# 2014 Corvette/C7 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 13, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172 "2013-01-13T17:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/401 "2014-11-24T06:51:43Z")
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**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/402 "2014-11-24T07:09:07Z")
^^^^ thats BA ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/403 "2014-11-24T14:32:13Z")
impressive does not even describe it. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/404 "2014-11-24T17:24:59Z")
yeah its incredible… the only draw back is a lack of exclusivity. ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/405 "2014-11-24T17:44:31Z")
> [@bing](#): > > yeah its incredible… the only draw back is a lack of exclusivity. LOL, that’s a drawback? Yeah, let’s only make a few hundred of them, so dealers can price gouge them out of the range they should be in. The price point and the fact that they’ll make as many as they can, is the whole point of the car. Chevy can build a world beating supercar for a fraction of the cost of their exotic competitors. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/406 "2014-11-24T17:54:49Z")
> [@bing](#): > > yeah its incredible… the only draw back is a lack of exclusivity. The car is going to be $100k+ optioned out. I’m sure lack of exclusivity won’t be an issue, ha. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/407 "2014-11-24T18:42:57Z")
> [@Beck](#): > > The car is going to be $100k+ optioned out. I’m sure lack of exclusivity won’t be an issue, ha. if you go to Alberta there are $75k - $150k trucks running around like toyota camry’s… it’s not hard to get a car loan… even for a Z06 vette. > [@joelster](#): > > LOL, that’s a drawback?. yeah i would say so… i was just having this conversation over dinner the other night with a dude who has a 1100AWHP dodge truck… he’s going to get a viper because corvettes are too commonplace. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/408 "2014-11-24T18:54:19Z")
Guess it depends if you are a guy who wants flair on their Rolex or not. 🙂 ![http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/c/1/8/event_209388152.jpeg](http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/c/1/8/event_209388152.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/409 "2014-11-24T19:07:24Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > Guess it depends if you are a guy who wants flair on their Rolex or not. 🙂 nothing wrong with enjoying other people having the same things you do… doesn’t bother me any for some things and other times it does… i also wouldn’t judge any of your gents + or - for feeling the opposite as i do in this case… _cheers_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/410 "2014-11-25T07:25:55Z")
> [@Beck](#): > > The car is going to be $100k+ optioned out. I’m sure lack of exclusivity won’t be an issue, ha. They will give loans to anybody who can make the initial down payment. > [@bing](#): > > yeah its incredible… the only draw back is a lack of exclusivity. x2. One at every other corner. Saw one yesterday when it was 60\* And granted, that one in the photo is the cream of the crop, the regular cheap vettes are kinda fugly ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/411 "2014-11-25T07:57:57Z")
> [@bing](#): > > yeah its incredible… the only draw back is a lack of exclusivity. then you def wouldn’t own your m3 if you lived out here… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/412 "2014-11-25T08:45:54Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > then you def wouldn’t own your m3 if you lived out here… you’re right but we make things our own… even still, SC’d M3’s are still most common out there. hard to demonstrate any genuine individuality where everyone else is trying to do the same i guess. also i dont think you can apply the same logic from the rust belt to socal… math, the alphabet, everything is different between the two 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/413 "2014-11-25T08:46:46Z")
The 240sx must be your unique car lol ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/414 "2014-11-25T08:59:26Z")
lol. to be fair I see more (c63,m3,s4,s5,911,m5,gtr,etc.) than I do corvettes… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/415 "2014-11-25T09:16:53Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > The 240sx must be your unique car lol BRING IT ON LZ!!! ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/416 "2014-11-25T13:43:07Z")
