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Old 04-09-20, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbosr1
Cancelled my C-8 order last week due to current events. May try again if things get back to some sort of normal. Stay safe everyone!
Not sure if you could get one right now, anyway!

Last I heard the all new big GM SUVs (Suburban, etc.) are delayed, I would assume the C8 as well.
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Old 04-10-20, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Spot on. I didn't think that whole accident through enough, and I haven't been a T-bone accident, ever. Not your fault if you hit some idiot who ran a light.

I keep meaning to get dashcams for our cars because I think they're like $20?? I just don't get around to it.
doesn't the new C8’s have dashcam installed from factory for track events?
or is it just data. Recall reading something

also: C8 driver states speed wasn’t a factor.
I call BS lol
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Old 04-10-20, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 96SC4
doesn't the new C8’s have dashcam installed from factory for track events?
or is it just data. Recall reading something
The PDR is included in the 2LT and 3LT trims. Not available on the 1LT.
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Old 04-10-20, 10:41 AM
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Driving C8 in snow

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Old 04-12-20, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by EZZ
Not even close. If the dude ran a red, the Vette isn't at fault if he hits him. I had a friend this happened to and it is always the guy that runs the red's fault.
Or in my case yrs ago, I had a guy T-bone my Mustang, thanx to the guy going the wrong way on a one way street, as there's no stop signs for going the wrong way at intersections......Totalled the Mustang which I buy back to sell to a couple of guys in the service dept, which got me into a Camaro....
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Old 11-25-20, 11:33 AM
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Thought this was some good info for the 2020 C8s....

The National Corvette Museum has provided the official production statistics for the 2020 Corvette model year which provides us with a great opportunity to see how owners optioned their mid-engine Corvettes.Production of the model year is expected to continue another couple of weeks before concluding on or by December 7th. As the final orders are locked in, Chevrolet’s official count for the model year will be 20,368. This total does include those pre-production saleable units that were built before customer orders began in February.

The breakdown of the 2020 models was 82.4% Coupe (16,787) and 17.6% Convertible (3,581) and the Z51 Performance Package accounted for 76% (15,476) of all Corvettes produced.

The 3LT package was the most popular which always is the case during the initial new model rollouts. A total of 46.8% of buyers went with the 3LT across both models with 39.1% choosing the 2LT and only 14.4% selecting the base 1LT trim package.

The exterior colors ranked by popularity are:
  1. Torch Red – 5,137 (25%)
  2. Arctic White – 3,098 (15%)
  3. Black – 2,383 (11.7%)
  4. Sebring Orange – 1,377 (6.8%)
  5. Elkhart Lake Blue – 1,369 (6.7%)
  6. Rapid Blue – 1,243 (6%)
  7. Ceramic Matrix Gray – 1,216(5.97%)
  8. Blade Silver – 1,130 (5.55%)
  9. Shadow Gray – 1,111(5.45%)
  10. Long Beach Red – 1,068 (5.25%)
  11. Accelerate Yellow – 688 (3.38%)
  12. Zeus Bronze – 548 (2.69%)
The NCM also provided a chart showing how the various models were outfitted with exterior and interior color totals and combinations. From that, we can see some rare combinations. For example, only one Corvette was painted in Accelerate Yellow and had a two-tone blue interior. Two Torch Red cars selected the two-tone Blue as well and two Elkhart Lake Blue and three Rapid Blue cars featured the Morello interior.

Some other interesting options include the E60 Front Lift which was selected by 58% of owners (11,899), FE4 Magnetic Ride was selected by 54% (10,991), and the GT2 seats were the most popular choice at 12,548 (61.6%).

The most popular wheels were the Carbon Flash Open-Spoke wheels with 41.7% of buyers selecting the black version vs 36.9% going with the Bright Silver versions. The Black Trident wheels were optioned by 2,788 buyers (13.7%) while 2,420 selected the Spectra-Gray Trident wheels (11.9%) and 1,924 buyers selected the Sterling Silver Trident Wheels (9.4%). https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2020...te-model-year/
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For example, only one Corvette was painted in Accelerate Yellow and had a two-tone blue interior.
Who on earth would order something like that? Even the outlandish paint scenes we saw from Detroit during the late 1950s weren't that bold.
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Old 11-25-20, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Who on earth would order something like that? Even the outlandish paint scenes we saw from Detroit during the late 1950s weren't that bold.
maybe someone that went to....



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Old 11-25-20, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bagwell
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Good theory, but neither of the colors are even remotely close to the blue and gold. It's actually even worse than it sounds. Go configure a convertible in "build and price" with accelerate yellow paint and tension/twilight blue interior. Then try to contain your vomit.
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Originally Posted by geko29
Good theory, but neither of the colors are even remotely close to the blue and gold. It's actually even worse than it sounds. Go configure a convertible in "build and price" with accelerate yellow paint and tension/twilight blue interior. Then try to contain your vomit.
meh, I've seen MUCH worse....I'd take it!! I love the the look of the C8!!!!







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Old 11-25-20, 06:08 PM
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I have seen a few of these on the street and they look like $60-70k car in stock form. Not a kit car but also not a Lambo. The wheels they put on these Corvettes are an embarrassment. You would think GM learned their lesson with C7 and class action lawsuit. Also lots of other teething issues on the C8 which were expected.

I much rather they charge $10-20k more and build the car up to a decent quality standard.
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Old 11-25-20, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RNM GS3
I have seen a few of these on the street and they look like $60-70k car in stock form. Not a kit car but also not a Lambo. The wheels they put on these Corvettes are an embarrassment. You would think GM learned their lesson with C7 and class action lawsuit. Also lots of other teething issues on the C8 which were expected.

I much rather they charge $10-20k more and build the car up to a decent quality standard.
the only wheels I like are





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