2LT, 3LT missing a few things
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Exactly, which is why I'll miss not having rain sense wipers and the intellibeam headlights on the C8 like my CTS. These features have obviously been developed with varying success on other brands, but Caddilac has done a great job. Seems like Corvette could integrate one or both as options.
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Does the $25K car have 495 HP, and all aluminum frame, a 195 mph top speed, or 0-60 in 3 seconds? The Corvette is a performance car, not a luxury car. As you point out, if those features are so important to you, there are many cars for you to choose from.
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And my point was that, "It seems that Corvette would offer one or both as options." And a CTS-V has a 640- hp Corvette engine under the hood.
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St. Jude Donor '21
Ok, so the auto high beam works when you leave your headlights on the totally unnecessary high beam setting that irritates everyone. Even when they aren't directly blinding you, they are annoying and possibly dangerous when they are shining into your rear view and side view mirrors making it difficult to see traffic behind you. It makes it difficult to see if you can make a lane change. Do they dim when you are behind other traffic? Unless you are nearly blind, I can't see why you need high beams if you aren't on a very dark road.
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if you want a luxury car, buy a Caddy or Mercedes.
At our test track, our E63 S test vehicle ripped to 60 mph in just 3.0 seconds; that's break-neck speeds for sure, but the E63's nemesis, the BMW M5, returned an even quicker result of 2.8 seconds.
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Some folks are going to be paying upwards of $90k for a C8 so it just seemed silly to me not to at least offer maybe a Convenience Package for features that are available in cars with MSRP's in the $20k's... I get the whole purist driver's car thing but long gone are the days of ordering your car without air conditioning and power steering to get the maximum performance... I'm pretty sure that GM will add some of this stuff in the next few model years... Imagine buying the top of the line iPhone only to find out that it won't run some of the apps you can run on a $250 MotoG phone...
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St. Jude Donor '15
"In honor of jpee"
And when the C7 came out many were complaining that it didn't have blind spot and cross path detection.
I have had adaptive cruise and generally did not like it unless on a two lane with few passing opportunities. Not too fond of the early crash avoidance (no self braking) I had either, it would sometimes "alert" on roadside features prior to making a curve.
Did you see the recent news article about the Tesla in Russia somewhere that crashed while on whatever kind of "autopilot" Elon is putting in his cars? It exploded and burst into flame (odd for an electric vehicle don't you think?) but if I recall correctly, everyone got out safe. When cars start driving themselves, any cars not just sprots cars in particular, I hope my time in a vertical position has passed. Lane hold and autopark are just some of the first steps down that slippery slope for me.
In other words, I am more than happy with the safety/convenience additions Chevrolet provided C7 to C8 (at least on 2LT+).
I have had adaptive cruise and generally did not like it unless on a two lane with few passing opportunities. Not too fond of the early crash avoidance (no self braking) I had either, it would sometimes "alert" on roadside features prior to making a curve.
Did you see the recent news article about the Tesla in Russia somewhere that crashed while on whatever kind of "autopilot" Elon is putting in his cars? It exploded and burst into flame (odd for an electric vehicle don't you think?) but if I recall correctly, everyone got out safe. When cars start driving themselves, any cars not just sprots cars in particular, I hope my time in a vertical position has passed. Lane hold and autopark are just some of the first steps down that slippery slope for me.
In other words, I am more than happy with the safety/convenience additions Chevrolet provided C7 to C8 (at least on 2LT+).
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Some folks are going to be paying upwards of $90k for a C8 so it just seemed silly to me not to at least offer maybe a Convenience Package for features that are available in cars with MSRP's in the $20k's... I get the whole purist driver's car thing but long gone are the days of ordering your car without air conditioning and power steering to get the maximum performance... I'm pretty sure that GM will add some of this stuff in the next few model years... Imagine buying the top of the line iPhone only to find out that it won't run some of the apps you can run on a $250 MotoG phone...
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Some folks are going to be paying upwards of $90k for a C8 so it just seemed silly to me not to at least offer maybe a Convenience Package for features that are available in cars with MSRP's in the $20k's... I get the whole purist driver's car thing but long gone are the days of ordering your car without air conditioning and power steering to get the maximum performance... I'm pretty sure that GM will add some of this stuff in the next few model years... Imagine buying the top of the line iPhone only to find out that it won't run some of the apps you can run on a $250 MotoG phone...
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An example of nannies encouraging poor driving practices. I rest my case.
https://abc7.com/video-appears-to-sh...n-i-5/5488646/
This is essentially a combination of auto braking/ crash avoidance, lane keeping, and adaptive cruise. All things discussed as missing from the Corvette.
https://abc7.com/video-appears-to-sh...n-i-5/5488646/
This is essentially a combination of auto braking/ crash avoidance, lane keeping, and adaptive cruise. All things discussed as missing from the Corvette.