> **[First Drive: the new Corvette Z06](https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/corvette/z06-62-v8-2dr/first-drive)** > > “It’s not a bit better than the old one, it’s in a different class altogether…” Pat Devereux reports “ **Is it better than a Porsche, Ferrari or McLaren?** Think it’s fair to say it’s going to crush anything less than a 918, P1 or LaFerrari. Its combination of relentless power, unshakeable chassis - with all its clever technology that works with you - and vast brakes is unbeatable at the moment. And that’s just on the track. On the road, it’s just as much fun. Dial back the chassis, flip off the roof panel - a first for all Z06s - and it’ll cruise along in comfort. It’s available with an eight-speed automatic or the seven-speed manual, now with uprated rev matching (this is being implemented across the whole Corvette range) that now makes it properly seamless.” ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/417 "2014-11-25T13:46:25Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > [http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/corvette-z06-c7-first-drive-2014-11-25](http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/corvette-z06-c7-first-drive-2014-11-25) > > “ **Is it better than a Porsche, Ferrari or McLaren?** Think it’s fair to say it’s going to crush anything less than a 918, P1 or LaFerrari. Its combination of relentless power, unshakeable chassis - with all its clever technology that works with you - and vast brakes is unbeatable at the moment. And that’s just on the track. On the road, it’s just as much fun. Dial back the chassis, flip off the roof panel - a first for all Z06s - and it’ll cruise along in comfort. It’s available with an eight-speed automatic or the seven-speed manual, now with uprated rev matching (this is being implemented across the whole Corvette range) that now makes it properly seamless.” I’ve yet to see a bad thing said about this car… ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/418 "2014-11-25T13:54:47Z")
What are these $150k Truck in Alberta? Like RR Autobiographies, ML AMGs are only $110k ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/419 "2014-11-25T14:01:52Z")
$60k trucks with $90k in lift kits and engine upgrades… i dont understand the need for 1100awhp but apparently there is one… and women respond to it… a guy that works for me who isn’t much to look at had a decent looking blonde chick in her 30’s driving an X5 stop him on the highway to get his number… i actually met this chick while they were meeting up… it all makes no sense to me. the one thing you guys should know is that while the fracking boom in PA yields $20/hr jobs (or so i’m told), basic rigging jobs in alberta pay well into the $X00,000 range on an annual basis. buddy of mine is a derrick hand pulling $170k which from my understanding is a mid-level rigging position. he sleeps while holding the drill guide standing up. ---
**Author:** ![Bsp\_TC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bsp_tc/32/4998_2.png) [@Bsp\_TC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bsp_TC)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172/420 "2014-11-25T14:21:00Z")
> [@bing](#): > > $60k trucks with $90k in lift kits and engine upgrades… > > i dont understand the need for 1100awhp but apparently there is one… and women respond to it… a guy that works for me who isn’t much to look at had a decent looking blonde chick in her 30’s driving an X5 stop him on the highway to get his number… i actually met this chick while they were meeting up… it all makes no sense to me. > > the one thing you guys should know is that while the fracking boom in PA yields $20/hr jobs (or so i’m told), basic rigging jobs in alberta pay well into the $X00,000 range on an annual basis. buddy of mine is a derrick hand pulling $170k which from my understanding is a mid-level rigging position. he sleeps while holding the drill guide standing up. \ [TH]Job Title[/TH] [TH]Rate (Approx)[/TH] \\ Driller $44.80 or 46.80 /hr or $4659.20 or 4867.20 /wk Asst. Driller $40.00 or 41.50 /hr or $4160.00 or $4316.00/wk Derrickhand $38.00 or 39.50 /hr or $3952.00 or 4108.00/wk Motorhand $33.00 or 34.00 /hr or $3432.00 or 3536.00/wk Floorhand $30.70 /hr or $3192.80/wk Leasehand $28.00 /hr or $2912.00/wk \ - In addition to the above recommended wages a subsistence rate of pay described below.\* The normal rotation working land rigs in Alberta is two weeks on and one week off. Employees can expect to work 12 hour days for a total of 84 hours a week. Hourly pay is based on 44 hours regular time and 40 hours overtime. In addition to normal pay employees who qualify for subsistence can expect to receive Camp pay of $50.00/day or $350.00/wk and Non-Camp $140.00/day or $980.00/wk $17.50 is non-taxable\*. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172.md?page=20) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2014-corvette-c7/228172.md?page=22)