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Bald Brah · 2025-05-24T22:00:07-0400

Doesn't ford sell more trucks than the other 3 combined? And the mustang just put the charger and camaro out to pasture. Again.

They might have issues with their cheap little shit boxes, but other than Honda who doesn't?

Haus · 2025-05-24T22:01:12-0400

Bald Brah said:
Doesn't ford sell more trucks than the other 3 combined? And the mustang just put the charger and camaro out to pasture. Again.

Pretty much, and they're talking about discontinuing the Escape in the next year or two and just forgetting about the compact SUV space. (Edge will be their smallest SUV at that point)

Burns · 2025-05-24T22:06:10-0400

Bald Brah said:
Yeah not interested in anyone else's failed project. I'd only buy used from a dealer with at least a 3 month powertrain warranty. Not looking to get stuck with someone unloading a heap of junk. If they're selling "as is" you're inheriting nothing but problems. Only way I'd go that old is a stock z06 that's in great condition. Really don't want to go older than 10yr.

It seems the c6 Zo6 LS7 engine has head and rod problems, so in my opinion the best c6 would be a 2008+ bone stock Grand Sport with low mileage. It might be a great option, if the right deal comes along.

I also wouldn't actually buy a car modified by another person but a lot of people are fine with it, especially racers that are willing to replace shit as it breaks with upgrades. On the other hand I am perfectly fine with buying a used bone stock car with less than 50k miles from an independent seller. It's all about pictures.

Dealers suck and they will make sure it's in good enough order that it will last some stupid 3 to 6 month "warranty." I've known car dealers and I used to have access to Manheim; dealers push cars all around the country using only detailed pictures and online auctions. They are the exact same cars that you see from private sellers, only with a 20%+ markup. They spend as little time on them as humanly possible not to come back in whatever time they claim to offer a "warranty." There is a higher chance of getting a northern salt driven car when buying from a dealer too, no matter what part of the country you actually buy the car in.

Post on reddit mentioning the C6 LS7 engine issues (if I was thinking of buying one, I would verify on corvette forums):

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Bald Brah · 2025-05-24T22:13:24-0400

C6 z06s generally hold their value well. Many are more expensive than C7s 10 years newer. They are great cars and I'd love to have one but I wouldn't pay 40k for one.

Burren · 2025-05-24T23:55:38-0400

Burns said:
It seems the c6 Zo6 LS7 engine has head and rod problems, so in my opinion the best c6 would be a 2008+ bone stock Grand Sport with low mileage. It might be a great option, if the right deal comes along.

I also wouldn't actually buy a car modified by another person but a lot of people are fine with it, especially racers that are willing to replace shit as it breaks with upgrades. On the other hand I am perfectly fine with buying a used bone stock car with less than 50k miles from an independent seller. It's all about pictures.

Dealers suck and they will make sure it's in good enough order that it will last some stupid 3 to 6 month "warranty." I've known car dealers and I used to have access to Manheim; dealers push cars all around the country using only detailed pictures and online auctions. They are the exact same cars that you see from private sellers, only with a 20%+ markup. They spend as little time on them as humanly possible not to come back in whatever time they claim to offer a "warranty." There is a higher chance of getting a northern salt driven car when buying from a dealer too, no matter what part of the country you actually buy the car in.

Post on reddit mentioning the C6 LS7 engine issues (if I was thinking of buying one, I would verify on corvette forums):

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LS7 rods are fine and will take hundreds of HP over stock. The valves were bad but that’s an easy and cheap fix. Only other weak points on that car are cheap interior materials and seats.

Burns · 2025-05-25T00:41:02-0400

Burren said:
LS7 rods are fine and will take hundreds of HP over stock. The valves were bad but that’s an easy and cheap fix. Only other weak points on that car are cheap interior materials and seats.

Did you read the reddit post? It mentions the valve stems but says the engine has a geometry issue that causes damage to the heads and rods, which crop up at high mileage and/or after a lot of hard driving. Replacing the stock with the aftermarket parts (advertised as a fix) just "resets the clock to 0" but people have had the same issue with the "fixed" aftermarket parts.

It would be a issue to investigate further, if a person was in the market for a high mileage toy, in order to get the price where you want it.

Burren · 2025-05-25T09:08:31-0400

Burns said:
Did you read the reddit post? It mentions the valve stems but says the engine has a geometry issue that causes damage to the heads and rods, which crop up at high mileage and/or after a lot of hard driving. Replacing the stock with the aftermarket parts (advertised as a fix) just "resets the clock to 0" but people have had the same issue with the "fixed" aftermarket parts.

It would be an issue to investigate further, if a person was in the market for a high mileage toy, in order to get the price where you want it.

No, I don’t read Reddit. I’ve owned two LS7 cars since 2009 and both were heavily modified and driven hard. I’ve been in the game for a long ass time and never seen one with damaged rods. Neither skipped a beat . As soon as I got each car the heads were replaced and unless you run boost (which the LS7 is NOT made for) it will be fine NA.

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