too, but this is much more fun obv because of the V8. It has several different suspension settings too and you can modify the exhaust to be open/closed with the settings too. So, Tour is quiet, but Sport changes handling settings and opens up the exhaust too. So many toys on this thing to mess with, I love that part.
Interior - I'm a big fan of targa cars, the clear blue roof is a lot of fun... takes me back some looking up through it. They get a big plus in the quality dept as the car inside is air tight and very solid. The LED dash is wild as you have many combinations you can put the dash in from a track setting, to analog looking gauges, to NAV in the cluster, radio displays in there, and on and on. It also has about 4 versions to display the tach and speed and you can move it around based upon your height too to keep it lower towards the cowl or higher up in view. The Radio/Nav screen is big too at 8" but small by comparison of the dash cluster display. It's cool you can mess around with so many displays on the dash to customize your experience. The secret compartment is all sorts of fun. this is the first Vette to have cooled seats so that's a big up. Dual zone controls are smart too, passenger control is on the outer dash vent on the other side though, so that ruins my fun of turning on people's seat heaters in the dead of summer when they're not paying attention (<--- yea dick!
). Back hatch area is spacious and it easily handled grocery duties this week with milk, eggs, and 32lb bag of dog food that probably lasted 2 days lol. The seats are very comfy and snug. They're very nice quality and an easy ride for long distances though, but not plush of course. C7 is smaller inside than the C6 so for the 6'2"+ guys it might not be your first choice. The inside gets an A+ from me!
So, that's my initial review so far. It's a great ride and a lot of fun! I'll be more at home in it when it has over 600hp though so stay tuned!
Initial impressions - I have to say I'm a big fan! The new looks are stunning - obv because of the redesign, but also because they're rare right now, plus everyone loves a Corvette! The car has a lot sharper edges much like the V, which I'm very partial to. (wait till you see these wildly sharp street wheels I'm after haha - only on this car!) The car has much tighter body lines and fender gaps on this model were greatly reduced. The doors and trunk are solid and shut nicely, even the V, the door can be slammed shut more easily if not cautious. The lights are very alluring in the twilight and at night. I'm not a fan of the car not having fog lights though. I'm working on something for that as we speak incorporated into the new grill . The car even at factory ride height is LOW when you're in the seat, so crawling out of a car that low again has take some getting used to, but it'll be lower soon!
Performance - It has the mag ride again so I'm obv used to that but it is much more refined IMO than the C6 setup; although, highly debated as more aerodynamic. The power on tap for an NA car is really stout. It has a lot of low end power but is really missing something up top lol. Don't get me wrong, it's still really fast and a lot of fun to drive. A blower on these and you're going to see 700whp pretty easily as most shops are already getting over 500whp with a head/cam package. A head/cam C7 is going to give a stage 1 or 2 V a real run for the money being 1000lbs less! I told my V clients they had better get their stage 3 kits on! (shameless, ever so shameless plug lol). The active exhaust is great and the sound note is really well done as it's very throaty. It's a little wearing at highway cruising after awhile though. I had a decent drive back from picking it up and ended up closing the butterfly about half way home. It quiets it down instantly just like my old 94 Stealth TT which had this back in the day. I always liked it then too, but this is much more fun obv because of the V8. It has several different suspension settings too and you can modify the exhaust to be open/closed with the settings too. So, Tour is quiet, but Sport changes handling settings and opens up the exhaust too. So many toys on this thing to mess with, I love that part.
Interior - I'm a big fan of targa cars, the clear blue roof is a lot of fun... takes me back some looking up through it. They get a big plus in the quality dept as the car inside is air tight and very solid. The LED dash is wild as you have many combinations you can put the dash in from a track setting, to analog looking gauges, to NAV in the cluster, radio displays in there, and on and on. It also has about 4 versions to display the tach and speed and you can move it around based upon your height too to keep it lower towards the cowl or higher up in view. The Radio/Nav screen is big too at 8" but small by comparison of the dash cluster display. It's cool you can mess around with so many displays on the dash to customize your experience. The secret compartment is all sorts of fun. this is the first Vette to have cooled seats so that's a big up. Dual zone controls are smart too, passenger control is on the outer dash vent on the other side though, so that ruins my fun of turning on people's seat heaters in the dead of summer when they're not paying attention (<--- yea dick!
). Back hatch area is spacious and it easily handled grocery duties this week with milk, eggs, and 32lb bag of dog food that probably lasted 2 days lol. The seats are very comfy and snug. They're very nice quality and an easy ride for long distances though, but not plush of course. C7 is smaller inside than the C6 so for the 6'2"+ guys it might not be your first choice. The inside gets an A+ from me!So, that's my initial review so far. It's a great ride and a lot of fun! I'll be more at home in it when it has over 600hp though so stay tuned!
