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Old 02-20-2019, 07:52 PM
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Black wheels on ANY VEHICLE remind me of the 80's after someone popped your wire wheel covers.
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Old 02-20-2019, 08:36 PM
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Black wheels on ANY VEHICLE remind me of the 80's after someone popped your wire wheel covers.
agreed. Do nothing for me
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Originally Posted by Red67John
The padded cover on the rear of that second car makes it look sooo long. Room for lots of golf clubs behind that engine. ��
You bring up a good point, whether serious or joking. I’m not sure if it’s been discussed or theorized, but it sure looks possible there may be some room for rear storage in addition to the frunk. The more practical they make it from that perspective, the better.
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Old 02-24-2019, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael A
They need to head up to LA up the 405 to test ouf the suspension on the bounciest freeway in the nation, just before the 10 freeway.
The 405 and 110 are terrible lol...

At least they seem to be repairing sections of it tho finally
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Old 02-24-2019, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JockItch
You bring up a good point, whether serious or joking. I’m not sure if it’s been discussed or theorized, but it sure looks possible there may be some room for rear storage in addition to the frunk. The more practical they make it from that perspective, the better.
Even my tiny ME Lotus Elise had a trunk (of sorts) behind the engine. There was no front storage as the radiator took up that space.

But see, you can get a bag of golf clubs in there.

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Old 02-25-2019, 09:31 AM
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Too funny... my neighbor down the street has an orange Evora (the one with the small back seat). It's a nice car and he drives it nearly every day.
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Old 02-25-2019, 09:48 AM
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I wonder how many are waiting to put black wheels on one of these.

There seems to be no limit to the number of chodes who like to ruin cars with black wheels.
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Old 02-25-2019, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by isellpower
There seems to be no limit to the number of chodes who like to ruin cars with black wheels.
If it's that or chrome wheels that went out of style 25+ years ago, I'm taking black.
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Old 02-25-2019, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by isellpower
There seems to be no limit to the number of chodes who like to ruin cars with black wheels.
It's a hell of a lot better than chrome. Chrome looks out of place on the C7, there's too many black accents. Keep the chrome wheels on your truck with chrome bumpers.
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Old 02-25-2019, 10:19 AM
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Guys lets not derail this into a wheel finish thread. There's a reason GM makes them silver painted, chrome, and black.
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Old 02-25-2019, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Plexoer
It's a hell of a lot better than chrome. Chrome looks out of place on the C7, there's too many black accents. Keep the chrome wheels on your truck with chrome bumpers.
Black wheels are over done at this point. They are on every brand car and remind me of spare wheels and tires. You can not see the detail of the wheel from far away. Give me chrome or gun metal gray wheels.
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Old 02-25-2019, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Corvette_Nut
If you happen to be in San Diego, keep an eye out for some Easter Eggs.....




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Saw one in the mountains east of San Diego (Julian) on Christmas Eve. I've been hoping for another glimpse ever since!
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Old 02-25-2019, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Quinten33
Why else would they be in San Diego? San Diego is one of the furthest cities from anywhere else they'd go, and it should have fairly similar weather to Yuma anyways. San Diego just works out as a downtown testing location, and the interstate from Yuma to San Diego helps to put more miles on the mules.
Some of the best mountain roads in the Southwest are in San Diego County. I have seen a C8 once on the mountain roads, and have seen the transport truck repeatedly in the same area. I know the truck by sight, because I work about 5 miles from the GM test track in Yuma. Its there, I'm just waiting for a chance to snap a pic.
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Old 02-25-2019, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Red67John
The padded cover on the rear of that second car makes it look sooo long. Room for lots of golf clubs behind that engine. ��
Exactly. Almost looks like rear engine instead of Mid.
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Old 02-27-2019, 02:51 PM
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Bigger butt than Kim Kardashian
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Old 02-27-2019, 07:07 PM
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Anybody curious as to what kind of SUV is beside the rear C8? Looks to have some interesting parts also.
Maybe testing the next tahoe/yukon/escalade and hoping the C8 takes the attention away?
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Old 02-27-2019, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Sin City
Bigger butt than Kim Kardashian

I call BS !

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