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Old 07-20-2019, 01:00 AM
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I shot this video today for those who want to see a lot of the details up close.



A special THANK YOU to Mike Furman for making it possible for me to attend the 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray Reveal! Mike is Corvette's #1 Salesman of All Time with 42 years under his belt selling America's Sports Car. Give him a call when you're ready to order your next Corvette!




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Old 07-20-2019, 01:23 AM
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Excellent!
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Awesome! Thanks Jeremy.
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This video was better than the dozens of YouTube vids I've watched to get a feel for the details. Thank you very much, sir.
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Old 07-20-2019, 01:37 AM
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Thank you, friends! Glad to do it.
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Old 07-20-2019, 01:39 AM
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Now I know the purpose of you getting that invite...to share that video. Thanks!
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Old 07-20-2019, 01:46 AM
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Outstanding video, thanks for sharing.
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Old 07-20-2019, 01:48 AM
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the paint has very little orange peel
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Originally Posted by fumbling
the paint has very little orange peel
The new paint shop produces a fine finish, but I'm thinking all of these cars at the reveal have had many hours of wet sanding and polishing to get that level of smoothness.
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Originally Posted by fumbling
the paint has very little orange peel
The orange peel is pretty apparent in some of the 20+ product videos on Chevys Youtube Page.
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It was almost like being there, where you could see the details of the car.

Big thanks!
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This was great, thanks! Do you know if that was Elkhart or Rapid Blue?
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Originally Posted by zr_kaizen
This was great, thanks! Do you know if that was Elkhart or Rapid Blue?
Elkhart
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Thanks for posting that for us. Great view of the details. I'm really liking what I see.
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Great video, thank you!

The C8 is very cool design although a couple of issues immediately came to mind. First, I wondered how those low mounted upright front radiators are going to handle road debris, especially stones. And I get that GM is trying to mimic a jet-like cockpit, but my first thought was the drivers position looks seriously claustrophobic (compared to the C7). And what's with that side mounted monitor? It looks like an after-thought. Seems like GM could have been better integrated the side monitor into the dash. I'm also wondering how loud the LT2 engine will be, seeing that there's only a clear partition between the engine and the driver's head? In any case, I'm hoping to get a C8 test drive ASAP. I'm seriously considering an upgrade, but at this point I'm not sure if I'd prefer the C8, or perhaps a '19 C7 Z06. Thoughts?

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SAAAAAWWEEEET!!! Love the close up! Someone was wondering about rapid blue, well there you go! Thank you!!
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Thanks! It looks fantastic!
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Very nice! Thanks for posting
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Are those side vents as horrible in real life?? When you open the door they stick out as glued on???
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Did anybody notice the rotors are not slotted like on the C7 Z51?
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