Recent content by rfh928

Not sure what 'tag system' is but we've been with Co-operators for a few years now after they gave my wife a corporate rate on home & car insurance (now retired but they still honour it). I've been paying less than $1,000/year for my 2019 C7 since it was new.

Great! I haven't had a chance to go there since they moved it to Uxbridge from Oshawa a couple of years ago.

There are a number of shows in the next month that are all really good - 2 are generally focused on classic cars of all types, including some Corvettes and the other is the largest British car show in North America. I went there for the first time last year & plan to go back in September. My...

I haven't been to that one yet but Jon and I used to go to the same event when it was at the lakefront in Oshawa. They moved it a couple of years ago after decades as they apparently ran out of space in the park there.

There are a couple of cool auto shows coming up in the next couple of weeks: https://ontariovisited.ca/kars-on-king-oshawa-2026/ https://autofestnationals.com/

I won't be giving up my 2019 M7 ... even if future Corvettes offered a manual again, I doubt whether I could afford one with the base price having gone up by $25K in the past 7 years since I bought mine.

Very nice Murray...really sorry again that Jon & I had to miss it this year. Jon & his wife Erin's baby shower that afternoon went really well - hopefully we'll see you next year!

It's been many years since I had my C3, but both for it and my later C5 I was able to source out a new rad @ Canadian Tire at the time. Never had any issues with either of them after they were installed (the labour I had done at my trusted mechanic's).

Retired and semi-rural...well Bowmanville with 40,000 residents is a LOT smaller than when we lived in Toronto anyway :cool:

Only 21,000 on my 2019, and it's a (more or less...) daily driver other than the winter months :canada:

I have an excellent indie body shop in Pickering, but that's a bit far from you. They've worked on my C3, C5 and C7 along with other vehicles of ours, for the past 30 years. Do a terrific job for half the price of larger shops. If you don't mind travelling that far, happy to provide details.

Bought my 78 C3 M4 when it was 6 years old...kept it for 15. Followed by a 6-year old 98 C5 M6, also kept for 15. 2019 C7 M7 that I bought new is 7 years old and I plan to never sell...will pass it down to my son eventually.

I didn't replace the stereo on my C5 or C7...but did last year on my 2016 Subaru - went with a Pioneer unit that is superior to the factory one. An optional wiring harness allowed all the factory controls on the steering wheel to function normally. If you check Crutchfield's website and...

Total baloney...they tried to sell me the same on my C7. I've had Corvettes for 40+ years and an annual waxing with my electric buffer keeps the finish looking like new. I sold the C3 and C5 both at age 21 and they both still looked like new at that time. The C7 after 7 years is the same.

When I had my C5 it only came with one key and no remote fob...so I ordered a spare key from the dealer at the time. I think it was about $55 but that was a number of years ago. I never bothered to get the fob...it was easy enough to open the doors and hatch with the regular key.