The Official C8 Corvette Thread...

[Eye of the Tiger]

Couldn't you make the same argument for power windows and locks?

But you usually can't physically reach them all from the driver seat. And they are not critical parts of the vehicle.

[Payman]

Pretty sure MT Vettes have a hill-hold feature to keep you from rolling back.  My Mustang has it and it does work pretty well from the little bit I've used it (I turned it off within the first couple of weeks of ownership).

That's great. Really.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Pretty sure MT Vettes have a hill-hold feature to keep you from rolling back.  My Mustang has it and it does work pretty well from the little bit I've used it (I turned it off within the first couple of weeks of ownership).

Even my Fiesta has that. But it has an olde fashioned manual handbrake.

[CaminoRacer]

Hill hold stuff is for people who haven't learned how to drive an MT. Especially in a high powered car - it's not hard to start up a hill when you have a torquey V8

[MX793]

Hill hold stuff is for people who haven't learned how to drive an MT. Especially in a high powered car - it's not hard to start up a hill when you have a torquey V8

Yeah, I shut it off because between the really short gearing and plentiful torque, I really don't need to give it much throttle to get rolling on a hill.  Maybe something really steep like in SF, but not around here.  Even on my 4-banger cars, I got quick enough with the clutch, brake, throttle that I very rarely used the handbrake to start on a hill.  Basically only if the person behind me was pulled right up on my bumper.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I like hill hold in Fiesta because it has no torque until the turbo spools up, which requires lots of clutch slipping.

[BimmerM3]

Hill hold stuff is for people who haven't learned how to drive an MT. Especially in a high powered car - it's not hard to start up a hill when you have a torquey V8

Yeah after I initially learned, I've almost never had to use my handbrake, even when I had my not-so-torquey I4 Accord. I probably could get away with < 1" of rollback on the overwhelmingly majority of hills. I basically used it for getting out of tight parallel parking spots on particularly steep hills.

They can come in handy if you're driving someone else's car and you're not used to where the friction point is. The exit of my step-moms neighborhood is fairly steep, and there have been a few times when I borrowed her Fiesta ST and someone was slightly closer to me than I'd have liked. I'm sure I'd have been fine without the hill hold, but it was nice to be able to take a normal amount of time getting on the power rather than over revving and slipping the clutch to be safe in an unfamiliar car.

[12,000 RPM]

That's great. Really.

God forbid you try something that changes your opinion 

No power locks 

Be open minded. Wont kill you

[Payman]

God forbid you try something that changes your opinion 

No power locks 

Be open minded. Wont kill you

Lol, it's not like I've never driven different types mang! I like automatics and convenience shit for a daily driver or touring car, but for a sportscar, my toy, I want a manual and a motherfucking handbrake! Is that so wrong?

[SJ_GTI]

Yeah after I initially learned, I've almost never had to use my handbrake, even when I had my not-so-torquey I4 Accord. I probably could get away with < 1" of rollback on the overwhelmingly majority of hills. I basically used it for getting out of tight parallel parking spots on particularly steep hills.

They can come in handy if you're driving someone else's car and you're not used to where the friction point is. The exit of my step-moms neighborhood is fairly steep, and there have been a few times when I borrowed her Fiesta ST and someone was slightly closer to me than I'd have liked. I'm sure I'd have been fine without the hill hold, but it was nice to be able to take a normal amount of time getting on the power rather than over revving and slipping the clutch to be safe in an unfamiliar car.

I drove a manual Audi A4 when i lived in Montreal. Lots of steep hills there...I got used to it pretty quickly without ever needing the e-brake.

That being said, most electronic e-brakes work on hill holds too.

[FoMoJo]

The Mustang GT500 and Mid-Engine Corvette Might Share Gearboxes

[Xer0]

And neither will be manuals 

A manual C7 GS with the Z07 package will probably be a future collectible as the last manual trans Vette.

[FoMoJo]

And neither will be manuals 

A manual C7 GS with the Z07 package will probably be a future collectible as the last manual trans Vette.

You'll still have your flappy little paddles.

[CaminoRacer]

Well they shared the T-56 (along with the Camaro and Viper IIRC) for years so that's not too surprising.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

And neither will be manuals 

A manual C7 GS with the Z07 package will probably be a future collectible as the last manual trans Vette.

I think the even rarer ZR1 Manuals will be the big money makers! They'll prolly be even more rare than C2 Split windows......

[r0tor]

... I see something failed to be at a Detroit auto show yet another year...

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

... I see something failed to be at a Detroit auto show yet another year...

We all knew it wasn't gonna be there. Things have been pushed back due to Electrical issues. I think the Debut is gonna be at the plant in Bowling Green!

[r0tor]

We all knew it wasn't gonna be there. Things have been pushed back due to Electrical issues. I think the Debut is gonna be at the plant in Bowling Green!

In what... 2025?

[CaminoRacer]

Fine by me. Long live the front engine

[Payman]

https://www.motor1.com/news/303928/mid-engined-corvette-targa-rendering/

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Looks good!

[FoMoJo]

Looks good!

Yup, it does.

[Payman]

Very potentially my new car obsession.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Very potentially my new car obsession.

I'll def own one. But I'll prolly grab a C7 (Hopefully a Z06) until I can afford a C8.....

[CaminoRacer]

no more renderings

[Payman]

no more renderings

I know, I know, but you gotta admit, it's a pretty good one.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

https://youtu.be/R2wKAh26YdU?t=319

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Not too much new but still worth watching.
https://youtu.be/lhcT7Os3CYI?t=198

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pey85fO3ojI

[r0tor]

Wasn't it spied being broke down again?