C8 mid-engine corvette. GM loves their people.

abm89

I was going to say something about how tire compound matters more than width, and brake pad material matters more than size, but I remembered this thread only cares about basic measurements for performance....

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MZ DAIZY

That’s what she said...

abm89

Honestly, the GrandSport is the best configuration for the chassis. The amount of power the Z06 puts out is excessive, even on the track. I've seen excellent drivers have their hands full with the Z06.


There's working hard to get a great lap time, and working hard to keep the car on the track. Whether the Mid-engine layout is actually good remains to be seen. I'll be keeping my eye out for track reviews (though i have no plans of getting one.)

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ImportConvert

If a c8 could hack my daily drive, there is no other vehicle I'd consider.

Spooler

My C7 GrandSport was daily driven since mid Febuary. It's not an issue. If you don't think you could daily a C8 then that's just you. The car will be capable of it. The fuel mileage is just stupid good for the C7.

UNKNOWN_370

I know I'm in a lowly SS. but on the highway. If I do 75 at cruise I get up to 32mpg. If I leave cruise on at 85mph I get about 25mpg. If I cruise at 100mph I get about 19mpg.

To get good mileage city driving you gotta leave it in auto. You can get about 18mpg on a cool day and 15 to 16 mpg on a hot day. If i switch gears and are hooning around I'll get somewhere around 13mpg. For a 6.2ltr v8 that at this moment I'm at 444.3 rwhp/510bhp I think I'm getting great mileage.

I'm expecting the same from the C8

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ImportConvert

My Ls1 and ls7 cars always returned exceptional mpg.

Ventruck

Dat overdrive

But that's one factor that unfortunately makes me open to parting with the Z if I can't own two cars.

I was already thinking of getting the C7 at depreciation, not actually expecting the C8 to be as awesome as it currently sounds. I mean not only is that car a better performer than the Z in every imaginable way, but it had more boot space, seems like the manual was still easier to get along with, and it got better mileage. Z51 also made the car a bit more track ready. Literally faster and more practical, it seemed. Targa top was icing.

It's not that the Z is bad, but at least to me, there was something that ticked all the boxes in qualifying as a better car in the C7.

Spending so-so years paying off a C7 now is kinda gonna get in the way of saving up for the supercar that is the C8. Only way I lean to a C7 is if the C8 turns out to be a timebomb disaster.

ImportConvert

I live as close to off grid as one can, without going fully off grid. The c8 would be okay until the road washes out and 6" deep ruts form in it, and then I'd be stranded over a mile from home. No fun. Giving up sports cars in exchange for freedom. Choices were made. Then factor in that a 300ft section of my driveway is a 27% grade, gravel, and when it snows those wide tires and light car will be problematic. AWD SUVs dominate my locale as a necessity.

The c8 simply is not capable of my daily commute, many days, unless I lifted it or armored the underside or some other nonsense. Nonviable.

Literally the only thing I've given up that I sometimes miss, when I moved out of the city. Otherwise, and in spite of it, highly worth it!

UNKNOWN_370

https://youtu.be/Rm44aTI6nsY

BEAUTIFUL

Thank you Corvette for murdering Supra markups in 2 weeks!!! Eff these capitalist greedy Hogg Swine.

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MZ DAIZY

If he’s that worried about depreciation he has no business buying a new car. He really should wait a year and buy the Supra as a leftover or even used.

I’ve lived through this first hand with Harley Davidson. 20 years ago the dealers were getting $1000’s over sticker. Today? They still demand sticker which is exactly why they can’t sell a new bike anymore. The used market is flooded with “brand new” bikes posers bought thinking they were gonna leave it in the garage for a couple of years and flip it for a profit.

UNKNOWN_370

You're not factoring out why hes in this state of rationalization. He makes part of his living vlogging cars. In his thought process hes making legitimate points. Long term pushing a Supra till next june or October give or take. With the Supra being close in price to a vette. How will the corvette affect the Supras existence. Is it better to wait or go ahead and buy. He can buy a Supra today. He speaks for as niche group of people but it's a relevant group that are the first reviewers and more affluent enthusiasts. Theres still stuff to learn here.

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MZ DAIZY

Most people don’t part time vlog. My point stands. If you can’t afford the depreciation, you can’t afford the car.

I’ve never seen a reviewer in Car and Driver complain about not being able to review a car because of “depreciation”.

Ventruck

He kinda fits in his own niche in the car vlogging world. It's a little weird. If memory serves right, he dropped his Z, got the Nismo, and only held onto it for less than a year before he got a GT-R. Was documenting installs and dynos of short tails and short rams. I'm not sure what he's done on his GT-R apart from the exhaust and that wrap, but they're not quite the ones to turn to for build documentaries.

I mean I won't hate on him, though. Great for him if his YT vids and selling price of the Z actually put him ahead, or if he's got the money to move fast from car-to-car. He was talking about how the GT-R was his dream car when he first got it, and I think he took delivery without ever going out to inspect it. And then he has his eyes on a Supra and well... yeah, now he makes a video about the C8 making him questioning that prospect.

This isn't like Shmee150 buying another supercar — he sounds like he planned well ahead what he's going into, and he tends to show some commitment, including with his own Supra pre-order.

MZ DAIZY

I’m not hating on him either, but if I need a plumber, I don’t ask him how much his plunger cost.

If you can’t afford the tools of your “trade” you need a new trade.

Bottom line is he seems to be trying to justify his choice of the Supra over the C8 cause he can get one faster. That’s just dumb.