I pity the fool who pays $20K markup on a c6. Makes sense to wait until the second year anyway, so that any 1st year teething troubles can be resolved or at least brought to light.

 

 

With places like Kerbeck's openly advertising $2500 OFF MSRP on any in-stock C6, you'd have to be a nutball to pay more.

http://www.kerbeck.com/2005_corvette_inventory.html

 

Tomi, James Wood has one for $54,000 with Xm Satellite Radio and Navigation. Didn't see that any markup was in that price. Buy it Tomi Buy it.

I'm sure you looked at it over the holiday.

The color will match your Expedition

 

Yeah, I've seen that one. Nice. Very nice...

But... I'm missing just about $53,995.00...

 

Tomi, Good prices on used C5s. Now what is your excuse?

 

98% of the population do not know about some dealership in some other state discounting Vettes. Do they even have Cal emissions? Most Vette owners will want to sit, and touch the vehicle first. After transporting the vehicle, it doesn't end up being THAT much less to make it worth it for a Vette purchaser.

 

I haven't driven the C6, but I drove a C5 and thought the brakes were pretty damn effective (don't know about durability, though... hope they aren't as easily warped as LS1 f-body brakes though!). I can only imagine the C6, especially with the upgraded brakes, should brake even more effectively and more consistantly. Maybe they just look small since the wheels are so big and thin-spoked?

Oh, and the interior is a huge improvement over the C5 IMO, and very livable for a sports car, but it still isn't anything great. Realistically it's still cheap compared to most other cars in that price range. But then again I guess the Vette has always been more about raw performance than interior design. Then again that was always the f-body's excuse... so what did GM do with the extra 20-25 grand in this design? Still... with the amount of critisism the last one drew from the press and general public over the interior, you'd think they would really give it their best shot this time around. Quite a bit of the media is still upset with the new design (and you know that as the C6 gets older and newer cars start coming out, the interior is only going to look worse relatively speaking).

I guess we'll have to see how it does in terms of rattles and wear and tear and such.

I think the new C6 interior looks much better than the new Mustang (but then again I'm not a fan of retro designs at all), but the Mustang seems to be put together a little better. At least upon first impression. But doesn't it seem odd that the Mustang costs so much less yet seems to have better assembly quality and materials?

 

Yes. Compared to the C6, the new Mustangs interior is much cheaper looking. I sat in one as well yesterday and I was simply shocked. In comparison even a baseline Infiniti interior looks far superior to both let alone higher end brands.

 

Well, I didn't mean it so much in the sense of BUYING it from Kerbeck, but more along the lines of being able to SHOW this deal to your own dealer when you crunch numbers and they throw some ridiculous markup in your face.

If I were dropping $50k+, I surely would do some minimal research... Kerbeck's site is easy to find just by searching for "Corvette" on Yahoo! or Google.
EDIT: Kerbeck's also advertises in just about every major Corvette printed publication...

 

Kerbeck is one of the highest (if not THE highest) volume Vette dealers on the world. They get TONS of Vettes, and want to keep their volume up. If sold our Vettes at that, we wouldn't have any to sell ever. Oh wait, we still don't, even though we didn't go back of MSRP.

 

As you probably know, I need a "family car" still another few years. After that... Who knows... Maybe a used C6...

 

Here is a new one for $47K

http://www.sundancechevy.com/viewPic...YY24U355107938

 

Maxie Price (Loganville, GA) is the third-largest Corvette dealer in the nation...I was luck enough to be in the Atlanta area for Thanksgiving, and made my pilgrimage to oogle...on Saturday they had nine 2005's in stock, various colors and options...NO markup

 

That's what the Expedition is for.