Waxers & Corvettes do not mix well

[teamzr1]

Beyond me, why someone spends big bucks for a C8 and then wraps the whole car, lime green. Yuck :-(

Just because one has the money to buy a high-performance sports car like the C8 Corvette Stingray doesn't mean they can drive it to the extreme. Knowing how to properly handle these powerful vehicles is a skill that must be learned from a professional. Practice is then required, preferably on a racetrack or some other closed course. That'd be the responsible thing to do.

Those who don't invest in lessons or fail to drive carefully could pay a huge price. That's exactly what happened to the owner of this once stunning Slime Green C8 Corvette.
Purchased brand new not long ago, the Mantua Township Fire Department in New Jersey has posted photos on its Facebook showing the dramatic aftermath of a serious crash.

The car is dead, no question about it. Its beyond totaled.
The incident took place just a few days ago during the middle of the night.
Emergency responders received reports of the crash and arrived to find the Corvette's engine on fire and its two occupants trapped inside.
Amazingly, both suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Fire crews worked fast to extinguish the flames before anything worse could happen.

There's been no reported use of drugs or alcohol, but an investigation is currently underway to determine what exactly happened.
If we had to take a guess, it seems the driver was a moron and way overconfident in their driving abilities and took a turn way too fast and lost control.
It must have been a horrid sight to see.

As you can see, the car split into two.

We don't know if the engine was ejected (doubtful) but it appears top-notch safety engineering on Chevrolet's part paid off big time.
Not only did the occupants survive in one piece, but the rear engine section seems to have separated from the rest of the vehicle upon impact.

Engineers intended for this to happen so in the case of a serious crash resulting in an engine fire, the burning fuel and flames are (hopefully) kept away from the occupants.
The car itself is supposed to be the only fatality. That's exactly what happened here, and kudos goes to those engineers for savings these people's lives.

 

[CaptainK]

There are a lot of morons out there on the road that truly think they can drive like a proper race car driver, whereas in reality my cat could drive better than them. I know my limits, so I don't drive proper fast cars. I do have concerns about the future where "everyday Joe" will buy these fancy electric cars that can do 0-60 in 3 seconds, and you won't feel the speed because of silence etc.

Example of a moron occurred to me just yesterday - I'm driving along a big 60mph road at 60mph (well, just under). I see a car driving along a side road (single lane dirt track to be fair) approaching a junction to join the main road I'm on. I'm aware he is there, and he SHOULD stop at the junction and look before pulling out as its on a corner and they won't be able to see until they are stopped at the junction. Yes, you guessed it - no change in their speed and just kept going straight out onto the main road and onto my side of the road (aka crossing one lane to join my side) right in front of me. He was lucky no-one was coming around the blind (to them) corner coming the other way, as they'd be instantly dead. Thankfully I saw he was there and was ready to take action and had to go heavy on the brakes and still almost hit them.

Some people just need their licences revoked, and a tattoo placed on their head stating they are an idiot driver and not allowed behind the wheel of a car.

 

[Nassau65]

Every country has them unfortunately.

 

[Stingray]

What's needed is a basic recognition that these cars have enough grunt to spit themselves off the road in a heartbeat if you stamp on the throttle. Electronic driver aids do their best to keep things on the road but once the laws of physics get involved it can soon be "game over". Mid-engine cars are particularly susceptible due to their low polar moment of inertia (ooh Matron). In other words, they're easy to turn so they're easy to spin. It's why C8 has been set up with relatively benign handling (understeer, tight) but the manufacturer can only do so much to help people. In my travels I've encountered two McLarens on straight motorways, in the central fence and facing back the way they came.

Useful description here in the context of GMs other mid-engine car, Pontiac Fiero. Always fancied a late V6 Fiero GT but jumped straight to a Corvette instead,

Polar Moment of Inertia

ironduke7.tripod.com

 

[Roscobbc]

Over the years we've seen our fair share of CCCUK owners stack thier vehicles........one car seems to top the league.....the C6 and especially the Z06 variant!
Modern performance cars, much like fighter aircraft are (for many) more or less un-drivable without their 'electronic aids' - simply turning off the traction control will cause many cars to head off-road as soon as traction issues occur.........

