Agreed

Definitely agree

Well… then you should go with Toyota, that’s the problem of America right now, most of ppl trying yo “look” rich

@@davidl922 and the probably with people like you is you say stuff like this that is just inherently ignorant. Most of these people aren’t buying it for the “rich look”. It’s because these vehicles are so fun to drive. For others it’s their dream vehicle regardless of what others think of it. Many corvettes for example are known as mid to high end sports cars (c8 may be considered an entry super car) that people actually drive. Meaning they can daily drive it and not necessarily just a car you bring out occasionally just cause it makes you look of higher status. Not just a garage queen, people put miles on these things and they love every second of it. That’s the real reason they get these cars. I understand some may buy the car for looks but that’s just not always the case with “people in America”

@@YSoAggressive i'll buy cars like this for the looks. and for the driving. and for the fun. and for the handling. and for the uniqueness. and for what it stands for. and of course for the god damn awesome sound.

Yeah sports car. Not a super car

@@1stPersonStateConsciousness it does not cost enough to be considered one. Just performs like one ;)

$118 oil change every 7500 miles....not too bad.

I do oil change myself, around 100

​@1stPersonStateConsciousness No, it is a supercar. Just add a few cheap power add-ons...

Any issues? Congratulations!

Yeah corvettes last long… got rid of my 08 with a supercharger and i had 90k on her. Got rid of my 16stingray with 55k and only issue was transmission shutter which was fixed. Had headers and tune on that one. Got rid of my 16Z06 with Lingenfelter package and she had 86k on her. Drove like a dream. Corvettes last and are easy to maintain for the most part. The interior in all gen will eventually fall apart but, it’s expected from the Chevy. Drive them hard and enjoy them.

​@@finwaydiddy1977 The used market for Corvettes demonstrates that. It helps that there's a ton of information on minor issues that can be caught and fixed before it turns into something serious. One of the best online communities out there.

Good to hear. There are so many comments about the transmission problems that I was getting worried. I have 8900 and not a problem.

Have almost 22,000 miles on my C8. Hopefully the trans filter change doesn't cost too much 🥲

Carlos is one of the best yes. I like the way he talks about cars. He has worked to Motor Trend before and there are quite a videos with hin in youtube.

🙏 Thank you!

@@CarlosLago Carlos how does one attain the dream job that is Automotive journalist?

@@CarlosLago I remember the days of the 240SS! Thank you for always producing great content. Any chance we'll get you back on a podcast soon?

Do you mean BY him or do you really mean OF him?

Same. That's really the only time I watch

🙏 Thank you!

Agreed ! It was the same way for the motor trend days

@@mrblackbond yep same here. I wish he'd hurry up with his c8 z06 review tho 😤

Basically

If the service cost even crosses your mind you probably can’t afford the car to begin with.

@@romanovmarkelyon1021 Lol. Snobbish much? People like a good car that you can _drive._ Not a garage queen. If I can have a super car with easily accessible parts. I'm damn happy.

@@TheTISEOMan it wasn’t meant in a snobbish way. Just meant that anyone spending $200k+ on a car probably couldn’t give a shit less about service costs. Comes with the territory.

My 599GTB was about $3500/yr for service. That was full fluids, road force balancing and all that. Not cheap at all, but also not just an oil change. Plus great service as usual.

@@romanovmarkelyon1021 service and maintenance costs never crossed my mind when I bought my G8 GXP, wish I did.

Longevity ?? Its only six months.....

Read the Corvette Forum LOL

Didn't include the bad understee....

My buddy just took delivery of a brand new one, matter of fact he went to the factory to tour and take delivery. He put exactly 1,505 miles on it when the engine completely exploded. His new engine is due in on Monday. If I spent $100k and got 1,500 miles out of it I'd definitely be returning the car

⁠@@saulespino2510what bad understeer? I’ve owned my Z51 for going on 3 years, and the only way I’ve ever felt understeer is if I drive like a ham fisted idiot. No, you can’t drive it like a front engined car. You can’t stand on the brakes and crank in a lot of steering. (Hello Matt Farrah) yeah, you have to slow down first, then turn. It’s a mid engined car. But no it does not have bad understeer. (Yes, I used to race cars SCCA GT1 T/A..)

