2012 CHEVROLET CORVETTE 3LT CONVERTIBLE CRYSTAL RED 4K REVIEW 16677Z

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This video features a comprehensive 4K review of a pristine 2009 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible in Crystal Red Tintcoat, currently listed at Summit Auto. The vehicle is equipped with the desirable 3LT package and boasts a powerful 6.2-liter V8 LS3 engine that generates 430 horsepower and 424 foot-pounds of torque. This powerplant is paired with a six-speed automatic transmission, offering fuel economy estimates of approximately 15 miles per gallon in the city and 25 on the highway. The presenter highlights that the car has undergone a thorough safety inspection by the dealership's service shop, which included a fresh oil and filter change, a check of all fluids, and the installation of four brand-new Falcon Azenis tires, ensuring the vehicle is in peak mechanical condition for immediate driving. The exterior walkaround reveals a car in exceptional shape with a clean title history and no major accidents. The Crystal Red paint features a subtle metallic flake that shines under the light, while the body panels are free from scuffs, scrapes, or microcracking on the headlight lenses. The vehicle rides on 18-inch chromed alloy wheels at the front and 19-inch wheels at the rear, all fitted with new tires that still show their wear knobs. Key exterior features include HID headlamps, factory fog lights, power mirrors, and a soft top that is in great condition without rips or tears. The only minor imperfection noted is a tiny nick on the rear bumper, but otherwise, the car is described as flawless with a clean trunk interior and well-maintained underbody. Moving to the interior, the cabin presents a luxurious environment with black and red leather bucket seats that are both power-adjustable and heated. The dashboard features a matching black and red theme, a Bose premium audio system, and an auto-dimming mirror equipped with a compass display and Homelink buttons for garage door openers. The instrument cluster is clean and displays 14,341 miles on the odometer, indicating very low usage. Additional conveniences include power windows, locks, mirrors, keyless entry, push-button start, paddle shifters, Bluetooth connectivity, SiriusXM radio capabilities, and a heads-up display projected onto the windshield. The presenter confirms that the engine starts smoothly with no check engine lights and that the soft top operates effortlessly via its power mechanism. The review concludes by emphasizing the high quality and cleanliness of this specific Corvette, noting that it represents an excellent value for a 2009 model year. The presenter strongly recommends the vehicle to potential buyers from various locations, assuring them that the detailed HD video allows for a confident purchasing decision without surprises upon physical inspection. Viewers are encouraged to visit the dealership's website for full pictures and descriptions of this car as well as their other inventory of new and used sports cars, trucks, and SUVs. The video serves as both an advertisement for this specific unit and an invitation for viewers to subscribe to the channel for daily updates on new listings and in-depth reviews of other high-performance vehicles.

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Hey everybody, this is Brett providing with the most in-depth and accurate 4K vehicle reviews on the internet. Thank you so much for choosing my video. Really appreciate it and I hope everybody's having a great day out there today. I'm having a great day cuz I get to do videos of some of the best looking and cleanest Corvettes in the state of Wisconsin and this one is no exception. This is a Chevrolet Corvette with the power top convertible and it has the uh 3LT package. It is stock number 16677Z and I am here at Summit Auto, your new and used sports car headquarters. This Corvette 3LT convertible has the 6.2 L V8 LS3 engine, puts out 430 horsepower, 424 foot pounds of torque. It's paired up with a 6-speed automatic transmission and this one's going to get you right around 25 miles per gallon highway, 15 city, right around average of 19 miles per gallon. This car has been fully safety and inspected by our service shop per the state of Wisconsin inspection process. It has a fresh oil and filter change. All fluids have been checked and topped off and this one has four brand new tires. Really quick note guys, I shoot all my videos in 4K so if you have HD capabilities on your computer, tablet or smartphone, turn them on now cuz it's your best way to check out the quality and condition of the car before seeing it in person. Let's get started. This is a clean title history, clean Carfax, previously titled in Ohio and Florida and speaking of Ohio and Florida, if you're watching the video on YouTube, let me know in the comments below where you're watching the video from. Always love seeing where our viewers, subscribers and future subscribers are watching from. Get people from all over the world watching these videos so always cool to see where everyone's at. And if you are new to the videos in the channel, welcome. Thank you so much for joining us. What I'm going to do is go all the way around in this car. We're going to go inside, start it up, take a look under the hood. I'm going to show you all the options and give you the most accurate representation I can of this vehicle. Starting with the wheels, you get the 18-in chromed alloy wheels in the front. This one has the cross-drilled rotors on it as well, and it has brand new Falcon Azenis FK460AS tires. These are 245 40 ZR18s, and they are brand new, still have the little wear knobs on there. We put those on in our safety inspection. Front fenders in excellent condition. I didn't see any scuffs or scrapes on there. It does have the HID headlamps LED I'm sorry, HID headlamps and the factory fog lights. We'll turn all those on at the end of the video so you can see how bright they are. I didn't see any microcracking or um crazing, as they call it, um on the headlight lenses. They're pretty nice and clear. It does have no scuffs or scrapes on that front bumper. Looks really, really good. The hood is in excellent condition as well. And the passenger side front fender is in excellent shape, too. Passenger side front wheel, no major scuffs or scrapes on there. This color is called crystal red tint coat. It's got just a little bit of metal flake in it when the light catches it just right. And the paint code for crystal red is 89U. As you go down this side of this 2009 Chevrolet Corvette, take note of how clean the body is and how reflective and mirror-like that paint is. Now, I take these HD videos, so if you're far away or even if you're close by, you just cannot make the trip down, but