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Racer
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If you got good insurance, I'm hoping they don't find it. It will probably NOT come back in the same shape as before and you might be spending aggravation time trying to restore it. Better to start anew with a different car. Not much you could have done to prevent it without making your life miserable. Insurance will mitigate your loss.
When I first sat in the C7 until I bought it, it felt cramped compared to my C4. Visibility for the rear sucked. After a while, you get used it and adapt. Compared to my CL550 which was like a goldfish bowl, all other cars sucked.
When I first sat in the C7 until I bought it, it felt cramped compared to my C4. Visibility for the rear sucked. After a while, you get used it and adapt. Compared to my CL550 which was like a goldfish bowl, all other cars sucked.
Racer
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Most people are NOT car thieves. Most people don't see the need to learn and use antiquated technology just to say they can. Kinda like riding a horse. I can go through life without riding a horse whereas back in the day, you did it because you had no choice. Today's tech ma's made it all but impossible for us to steal a car like the C7 on a whim. It's going to take some electronics that have to be built or bought on the black market.
I bought a beater car and found out as soon as I got in that it was manual. Killed it twice on the way home but figured it out. Wasn't butter smooth or wasn't able to shift it without the clutch but got it worked out. If you tell me a pro car thief can't drive stick, I got to wonder if it is fantasy or just wishful thinking. As said, I do not think that a couple of drink HS juniors are going to be able to start it on a whim but a pro thief is going to be long gone by the time you notice it is gone and probably have it either chopped or in a crate heading overseas.
I bought a beater car and found out as soon as I got in that it was manual. Killed it twice on the way home but figured it out. Wasn't butter smooth or wasn't able to shift it without the clutch but got it worked out. If you tell me a pro car thief can't drive stick, I got to wonder if it is fantasy or just wishful thinking. As said, I do not think that a couple of drink HS juniors are going to be able to start it on a whim but a pro thief is going to be long gone by the time you notice it is gone and probably have it either chopped or in a crate heading overseas.
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Possibly. Never driven a ragtop. Probably won't buy one either. I don't drive with the windows down ever so ragtop wouldn't be on the radar. Yes, it is better than my F250 with an RV. Still, not as good as my C4 but with the camera, I guess it will work. Still don't feel as good changing lanes as any other car I have. Might be better with the radar for side to side warnings.
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FYI I'm getting a decent price from insurance. Much better than my previous premier C7 which got taken out by an uninsured 72 ford truck backing without looking into a side street when just happened to be passing by.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
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FYI I'm getting a decent price from insurance. Much better than my previous premier C7 which got taken out by an uninsured 72 ford truck backing without looking into a side street when just happened to be passing by.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
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Well my first C7 totaled, I got screwed by ins including paying stupid money for dealer premium. So when I replaced that with a z06 in 2019 I paid just a couple thousand more than the ins. is going to send me. Considering miles I put on in 5 years, this is great, but I'm still not getting exactly what market is selling them for and am having some difficultly finding a newer 2019 replacement which appears might cost me another 10k or so...
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FYI I'm getting a decent price from insurance. Much better than my previous premier C7 which got taken out by an uninsured 72 ford truck backing without looking into a side street when just happened to be passing by.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
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Well my first C7 totaled, I got screwed by ins including paying stupid money for dealer premium. So when I replaced that with a z06 in 2019 I paid just a couple thousand more than the ins. is going to send me. Considering miles I put on in 5 years, this is great, but I'm still not getting exactly what market is selling them for and am having some difficultly finding a newer 2019 replacement which appears might cost me another 10k or so...
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Did I miss it or does the C7 not crack that list enough to waste time on theft? Sure, it's dramatic but why would you buy an umbrella if you were in the desert?
Did I miss it or does the C7 not crack that list enough to waste time on theft? Sure, it's dramatic but why would you buy an umbrella if you were in the desert?
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Did I miss it or does the C7 not crack that list enough to waste time on theft? Sure, it's dramatic but why would you buy an umbrella if you were in the desert?
Did I miss it or does the C7 not crack that list enough to waste time on theft? Sure, it's dramatic but why would you buy an umbrella if you were in the desert?
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Melting Slicks
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get in the right game, this was the post i replied to!!
Originally Posted by billz06
FYI I'm getting a decent price from insurance. Much better than my previous premier C7 which got taken out by an uninsured 72 ford truck backing without looking into a side street when just happened to be passing by.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
what kind of connector before obd??