Can you do a down payment for it ?

I understand, that's how I feel about my 2017 ZO6!

If I am not mistaken modern Corvettes have well over a 90% customer satisfaction rate.

if u can , how do u find it in terms of the other drivers on the road..is it like a look at me car..i only ask because ive been driving an f type r for 6 years and a day doesn't go by i don't get positive looks and compliments, I'm wondering how the vet is thanks

@@execatty I had the Jag F type R series and I loved the sound of the exhaust even better than my C8 but my C8 gets way more attention, perhaps because the color is accelerate yellow with a black top and red mirror caps to match the red break calipers and red interior. I love driving the car and I’ve had it 3 years now. It’s much more exotic looking than the F Type which is also a great car with a beautiful interior.

I daily drove a slightly modified C5 Z06 for a few months. It was awful and I ended up buying a daily driver for the days I wanted a comfortable ride.

I live in Michigan I can’t imagine trying to get around anywhere in this car.

I gotta be honest, the usability angle is actually one of the things I'm not sold on with the C8. I own an old C4 (damn near the only Corvette I could afford at my age), and that thing's rear compartment fits honest to god full-size suitcases like it's messing around. At one point, I drove a couple miles from the tire shop with two rims and *two full wheels* in the cabin, which it handled - less than gracefully, perhaps, but still. This car is still usable, even as a daily, and with the front axle lift it even has a one up on mine - but I still feel it's much more compromised than the C4 through C7 gens (C4-C6 especially) where you could actually fit half a young adult's life into the car.

hahaha Corvette's have never been remtoely usable in winters with their extremely heavy front ends, rear-wheel drive, antiquated suspensions, often high power output, summer traction tires, lower ground clearance,... what part of these things make it ideal in winter? This interation being mid-engine will certainly help matters but your assertion is far off from the truth

@@slowery43 Corvettes had perfectly modern independent suspensions since 1963, and apart from the big-block C2s and C3s, always had a decently balanced weight distribution. And all recent ones have limited-slip differentials, usually clutch ones - which flat out do not permit single-wheel spins. Of course, they're not going to be SUV-strong in winter, but FOR. A. SPORTSCAR. they are more than adequate.

Absolutely agreed. This is a class act on par with savage geese.🤔

And don't drive it in winter like these idiots do and you won't get the bent rims and underbody damage that they had to repair. Most of the repairs are because they didn't drive a Tahoe in the winter, like most people are going to do. Car and Driver does because they are a car review pamphlet and that is what they do, review cars............

@@tomdaniels3392 I appreciate them for doing it though. That way we know the pros and cons

Hey Greg! You're absolutely right. Had an 06 Z51 and a previous owner had installed a cam. It showed 400WHP at 6000 ft above sea level in Colorado and was a beast. With TW200 tires I used it for autocross, time attack, some road course HPDE and open lapping events. The car had more performance available than I had skill!

Ls2 is nothing to brag about, it's just for show at that point

A Ram is just a DODGE pickup truck. (Changing the name didn't fool anybody.)

Americans don't get it. It's not just about the performance.

@@k.matthews1158 Please explain.

@@k.matthews1158way to stereotype such a large country as a whole. You should of said “Some Americans.” Because that’s totally accurate

never say you'll never own one... buy one. live life and enjoy it. at least a C6 or C7

I agree with him 👆

That's good to hear. GM can be hit or miss with their quality. Glad they didn't skimp out on the vette.

Wheels should be designed to handle the weight and speed of the vehicle and also account for Michigan potholes, of which there are millions. One bent wheel is normal here and there. Four bent wheels is not. Unless the car ended up airborne at speed. My Bimm 1-series is known to have heavy and weak aluminum wheels. I have personally been sideways on gravel roads beyond 80mph in this car, This car has at least 3,000mi of gravel road use. And it has been out beyond 130mph, 7K rpm top of fourth into 5th on 2-lane blacktop. I have hit gargantuan potholes in the rain at night. The tire shops have gouged the wheel paint with their machines, but I have never experienced a bent a rim. These Corvette wheels are inadequate for the cars intended purpose.

That was the one thing that really surprised me. One, or even two bent wheels would be frustrating enough, but all four?

