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Posted: 9/27/2020 9:57:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of my customers runs an exotic car rental business. They are maintenance whores. I see his NSX for occasional warranty work. He said the NSX is by far the best in that department. His Lamborghinis are a close second. He had one McLaren burn to the ground after the strut leaked on to the turbo and went on about problem after problem with his Ferraris. If a super car built by Acura had a fuel tank recall I don't understand why GD thinks GM can't have one for the C8. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: But we were all assured by GD the the C8 corvette was as good as the exotics Do you even know anything about supercars? Lol, a lot of the big name exotics break, a lot. / maintenance whores. One of my customers runs an exotic car rental business. They are maintenance whores. I see his NSX for occasional warranty work. He said the NSX is by far the best in that department. His Lamborghinis are a close second. He had one McLaren burn to the ground after the strut leaked on to the turbo and went on about problem after problem with his Ferraris. If a super car built by Acura had a fuel tank recall I don't understand why GD thinks GM can't have one for the C8. They just want to dog pile GM and crap on them, damn if it makes sense to do so or not. Also if I could afford one, I'd have a 06 NSX. I'd jack it up by adding forced induction though, centrifugal supercharger for the more linear power delivery so it still felt more like it was still NA, just with more power. Nothing crazy, just a small low boost setup. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 9:58:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol old fucks around have them. Corvettes are  My Dad has a 66 and he thinks I want when he's gone. It'll be the first thing sold. Boring and ugly. Jesus christ. You really have no clue. C8s are looked down on by old guys. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 9:59:05 AM EDT
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It isn't like hydroboosted brakes and hydraulic power steering systems aren't trouble free if the engine stops. Vacuum operated brakes don't work with a stalled engine unless your drivetrain keeps the engine pumping, a lot of autos don't or a manual if you press the clutch.
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Posted: 9/27/2020 9:59:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol old fucks around have them. Corvettes are My Dad has a 66 and he thinks I want when he's gone. It'll be the first thing sold. Boring and ugly. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Interesting. Someone else who knows nothing about the C8. Old guys dont like them. Lol old fucks around have them. Corvettes are My Dad has a 66 and he thinks I want when he's gone. It'll be the first thing sold. Boring and ugly. Old cars [especially American ones] are mechanically, shall we say, shit boxes. Your SS stock would be eaten by plebeian family cars nowadays in, well, EVERYTHING. [I'm not giving European makes any passes either, they were more advanced but still unreliable shit boxes, ''Lucas, prince of darkness'' wasn't a common phrase for nothing] |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:00:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:  The C8 is a super car for $60k. Go ahead a name a manufacturer that makes every single part in house. I will wait.... They do control the specs on parts that go into the car...or should. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:00:37 AM EDT
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Brake by wire? So I've got some H1B software dev between me and the brake?
No thanks. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:01:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Corvette: The Closer to truth. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:01:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A stop sale for a brake issue? Irony, thy name is GM. ETA, if you are not plating critical connections or contacts with gold or another corrosion resistant material in an area where corrosion is a factor, you're just a cheap asshole in a monkey suit bean counter or a lousy engineer. Man. It's so unlike GM to have monkey suit bean counters and lousy engineers. I hope you're picking up my sarcasm, because I'm laying it on pretty thick. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:03:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy Engineering Techniques Copy. Paste. Save to hard drive. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:09:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus christ. You really have no clue. C8s are looked down on by old guys. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Lol old fucks around have them. Corvettes are My Dad has a 66 and he thinks I want when he's gone. It'll be the first thing sold. Boring and ugly. Jesus christ. You really have no clue. C8s are looked down on by old guys. Because they're ignorant of the fact it was always the goal of Zora, to make the Corvette MR. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:21:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: China wires, China Connections, China bullshit processor controlling everything. Millions sunk into engineering, down the shitter. GM is it's own biggest competitor, and the obvious is lost in board room. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:29:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Interesting. Someone else who knows nothing about the C8. Old guys dont like them. Quote HistoryQuoted: Interesting. Someone else who knows nothing about the C8. Old guys dont like them. Bulllllllllshit. The local GM store has pre-sold all of the C8's they're getting for the next 2 years and nearly every buyer is over 50. The first one arrived the other day and the proud owner was a fat guy in his late 60's. