The Grand Sport. Part 2: The experience.
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These cars are mass produced and meant to be driven. Actually pretty reliable and great for longer trips. I'm not surprised at all.
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I keep forgetting to post this. Took it from the attic in my mom's garage when I was visiting.

Installed the carbon roof, and deleted the center stripe from everything but the hood.

Installed the carbon roof, and deleted the center stripe from everything but the hood.
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Have to admit, I'm kind of jealous. I love mine for the experience but love how yours looks.
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Yeah that looks awesome!

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That’s a pretty bad ass picture.
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If I wasn’t coaching Austin’s baseball AND soccer teams I’d be down for that!

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That's a lot of coaching! Just being an assistant coach on John's fall ball baseball team is enough for me lol
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Saw one similar to this the other day. Such mixed emotions. I love mine, but damn the C7 GS looks sexy as hell the more I see them. 
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Peak Corvette IMO.
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Someone on Instagram asked me if I like my corvette more than the 3000gt. Hard to compare the two. Completely different cars. That said, I would take my C6 any day every time over a 3/S.
Having owned both, what is your opinion? Can you even compare the two? What do you like more?
Having owned both, what is your opinion? Can you even compare the two? What do you like more?
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I feel like to compare the two it should at least be the same year. Like, yeah I would take a newer…faster…lighter…vehicle. But if you want me to compare my 92 vr4 to a 92 vette….gtfo it’s the mitsu all day long. But a 92 vr4 to a C6….I mean…come on.Duck Vader wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:39 pm Someone on Instagram asked me if I like my corvette more than the 3000gt. Hard to compare the two. Completely different cars. That said, I would take my C6 any day every time over a 3/S.
Having owned both, what is your opinion? Can you even compare the two? What do you like more?
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Jason wrote:Have to admit, I'm kind of jealous. I love mine for the experience but love how yours looks.
Jason wrote:Saw one similar to this the other day. Such mixed emotions. I love mine, but damn the C7 GS looks sexy as hell the more I see them.
Mixed emotions indeed.Also Jason wrote:Sorry Jeff. Your car is cool as hell, but does nothing for me.
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id take the 3s lol.DCIV wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:49 pmI feel like to compare the two it should at least be the same year. Like, yeah I would take a newer…faster…lighter…vehicle. But if you want me to compare my 92 vr4 to a 92 vette….gtfo it’s the mitsu all day long. But a 92 vr4 to a C6….I mean…come on.Duck Vader wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:39 pm Someone on Instagram asked me if I like my corvette more than the 3000gt. Hard to compare the two. Completely different cars. That said, I would take my C6 any day every time over a 3/S.
Having owned both, what is your opinion? Can you even compare the two? What do you like more?
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I would take a C7 GS over a 3S anyday. There is just no comparison.
3S over a C4, C5, or C6 anyday though.
3S over a C4, C5, or C6 anyday though.

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I'd take a C5 and up over any 3S.
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Overall vehicle quality (build quality and fit and finish not reliability) I'd take a 3S over a C5, but for what I want a sporty car to do anymore I'd take the C5.
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Pretty much. The 3S was effectively the same car for its whole 10 year run. That was 35 years ago. A LOT has changed since then. I liked my 94 TT for what it was, at least before I fucked it up. It was an amazing all around grand touring car. I could (and did) use it year round. But it doesn't come close to comparing to the rawness and precision that my GS has. The ergonomics in my GS are a lot better too. They're very different cars. Especially the way I have my GS specced. It's tough to compare them directly.Coop wrote:I feel like to compare the two it should at least be the same year. Like, yeah I would take a newer…faster…lighter…vehicle. But if you want me to compare my 92 vr4 to a 92 vette….gtfo it’s the mitsu all day long. But a 92 vr4 to a C6….I mean…come on.
I enjoyed it for a bit, and I don't need to go back to it. By the same token I doubt I'll own another Corvette if I move on from this one. I have NO idea what that car would even be at this point, but I'd like to try something different at some point. Maybe, maybe a convertible 2026+ ERay, but that's a very long shot.
I think about all the things we could have done, all the miracles we could have achieved, if we were all just a little bit better than it turns out we are.
--Naomi Nagata
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