@@Sean_Farmer the tires are ultra-low profile, and they're run flats, so I'm guessing the sidewalls absorb none of the impact and it all transfers to the wheels?

@@bls1472 that would make sense. companies need to stop with low profile tires, they're nothing but trouble.

Were you running the AC while tracking the car?

@@bradhaines3142 Seriously this maybe the only practicable solution, the cost to switch to a forged wheel might be prohibitive, and would that even absolutely solve the problem?

Making a magazine that is bigger than my Westways might attract more viewers too, I stopped my subscription to this little pamphlet, they don't even put it in a plastic bag in the winter time any more, it comes in a Ziplock sandwich bag it is so small!!!!!!

Stop watching fear mongering Fox News, gas will be around for many more decades.

🙏 Thank you!

Would you be willing to share your experiences with speed bumps, steep driveways, etc? I totaled a car once hitting road debris, so I am paranoid about getting a low car! :/

Agreed, such a cramped cockpit in the Camaro.

@@michaeljordan6008 Traded my 2018 in after 1 yr, 5,000 miles. After owning a 2013, the smallness coupled with trying to get out of it in a parking lot, was crazy.

It is called engine appearance package. It is not a performance package.

@@MrMustangrick Correct. My bad. Want correct info out there just in case anyone else is interested.

@@MrMustangrick I was always a Mustang guy. Until the mid engine Corvette came out. I mentioned that at the dealership and everyone looked at me like I was crazy. I replied, "I USED to be" LOL.

@@SacTownLions0 Yes I have moved on from Mustangs as well. I had a 2017 C7 Gran Sport and then moved on to higher quality in a Lexus GS F V8 performance.

I thought it was weird they didn't do that until I realized they were talking about a typical good ol boys smokey launch not a brake stand. They just wanna take off leaving a mushroom cloud, doesn't seem like you can do that from a typical red light launch.

🙏 Thank you!

@UCs_eB0AW9IK4fIZEVu9Anow GO AWAY!!!

Rented a Chevy SUV where the rear view mirror could be turned to camera view and I preferred that view, it was great!

Aren't you worried about bent wheels?

It's like the one curvy road in SE Michigan 🤷‍♂

@@CarlosLago 🤣 i feel you. I've got the same issue where I'm from. I need to plan a day for some curves.

Lol. I feel you..Moved out here from California in 2019(for my dream job- Designer for a large OEM). I actually love Michigan, but I definitely miss the canyon roads out west. I just end up doing way more trackdays to get my kicks now.

....American engineering............we make great logging trucks. Drivers cars??....not so much. It's always been this way. Corvettes have NEVER been a driver friendly car. Why would it change now? It's the Detroit Mentality. And that's why they're on their way out.........sadly?, or is it their comeuppance??......

@@paulricketts1089 I always thought that a stock C5 was a pretty good daily driver. Know of a few people who loved taking theirs on long trips and loved it. They would also daily drive it in the summers.

@@paulricketts1089 you're so full of it, it's coming out your ears! The Corvette is the ultimate driver friendly car. I've owned several, and know, first hand.

@@DaleEarnhardt4ever .....I've been a mechanic for over 54 years. I've gotten to drive just about every car ever made many times over. I have 18 cars, my wife thinks I only have 14, and one thing I can tell is that American cars S-U-C-K. Yes, they SUCK. Especially Corvettes. Of coarse I like '55-'57 Chevys, But not because they're engineering masterpieces. I just like the looks of them. I like '63-'67 Vettes, for their looks only. They're shitboxes to drive.Usually the people that own them are in such a rut that they've never driven/experienced anything except those junkers. Believe me, there's a whole world of much better engineered cars out there. You just have to open your horizons a bit. Anything can go fast in a straight line. It's that first turn that separates the cream from the curd.............

@@paulricketts1089 Kind sir, please enlighten us on the top 5 of your 18 cars that don't suck? Oh, what's the deal with the 4 cars your wife doesn't know about? ....You cant leave us hanging like that!

Most rich people have a stereotype as standoffish and holier-than-thou. Ferrari's bestow upon their driver that stereotype, deservedly or not.

