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Ditto for me. I also came perilously close to buying a C6 convertible. It's hard to argue that it's a performance bargain, 400 hp convertible for $60,000 and facial distorting acceleration is tough to beat. But, it's still built to a price point rather than a quality standard. There were so many signs of obvious cost-cutting that just turned me off: turn signal stalk that felt like you were breaking a chicken bone when actuating it; ridiculous "electric" push-button doors that either make you shift into reverse before GM's lawyers let you get out of the car, or pull the "emergency" door release lever which feels like tugging on a cork attached to a piece of fishing line (and will probably last about as long); interior plastic quality that that wouldn't pass Kia quality control; and overall build quality that feels like North Korean workers assembled it at gunpoint.
And then there were the rattles, squeaks, creaks, and groans. On a brand new car. I HATE rattles.... All the salesmen could say in weak but indignant defense was "they all do that", and "if rattles bother you, you shouldn't be buying a Vette".
So, I didn't. I bought a 2006 987 Boxster S last month, and love it. I agree with you longislander1, it feels as if it was hewn from a solid billet of steel, and except for not having the same raw power of the Vette that can rupture eyeball capilliaries, it's more fun to drive overall.
If the C6 Vette was ever built to a higher quality standard (like, if Toyota built the car), it would be scary good.
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