Purchasers of new Corvettes can help build their engines

WTF? Never underestimate the things the marketing dept. comes up with...... I can't imagine most of the owners that I've known actually build the engine. I could, but most couldn't. "The option, tagged PBC, has a suggested price of $5,800. For that price, the buyer is assigned a personal concierge who schedules the engine build and coordinates logistics of the trip. Once at Wixom, the buyer gets to personally assemble the engine ? "under the supervision of and support from skilled technicians," GM clarifies, noting that hand assembly procedures in place at the Performance Build Center make this possible. A personalized engine nameplate is created that gets added to the car."

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FatterDumber& Happier Moe
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I thought it was pretty neat.

Reply to
willy

Me too. If I had the money I would do that in hearbeat (perhaps this is why I don't have the money?).

Steve B.

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Steve B.

Great stuff!! It's better than the Mercedes AMG division builds.

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john

Ditto here... but for $5800 extra I would want to build TWO engines... one for the Vette... and one (long block) to take home and put it in something else.

I mean... what does it cost GM for all the parts in the motor... 700 bucks for parts and then maybe 150 bucks for assembly labour? The assembly person must be putting the motor together in less than 2 hours. All the parts and power tools are at hand. It takes longer to place the head bolts in the holes than it does to power drive them home all at once!

I would wear a Giorgio Armani suit, and bring a photographer with me, if I was being coached through the assembly by the assembly person. When nobody was looking... I would drop a Canadian dollar coin into the oil pan... just for good luck!

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M.A. Stewart

snipped-for-privacy@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart) wrote in news:i1llc3$gta$ snipped-for-privacy@theodyn.ncf.ca:

I saw a poster at a garage once. It went like this:

Labor rate: $50/hr. If you watch: $75/hr. If you help: $100/hr.

Extrapolate from there.

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Tegger

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