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:42:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There has never been a Corvette that was boring and ugly. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Interesting. Someone else who knows nothing about the C8. Old guys dont like them. Lol old fucks around have them. Corvettes are My Dad has a 66 and he thinks I want when he's gone. It'll be the first thing sold. Boring and ugly. There has never been a Corvette that was boring and ugly. C4? |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 10:52:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: C4? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Interesting. Someone else who knows nothing about the C8. Old guys dont like them. Lol old fucks around have them. Corvettes are My Dad has a 66 and he thinks I want when he's gone. It'll be the first thing sold. Boring and ugly. There has never been a Corvette that was boring and ugly. C4? For its time the C4 was "okay". It is probably the least attractive of all generations imo. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 11:01:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The shifter on my wife’s Failblazer is the same. When that solenoid failed we couldn’t drive the truck. Just put a fucking cable there like a normal car company. The future is not “brake by wire” I think some are even planning on "steer by wire". Ha. I think I'll pass on that.... |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 11:02:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A stop sale for a brake issue? Irony, thy name is GM. ETA, if you are not plating critical connections or contacts with gold or another corrosion resistant material in an area where corrosion is a factor, you're just a cheap asshole in a monkey suit bean counter or a lousy engineer. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 11:05:10 AM EDT
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Meanwhile the brakes on my 2012 Cruze has had zero brake work in 110,000 miles.
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Posted: 9/27/2020 11:11:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So they are going to squirt some electrial contact goo into the connector prior to install now, done. No. After it fails. Then charge you $87000 to fix since “we have honored our commitment” just like they did with their front hubs on the trucks. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 11:12:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If that's the case, maybe Toyota could give them some advice. They didnt have framed rotting out under their trucks or anything like that. Ever look under a Silverado? |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 11:13:32 AM EDT
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'Brake by wire'?
That is the most stupid thing I've ever heard of on a mass-production vehicle. You know, if the gas pedal stopped working because its not physically connected to the throttle plate, you park it and walk away. If the brake pedal is also electronic and it fails, you could die. This is unbelievable. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 12:02:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: C6 seemed solid? As does the C7. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: No suprised ! GM hasnt made anything worth a damn in a very long time. C6 seemed solid? As does the C7. C6 is solid except for those couple years they forgot how to make valve springs. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 1:13:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They just want to dog pile GM and crap on them, damn if it makes sense to do so or not. Also if I could afford one, I'd have a 06 NSX. I'd jack it up by adding forced induction though, centrifugal supercharger for the more linear power delivery so it still felt more like it was still NA, just with more power. Nothing crazy, just a small low boost setup. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: But we were all assured by GD the the C8 corvette was as good as the exotics Do you even know anything about supercars? Lol, a lot of the big name exotics break, a lot. / maintenance whores. One of my customers runs an exotic car rental business. They are maintenance whores. I see his NSX for occasional warranty work. He said the NSX is by far the best in that department. His Lamborghinis are a close second. He had one McLaren burn to the ground after the strut leaked on to the turbo and went on about problem after problem with his Ferraris. If a super car built by Acura had a fuel tank recall I don't understand why GD thinks GM can't have one for the C8. They just want to dog pile GM and crap on them, damn if it makes sense to do so or not. Also if I could afford one, I'd have a 06 NSX. I'd jack it up by adding forced induction though, centrifugal supercharger for the more linear power delivery so it still felt more like it was still NA, just with more power. Nothing crazy, just a small low boost setup. Well that’s a short sighted statement. Both daily’s in my house are GM and my previous was a GM. Dads trucks were all GM. I am more than familiar with their product. My statements were made around the hype of the C8 replacing the exotics in quality and stature. Please enlighten me on GMs recent history of excellence in product quality. I’ve been in the C8 it still seems like a vette with euro look to me and idiots paying massive premiums to have one is even more retarded |
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