Now 28 months and 23,000 miles into a Z51 in Long Beach Red: Still a tremendous value and top-shelf sports car, a view from someone who has raced cars on the amateur level. It's not so much that acceleration, handling, braking, and feel are superb; it's that you feel attached to the car. The styling remains beautiful. The interior is very comfortable. Apple CarPlay still works poorly, though a bit better with iOS 11.3; (1) Apple Maps works slowly so that you sometimes miss a turn, and Maps itself has poor directions and out-of-date Tom Tom data (no Google Maps except aurally); (2) Apple Music plays with adequate reliability only. In addition to the electronics, the other problem has been the shifting, which professional journalists complained about and I found true also. Over time, shifting has become more fluid, although there is still an occasional glitch in the high gears. Whether I have adjusted to the Corvette idiosyncrasies, or the gearbox has loosened, the shifting has improved. You can pack quite a lot under the hatch -- at least four suitcases. And, oh, if your state requires a front license plate, my experience has been this: The Chevrolet-supplied holder, even when mounted by a qualified Chevrolet technician, will scratch the front bumper and no Chevrolet dealer, out of the three that I have tried, will take responsibility for the problem. I now have removed the holder and will pay $900 to have the bumper repaired. Thanks, Chevrolet. The last American car that I intend to buy.