you're still interested in purchasing the car, you can see the car here, the car and have confidence in what you're looking at before you even get here. So, when you do get here, there's absolutely no surprises, and you can make a smart and informed buying decision from wherever you're at, or just make the decision to come take a look at the car. And if this video helps you do either of those things, let your salesman know that you saw the video, it was helpful, and that Brett sent you. Back wheels are 19-in wheels, and they are in very nice condition as well. Now, these back tires are 285 35 R19s, and they are brand new, too. Yeah, the frame and underbody looks really, really good. Which, honestly, most Corvettes look like that underneath. Uh wanted to point out the soft top is in nice condition. I didn't see any major rips or tears on there. And you always want to check right at where this lip meets right there, because that's usually where, if they do rip, that's where they rip. Uh the glass is in there nice and secure, as well. Coming around to the back of the vehicle, the rear bumper is in pretty nice shape. You do get the quad-tipped dual rear exhaust. Only thing to disclose on this car, one tiny, tiny little nick right there. Um but other than that, this thing's pretty much flawless. And let's Inside the trunk here is very clean, as well. Didn't see any rips or tears. And I do get a little storage there. There's a cargo net. And you got to have this up if you want that soft top to go down. Now, on this side, uh we have some jacks and jack tools. So, that's nice to have. And uh you can see the shocks are doing a really nice job holding that trunk lid up. That trunk lid is in very nice condition. Didn't see any scuffs or scrapes on there. And coming around to the driver side, just as clean as that passenger side. And for full disclosure, this back wheel is just as nice as the rest. And down the rest of this side of the car, paint looks really good. You do get power mirrors. Inside the 3LT package gives you the black and red leather bucket seats. Both of these front seats are power and both of these front seats are heated. You get the Corvette logo stitched into the headrest. Bolsters in pretty nice shape. Factory floor mats. You get the black and red dash on there. There's your power top controls and power windows, locks, and mirrors. You also have the Bose premium system. Let's hop inside, check out the miles, the radio, and everything that this one has to offer on the interior before we Actually, we're just going to start it up. It starts right up. No check engine lights or anything like that. And you can see this car has 14,341 mi on it. Instrument cluster is very nice and clean. Fob is detected. I got it in my hand. So, um has the leather wrapped steering wheel, Bluetooth controls on the left, volume controls on the right. You got the paddle shifters there. This one also has the auto headlamps. And uh this one has the information center controls there, your push-button start. Also has the telescopic uh steering wheel, which is working nicely. Uh the AM/FM radio as well as SiriusXM radio capabilities. Now, this one also has nav capabilities, but there is no nav disc with uh the vehicle, but you can put the nav disc if you had one right there, and I'm pretty sure that would work just fine. And it does have a CD player there as well. Down here, your climate controls, your dual climate controls, your heated seat buttons, and your six-speed automatic transmission shifter. Keyless entry right there. And the passenger side format and seat are in excellent condition as well. No rips or tears on there and the inside of the soft top is in really nice shape. Smells very clean inside this car. I don't think it's been smoked in. You get Homelink buttons for your garage door security systems and lighting systems. Compass display in that auto dimming mirror. And it does have OnStar capabilities there. Windshield's in a very nice condition. I didn't see any major chips or cracks on that and it does have the head-up display which you can see the digital speedometer in the windshield there. Looks really good. I think it's the original windshield. Says GM on it. Anyways, I wanted to show you the um RPO code sticker right here. Make sure this one's got all the options you're looking for. You can see 3LT right there. So, that's that and it does have all the books that come with this one. All right, let's go take a look under the hood. And we're going to put the soft top down, too. So, real easy to do. All you got to do is turn this, kind of push it up, let the car know that you got it down or got it unlatched. Then you just press down and it starts to go. I think it's always important to show this that this is working nicely. I know if I was buying a convertible, that'd be my first question. How does the power top work? And is it working properly? All right, let's go take a look under the hood and I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today and hopefully from this HD video, you've been able to verify the quality, condition, options, and of course, planning cleanliness of this car inside and out. Under the hood we have this 6.2 L V8 LS3 engine. Engine bay is extremely clean. Runs very smooth. There are those HID headlamps. They are very bright and working nicely as are the fog lights there. And once again, this car has been fully safety and inspected by our service shop. Has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off. 430 horse, 424 foot pounds of torque. See the shocks? They're doing a fantastic job holding that hood up. And there is the emission sticker. And I would highly recommend this car from a quality condition standpoint. Don't forget four brand new Falcon tires on here as well. Let's do one more final walk around, guys, with the top down and the lights on so you can see this car in all its glory. I'd ship this one back to Ohio or Florida, California, Texas. Whoever's going to get this thing is going to absolutely love it. Brand new tires, heated leather, all the goodies. Really, really nice shape for an '09. And uh good color, too. And to see more pictures of this car, one of our other 550 new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, Wranglers, sports cars, Corvettes, Camaros, Challengers, Chargers, Mustangs, you name it, we got it. Go to the website right there, summitauto.com. Full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle all at summitauto.com. And if you'd like to check out more HD videos, you can go to youtube.com/summitauto. Click the bell notifications, get updates on the videos I do each and every day, and stay current on our ever-changing and vast sports car and Corvette inventory so you do not miss out on gems like this one. 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