Originally Posted by billz06
FYI I'm getting a decent price from insurance. Much better than my previous premier C7 which got taken out by an uninsured 72 ford truck backing without looking into a side street when just happened to be passing by.
I'm not ready for a C8 as I just can't stand the dash, so am looking around for a 2019 .
In order to help secure it, I'm going to put my own connector inline before the OBD connector so that I can remove the OBD connector until needed for smog or diagnosis. This should stifle those with laptops hacking into the computer.
what kind of connector before obd??
Drifting
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The thread literally has me sitting in a Walmart parking lot paranoid that these dudes are waiting for me to hit the lock button on my car to steal it! They’re acting really odd and they followed me into this parking lot. Lol now I’m gonna be paranoid wherever I go! ****
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If course, that is how it starts. Next, they might ask you if you want to catch a drink. They want to talk to cool people like you. One day, you go for a drink, wake up in some seedy motel and your organs are missing and so is your car.
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Use any wire to wire connector set with 16 pins or more. scramble the pin order (make sure you match both sides ;-) and wrap the car side with self sealing tape to make it more difficult in case they're determined.
For example, go to molex and search wire to wire connectors for 16 or more pins. You can find part numbers for male/female housing and pins, then go to a site like DigiKey or Mouser to order. These kind of pins are crimped but I will typically also solder the crimp to make sure it lasts; just don't overdo the solder.
Police in my area say that thieves are onto to C7 corvettes lately and online videos show using a computer makes this a very easy process. The police say they haven't appeared to hacked the C8s yet, but that probably only a matter of time. I'm fairly certain if the thief had difficulties connecting the OBD port he would have given up as it was an open area in daylight. Note there are less corvettes stolen than other cars because there are less corvettes than other cars; don't let totals be a bias to your nicer car.
For example, go to molex and search wire to wire connectors for 16 or more pins. You can find part numbers for male/female housing and pins, then go to a site like DigiKey or Mouser to order. These kind of pins are crimped but I will typically also solder the crimp to make sure it lasts; just don't overdo the solder.
Police in my area say that thieves are onto to C7 corvettes lately and online videos show using a computer makes this a very easy process. The police say they haven't appeared to hacked the C8s yet, but that probably only a matter of time. I'm fairly certain if the thief had difficulties connecting the OBD port he would have given up as it was an open area in daylight. Note there are less corvettes stolen than other cars because there are less corvettes than other cars; don't let totals be a bias to your nicer car.
Melting Slicks
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Driving my Stingray only to my job
I have owned Corvettes for more than 20 years. In the early days, I drove my C4 everywhere—motels, fast food, malls and Walmart. It was not a very desirable car. But times have changed and I drive my 2018 Stingray only to my job, which is in a gated facility with armed guards. I occasionally go on a pleasure ride but I do not park anywhere.
Unfortunately, two individuals last week drove down my long driveway to my house, which is not visible from the road. They watched as I washed the Stingray. They did not get out. Finally, I went into my shop and put on my Glock 43X and approached their Toyota RAV4 from behind and walked around to the driver.
With a thick accent, he claimed he was delivering for Amazon. He showed me a package with an address near my children’s former high school 16 miles away and said his GPS took him to my house. I know he was lying. I wish he had not seen my Stingray. I wish I had photographed his tag. We will go out of town in a few weeks and I may chain the Stingray to the tractor with two logging chains in the backyard shop. We have security cameras in the shop and all over the house.
Unfortunately, two individuals last week drove down my long driveway to my house, which is not visible from the road. They watched as I washed the Stingray. They did not get out. Finally, I went into my shop and put on my Glock 43X and approached their Toyota RAV4 from behind and walked around to the driver.
With a thick accent, he claimed he was delivering for Amazon. He showed me a package with an address near my children’s former high school 16 miles away and said his GPS took him to my house. I know he was lying. I wish he had not seen my Stingray. I wish I had photographed his tag. We will go out of town in a few weeks and I may chain the Stingray to the tractor with two logging chains in the backyard shop. We have security cameras in the shop and all over the house.
Le Mans Master
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Man, and everyone thinks Detroit is bad. I give people strange looks who drive down my cul-de-sac but honestly (and this isn't just me) lots of people in Troy leave garages open, doors open, and whatnot. There isn't this concern about thievery. The only thing I ever saw was some M Plate had its wheels stolen off of it, and that was a super rare event and the car was parked overnight in a driveway.
Maybe we just have a lot of cops, or our stuff is not worth stealing.
Maybe we just have a lot of cops, or our stuff is not worth stealing.