Streetspeed717 ordered another C8
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Imagine someone actually doing good for himself. He's a corvette guy. He could have bought any other cars and still got himself a C8, C7ZR, then the C6ZR etc.
Then people get mad and hate him because he has all these cars lol...
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Well people hate and get jealous over the dumbest things.
Imagine someone actually doing good for himself. He's a corvette guy. He could have bought any other cars and still got himself a C8, C7ZR, then the C6ZR etc.
Then people get mad and hate him because he has all these cars lol...
Imagine someone actually doing good for himself. He's a corvette guy. He could have bought any other cars and still got himself a C8, C7ZR, then the C6ZR etc.
Then people get mad and hate him because he has all these cars lol...
It doesn't enrich my life if GM sold a few extra units to someone. You didn't praise him for the boats, RV, huge homes, and opulent furniture he also must have purchased with his YT money. Or the other more expensive cars he definitely purchased. If I was really rich, I would also make video's of Corvettes, because those buyers would love me enough to click on my video's to make me enough money to own the Ferrari's and Lambo's that I really like.
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Sounds like that fills you with pride because he bought a Corvette.
It doesn't enrich my life if GM sold a few extra units to someone. You didn't praise him for the boats, RV, huge homes, and opulent furniture he also must have purchased with his YT money. Or the other more expensive cars he definitely purchased. If I was really rich, I would also make video's of Corvettes, because those buyers would love me enough to click on my video's to make me enough money to own the Ferrari's and Lambo's that I really like.
It doesn't enrich my life if GM sold a few extra units to someone. You didn't praise him for the boats, RV, huge homes, and opulent furniture he also must have purchased with his YT money. Or the other more expensive cars he definitely purchased. If I was really rich, I would also make video's of Corvettes, because those buyers would love me enough to click on my video's to make me enough money to own the Ferrari's and Lambo's that I really like.
I was pretty much indirectly inserting sarcasm in that post to appease most of the "hail to the corvette" members here.
And i think he does have a lambo, a URUS, unless he sold it already. But i have been slacking on watching all his videos as of late. I'm subscribed to a lot of channels similar to his.
Fact is, and this was already like 2 years ago, they stated he was getting 50 grand A MONTH off youtube alone. So i'm sure that at least doubled by now. The dude is rich. He can buy these disposable corvettes because it's basically a write off because he's using them for youtube anyway which in turns brings him more money. If i was doing the same gig, i'd probably do the same thing.
What good is buying only ferraris and lambos if most viewers want to watch REALISTIC cars? They wanna see the corvettes, the mopars, the lifted pickup trucks because most viewers can relate to that. They don't want to watch some rich youtube kid playing around in his modified lambo or something. It is cool to watch but they can't relate. They can relate to the more attainable items. And that's how these kids make their money.
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I actually thought nick wright's channel (mike's friend), will blow up more than mike's about 3 years ago. But nick wright fell off. I think it's because of the content. No one cared about his full built race car camaro.
MIke did all the right stuff. He gave people what they want and that's how he's more successful than his friend.
MIke did all the right stuff. He gave people what they want and that's how he's more successful than his friend.
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I don't know about you guys but I'm getting tired of seeing what seems like the YouTube community getting preferential treatment when it comes to ordering and receiving the C8. Mike (streetspeed717) currently has 2 C8’s and just ordered a 2021 HTC he is being told her will have it in December. How is this possible when I see on here that people are ordering with a year plus wait time? I'm holding out for the Z06 but that will probably be 2025 for me since I am a peasant. What gives? I truly feel sorry for all you people getting pissed on by GM.
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The custom VIN option has been around for a while. ZR-1 is where it became more popular. On 2019 ZR-1 of the first 100 built here are the cars that were ordered with custom vin. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 21, 50, and 66.
When the C8 came out the same thing happened. Street Speed has a good working relationship with his dealership and the General Manager. So it cost him $5,000 to get a very early car. If the ZO6 comes out in 2022 and you want one of the first ones built you need two things to make that happen. 1. a dealer with an allocation and 2. $5,000 for custom vin.
When the C8 came out the same thing happened. Street Speed has a good working relationship with his dealership and the General Manager. So it cost him $5,000 to get a very early car. If the ZO6 comes out in 2022 and you want one of the first ones built you need two things to make that happen. 1. a dealer with an allocation and 2. $5,000 for custom vin.
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He has access to the executive team at GM. Several years ago he posted a video where he scored a 1:1 interview with Ed Welburn at GM. He posted it on Youtube.
Look I don't love the guy but it's not rocket science. He has tons of followers and millions of views a week. This is exactly the type of person GM wants to sell Corvette's to and his audience that follows him. Same with Emelia Earhardt and Cletus McFarland. All of these people are more important than the average Joe buying a Corvette even if its your 10th one in 10 years.
It's a free country if GM wants to put these folks at the front of the line they can and will. I would do the same thing if I ran GM. The Corvette faithful will just wait. They will complain, but they will wait. GM knows this.
Look I don't love the guy but it's not rocket science. He has tons of followers and millions of views a week. This is exactly the type of person GM wants to sell Corvette's to and his audience that follows him. Same with Emelia Earhardt and Cletus McFarland. All of these people are more important than the average Joe buying a Corvette even if its your 10th one in 10 years.
It's a free country if GM wants to put these folks at the front of the line they can and will. I would do the same thing if I ran GM. The Corvette faithful will just wait. They will complain, but they will wait. GM knows this.
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Look I don't love the guy but it's not rocket science. He has tons of followers and millions of views a week. This is exactly the type of person GM wants to sell Corvette's to and his audience that follows him. Same with Emelia Earhardt and Cletus McFarland. All of these people are more important than the average Joe buying a Corvette even if its your 10th one in 10 years.
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