 

[Nassau65]

Drivers also do not pay attention to road conditions. Seen it loads of times over the years both in the US and here. Speeding along in terrible rain or snow, flying along in the fog, something surprises them, Bam, it’s all over. Treating roads like race tracks etc. I’ve done a few silly things in my youth ( as possibly we all have) lucky nothing bad happened.

 

[teamzr1]

Crash happened on cold winter night, as seen how the tow truck guys were dressed
Cannot tell for sure but looks like it was a Z51 as the tires look like the summer Cup 2 tires that GM says do NOT use in old weather
A passenger in the C8 so driver could have been showing off
C8 at the least is 60% of the weight is on the ass end and if a Z51 it is more rear weight for coolers, wing, eLSD rear end

Add that all up and the driver could have set to track mode, so end results would not be surprising as people are not used to
a front/rear weight ratio and the effects to understeer or summer tires too cold on cold surface that road could also have been slick

To have ripped the car that bad to rip the frame completely apart too much speed for the conditions of road and driver's ability

Only positive is the C8s design as both guys walked away with no major injuries

 

[teamzr1]

More info and it was a Z51

In New Jersey, so damn cold north/east winter weather
Photo was taken 30 minutes before crashout
Wrapping body sucks to me and look how dark the 3rd party tint is on Windows, does not help at night



During the overnight hours, Rescue 2218 responded to Route 55 in the area of mike marker 57 for a reported motor vehicle crash with entrapment and fire. Crews arrived and were able to remove the patients inside the vehicle as well as extinguish the engine that was on fire.

All patients were transported to local hospitals with non life-threatening injuries. The crash is currently under investigation by the New Jersey State Police.

 

[Nassau65]

I do think that color suits the car well. I know it’s more Lamborghini that corvette, but as the world can now see the corvette has become more Lamborghini than corvette.
Your right, that tint while looking good, will do nothing for driver visibility.
I wonder what he will say happened on his insurance claim.

 

[Nassau65]

Will he be back on the waiting list for another one I wonder.
Better get his ass down to Kerbeck Chevrolet.

 

[teamzr1]

Will he be back on the waiting list for another one I wonder.
Better get his ass down to Kerbeck Chevrolet.

FYI,
Kerbeck sold out to a chain of Honda dealerships called Ciocca
They know crap about Corvettes but bought Kerbeck to latch onto big profit Corvette sales
They are the ones that caused GM to write all dealers telling to quit pulling sales scams

As Ciocca pulled the gag of charging 6,500 people $5,000 each to promise being first on the list for 2023 C8 Z06s
when that dealer is lucky to maybe get 1,000 or them
Also have been allowing some to put down $50,000 in advance to jump up the line in getting a 2023 Z06

 

[Nassau65]

Didn’t know they got sold. They were always a very high profile corvette dealer. A friend bought his C7 there, flew from LA into NJ, picked it up and drove back to LA. Nice way to get acquainted with your new car. He’s got a C8 on order, but going to keep the C7.

 

[Nassau65]

Just been reading up on Ciocca, $1 Billion worth of sales a year, wow. Wonder if they Kept the Kerbeck Girls ? They always looked great.

 

[teamzr1]

Just been reading up on Ciocca, $1 Billion worth of sales a year, wow. Wonder if they Kept the Kerbeck Girls ? They always looked great.

Clearly, that 1 Billion bucks was mostly their dealers selling Honda's
as listed for all of 2021 they sold about 4 C8 a day, and they have a captured customer base as that dealer spends money as
so-called "supporting Vendor" on several Corvette forums

That was with all C8 models and no way near they're taking $5,000 each from 6,500 people to get front of the line for Z06s
when that dealer will be lucky if they get maybe 300 Z06s or less

 

[Nassau65]

They list them as the #1 volume corvette dealer since 1994. They also purchased a couple of other Kerbeck GM dealerships including their first Cadillac dealership.