Stealth Cold Start
Le Mans Master
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And i've also seen multiple posters say something in contradiction. No need to be sarcastic. I have read the proposals and I'll certainly check them out before I buy so chill.
My response was not to you and not about modules. It was about the need for effort to not annoy my neighbors.
Whats the old saying? This is an A and B conversation so C your way out.
My response was not to you and not about modules. It was about the need for effort to not annoy my neighbors.
Whats the old saying? This is an A and B conversation so C your way out.
Unless you live in some obscure part of South America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, or somethin'.
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Cruising
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Dude, you're making this much more complicated than it needs to be. If you are not yet able to assess the relative merits of disagreeing posts on a forum, just go to a dealership with a new Corvette inventory, and experiment with that dial on the center console.
Unless you live in some obscure part of South America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, or somethin'.
Unless you live in some obscure part of South America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, or somethin'.
How exactly am I making it complicated? I just asked if there was a known option to have a PROVEN quiet start. The 3 pages of contradictions arent exactly confidence inspiring and all of my responses have been on how stupid my HOA is. I already said I would just test it myself based on the possible solutions given and see so what is the problem?
Drifting
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How exactly am I making it complicated? I just asked if there was a known option to have a PROVEN quiet start. The 3 pages of contradictions arent exactly confidence inspiring and all of my responses have been on how stupid my HOA is. I already said I would just test it myself based on the possible solutions given and see so what is the problem?
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Can’t believe this thread is still going. Not sure I consider the M2W a mod😄. More along the lines of a garage door opener operating the exhaust valve. I also find it funny that we pay 50-100k for a car but do a workaround to avoid $80 for a switch. The switch makes it so easy and worth it especially if one has an off road pipe.
Drifting
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Can’t believe this thread is still going. Not sure I consider the M2W a mod😄. More along the lines of a garage door opener operating the exhaust valve. I also find it funny that we pay 50-100k for a car but do a workaround to avoid $80 for a switch. The switch makes it so easy and worth it especially if one has an off road pipe.
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OK, wtf is ths M2W thing you keep talking about? I don't see a mod (yes, you're modifying your existing car) to be worth 80 bucks plus the time to install it when the center dial does what you're talking about, and quite easily, for free. It's basically just the turn of a dial. Oh wait, it's LITERALLY just the turn of a dial!
Drifting
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If you want your exhaust open most of the time, why would you turn the dial "ALL" the time?? I rarely turn my dial. Also, if you want your exhaust open most of the time, you can set it so that turning the dial doesn't affect the exhaust, you can hard set it in the infotainment unit. You still didn't answer my question as to what this M2W thing is. That wasn't a rhetorical. A google search just turns up a bunch of "marketing to women" results
Le Mans Master
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If you want your exhaust open most of the time, why would you turn the dial "ALL" the time?? I rarely turn my dial. Also, if you want your exhaust open most of the time, you can set it so that turning the dial doesn't affect the exhaust, you can hard set it in the infotainment unit. You still didn't answer my question as to what this M2W thing is. That wasn't a rhetorical. A google search just turns up a bunch of "marketing to women" results
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Drifting
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I prefer to have my valves open all the time except when starting the car early in the morning and when coming home late at night. Even in track mode the valves close. So the M2W allows me to leave my car in sport mode all the time. Then my valves are completely open all the time because the switch is like pulling the fuse. Then when I need them closed I push my programmed Homelink button. Very simple. I have nothing against turning the dial. Just think the switch is easier for myself.
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Cruising
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If you want your exhaust open most of the time, why would you turn the dial "ALL" the time?? I rarely turn my dial. Also, if you want your exhaust open most of the time, you can set it so that turning the dial doesn't affect the exhaust, you can hard set it in the infotainment unit. You still didn't answer my question as to what this M2W thing is. That wasn't a rhetorical. A google search just turns up a bunch of "marketing to women" results
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Here you go. Google is your friend 😏
Drifting
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I did google it, and as i mentioned before, M2W popped up a bunch of marketing to women results. Anyway, telling me what it stood for helped and i did find it at that point with a google search. Looks like a reasonable install time, though that bolt for the ground looks like a PITA to get to and will be a point of frustration. Also, you have to use a remote. I know you said you used your homelink button, so that's yet another step. I mean, if you're willing to spend 80 bucks and half an hour of free time setting it up, more power to you. I don't think it's worth it for most people though, when the **** does just fine and is arguably easier than hitting a home link button. my hand is already by my shifter anyway, not up by the mirror. But sure, it's an option
Drifting
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Yes the ground nut is the hardest part. I’m aware it’s too much for most Corvette owners. However I also think it’s crazy to pay to have a shifter installed when it’s such a simple job. But we all have our own opinions 👍🏻 I think we all can agree we drive a great sports car except Gizmo🤣
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Todd, what none of them have said yet and really differentiated is that even in Track mode the exhaust (whether set by dial or all the time in the infotainment unit) will still occasionally close the valves and make it quieter, especially in cruise where it can help with possible drone. The Mild-to-Wild (M2W) switch allows you to perform the same function as pulling the fuse, without the effort of stopping, getting out, raising the hood, opening the fuse panel, pulling the fuse, putting it in a fuse blank holder, putting the cover back on, closing the hood, running around the car and hopping back in. Track mode gives you most of the time...the M2W gives you all the time. I don't have one and can't comment on exactly how much it does, but apparently it isn't as much in the C7 as it did in the C6 from what I've read. But at cruise I like a little sound and especially if you changed out an X-Pipe for a bit more sound anyway, this helps to keep the audio going. With it turned on it wouldn't matter what mode you selected, it would still be open though as if you'd pulled the fuse. Then switch it to off when you want to be quieter so you can have the best of all worlds. Unless you want extra sound while driving at cruise when even in track the valves can close, you don't need the M2W.
I did google it, and as i mentioned before, M2W popped up a bunch of marketing to women results. Anyway, telling me what it stood for helped and i did find it at that point with a google search. Looks like a reasonable install time, though that bolt for the ground looks like a PITA to get to and will be a point of frustration. Also, you have to use a remote. I know you said you used your homelink button, so that's yet another step. I mean, if you're willing to spend 80 bucks and half an hour of free time setting it up, more power to you. I don't think it's worth it for most people though, when the **** does just fine and is arguably easier than hitting a home link button. my hand is already by my shifter anyway, not up by the mirror. But sure, it's an option
Drifting
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Todd, what none of them have said yet and really differentiated is that even in Track mode the exhaust (whether set by dial or all the time in the infotainment unit) will still occasionally close the valves and make it quieter, especially in cruise where it can help with possible drone.