I feel the same way in my SF90. Usually I just take out my Veyron because, well, it’s the older Bugatti so people don’t care.

Same in my dad’s F40 - people just assume you’re a condescending ass. Take out the ‘66 Corvette coupe and it’s all smiles and waves.

You need to change your Mercedes moniker to a Corvette one 😊

@@craigthescott5074 I could, but I've had my 280 SL for 35 years & I just love that car. If I have to have a quandary, I guess that's a good one?

He is lying about cylinder deactivation, that woke crap is totally ridiculous and is one of GM’s biggest debacles ever. Who would ever think turning a V8 into a V4 is a good idea?

@@jrparker4804 it's great for mpg I get over 30 mpg on the highway easy. It does have a horrible sound and a negative effect on the lifters but is great for trips

@@jrparker4804 they've had cylinder deactivation since 2005. It's not some new woke crap 😂😂😂

I don’t even drive my C6 Z06 in the rain.

@@xploration1437 my GT500 will never salt 🧂, winter stored and I drive rather slowly in the rain on my yearly road trips.

Agree for a different reason. Would never use my Vette in the snow because I’d never live in a cold climate.

every time a new C8 comes out, i hope a comparison test comes to put it in the spotlight as the complete fraud that it is

Base model is nowhere close to a supercar. Lol

LOL, no it is not.

@@soisaidtogod4248 dude is trippin'.....lol Sitting there in his jean shorts and Tommy Bahama shirt. ROFL

“World class super car” Bro stop lmaoo

@@xxthehuskycaboosexx 🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡

Paint ain't what it used to be. I drive my 2018 nissan Z in Quebec city all year round with studded tires. And its gonna be its 6th winter. Never "rust proofed" it. It still as no signs of ever been out in the winter (people don't believe me at car shows) I wouldn't worry.

I live in the NE and while I'll probably never drive my C8 in the snow I had Xpel placed in all the areas you mentioned to protect the paint

Anyone that really “loves” their car doesn’t drive it in winter;)

@@JeepCherokeeful I think the opposite. If you just leave it in the garage you can’t really enjoy it. If it snows I have the Audi S4. Other than that I daily my Z06.

@@shawnmartin1306 I have a c6 in pa. I love my car drive it half the year. The second salt gets put down I put it in the garage until spring. Keeps the car looking brand new. Especially the paint.

@@davidr6865 I do wash it a lot in winter. The undercarriage washing is extremely important. Also use a really good sealant on paint to protect it. I actually do work around those issues. Good wax job prevents so many possible issues. We are supposed to get 1-3 inches tomorrow. I will be in the heated pool out back but I will go play in the z06 too. I’m not the person holding up traffic. I’m the one passing in the middle, using the shoulder and using my horn pretty liberally. I drive like ass but I really do have a lot of fun with the car. I used to do track days on my bike at Summit Point, NC Bike and other places. I might start that with the z06. I’m 38 with a no debt, own my house, cars outright and make good money from my businesses. Just wait until I get a Ferrari and take that out in the snow 😂😂 The hate I would get would hilarious. I buy cars to use them that’s it 😉 even if I break them in the process just to pay to rebuild them 😂😂😂

@@davidr6865 add that I am 38 and drive for performance. I never wanted a show car. I want something I can beat up, do track days with and have fun on the street with 🙃 because that’s the fun part 😊

I believe he stated $125 for all four! Not possible! Makes me wonder about his impartiality? GM is a big money advertiser. Hmmmm?

Problem at GM has never been engineering, they have some of the best. Bean-counter management has been their Achilles heel.

Yep I been getting 26

TheGoodDoctor Yea sure, downhill in neutral.

@@MrMustangrick Dude, you need to stop playing with your "Hot Wheels" and get out of your parent basement once in a while - ROFL !!!!!

Who gives a crap about fuel economy in a Corvette? Literally nobody thinks cylinder deactivation is a good thing. It’s been GM’s biggest debacle and the on-going Class Action lawsuit about it is still not resolved. I had to eliminate it in my C7 and still holding out in the C8 because of it.

@@jrparker4804 I’ve had no problems with my C8 with the cylinder deactivation. In fact I’ve had no problems in general with the car.

Nice! What drivetrain are you planning on using?