C8 First Aid Kit
Safety Car
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While I would not buy this particular first aid kit, I have them in every car and have used the many times during my almost 50 years of driving. I surf 4 or 5 times each week and usually hike on the days that there are no waves. Small cuts (and an occasional big one) happen if you are not a couch potato. I have also helped out a couple of unprepared people during that time.
I just use mine for driving. I’m no couch potato, but I’m also apparently not so much fun that I get cuts on my walks.
Last edited by Majestic94; Feb 23, 2022 at 04:46 AM.
POSSE SENIOR RIDER
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From: Suffield, CT
I have a first aid kit in all of my cars (usually a generic one). I did buy the C8 one for my Vette. I also bought the C8 highway safety kit and GM tow hook. 
Oh well...I paid the 'tax', but have these if needed for emergencies.
Oh well...I paid the 'tax', but have these if needed for emergencies.
Melting Slicks
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Kind of ironic that you can also get a "first aid" box that is actually a firearm storage container. Here, let me APPLY some FIRST AID to you!!! Oopsie, out of bandages!
Le Mans Master
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From: Chino CA
Melting Slicks
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My wife is a medical professional & I am trained in first responder first aid as well. We keep kits in all our vehicles and have had to use them a few times either stopping for an accident or rendering aid when an accident occurred in front of us. I also recommend you have in your kit or within reach in the cabin a window breaker. Some fit on your keychain or resemble a small hammer. Had to use one to get a driver out of her overturned suv one time before fire & paramedics arrived.
You can't roll down a window in a crashed car with no power. You also can't OPEN a door in a car being submerged due to the pressure applied.
I bought some window breakers off Amazon. They are orange plastic and have a seatbelt cutter in them too.
Absolute GARBAGE. My daughter was playing with one of them and decided to use it like a hammer (as kids will do) and she hammered something and the thing split in half and metal weight designed to break the window just plopped out.
I thought surely this was a fluke, so I took another one of the hammers (came in a pack), and tried to lightly hammer something and it fell apart too. CHINESE JUNK. I fully doubt it would break a window unless you swing it REALLY fast on the first blow, because you are only getting one try before the tool explodes.
I think I would only buy one of these if it had the spring launched window breaker, and a seat belt cutter if FULLY made out of metal. Avoid the plastic junk. If you think you want it more visible, get some florescent orange spray paint.
Safety Car
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I’m sure you don’t keep camping gear and a climbing harness in your trunk just in case you come across a trail on the way home from the grocery store.
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So ... is there a specific place in the C8 for storing a first aid kit? We've owned numerous vehicles that came with first aid kits and each had a dedicated storage place for the kit ... e.g. in the rear package shelf, behind a little door in the side of the trunk, a compartment under the driver seat cushion. The standard first aid kits in some current Lexus models are in the trunk and held in place by a strap. I would think that the European market C8 would have a dedicated storage place or attachment point for a first aid kit since first aid kits can be mandatory.
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Regardless, your usage of your vehicle doesn’t appear to come close to those of us who multi state, multi week road trip in our Corvettes. And some, like me, even off road a little bit on non paved roads to get where we want to be. Things happen and better to have and not need than need and not have.
Cheers🍻
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I understand you are breaking ***** and that’s OK. I do apologize for confusing you with the Town Crier Magic Glass.
Regardless, your usage of your vehicle doesn’t appear to come close to those of us who multi state, multi week road trip in our Corvettes. And some, like me, even off road a little bit on non paved roads to get where we want to be. Things happen and better to have and not need than need and not have.
Cheers🍻
Regardless, your usage of your vehicle doesn’t appear to come close to those of us who multi state, multi week road trip in our Corvettes. And some, like me, even off road a little bit on non paved roads to get where we want to be. Things happen and better to have and not need than need and not have.
Cheers🍻
Safety Car
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So ... is there a specific place in the C8 for storing a first aid kit? We've owned numerous vehicles that came with first aid kits and each had a dedicated storage place for the kit ... e.g. in the rear package shelf, behind a little door in the side of the trunk, a compartment under the driver seat cushion. The standard first aid kits in some current Lexus models are in the trunk and held in place by a strap. I would think that the European market C8 would have a dedicated storage place or attachment point for a first aid kit since first aid kits can be mandatory.
Le Mans Master
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Good advice, people always seem to overlook the window/seatbelt problem.
You can't roll down a window in a crashed car with no power. You also can't OPEN a door in a car being submerged due to the pressure applied.
I bought some window breakers off Amazon. They are orange plastic and have a seatbelt cutter in them too.
Absolute GARBAGE. My daughter was playing with one of them and decided to use it like a hammer (as kids will do) and she hammered something and the thing split in half and metal weight designed to break the window just plopped out.
I thought surely this was a fluke, so I took another one of the hammers (came in a pack), and tried to lightly hammer something and it fell apart too. CHINESE JUNK. I fully doubt it would break a window unless you swing it REALLY fast on the first blow, because you are only getting one try before the tool explodes.
I think I would only buy one of these if it had the spring launched window breaker, and a seat belt cutter if FULLY made out of metal. Avoid the plastic junk. If you think you want it more visible, get some florescent orange spray paint.
You can't roll down a window in a crashed car with no power. You also can't OPEN a door in a car being submerged due to the pressure applied.
I bought some window breakers off Amazon. They are orange plastic and have a seatbelt cutter in them too.
Absolute GARBAGE. My daughter was playing with one of them and decided to use it like a hammer (as kids will do) and she hammered something and the thing split in half and metal weight designed to break the window just plopped out.
I thought surely this was a fluke, so I took another one of the hammers (came in a pack), and tried to lightly hammer something and it fell apart too. CHINESE JUNK. I fully doubt it would break a window unless you swing it REALLY fast on the first blow, because you are only getting one try before the tool explodes.
I think I would only buy one of these if it had the spring launched window breaker, and a seat belt cutter if FULLY made out of metal. Avoid the plastic junk. If you think you want it more visible, get some florescent orange spray paint.
Others have had a similar problem to you with the hammers.
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Racer
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It looks like one of the side pockets in the frunk cargo net that's standard on the 2LT and 3LT would be a good storage location for the first aid kit. That beats having to dig the first aid kit out from underneath luggage when it's needed.
For those interested comparing features of the U.S. and German market C8, the German market owners manual for the 2022 C8 is at https://www.chevrolet.de/content/dam...-Manual_DE.pdf
Drifting
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Thats where mine is stored but then after reading the post asking where to store and starting to write a response I realized the kit will be likely inaccessible after any front end collision so I will see if it can fit in glove compartment or elsewhere behind the seats.
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But I wouldn't pay the Corvette tax for one with a Corvette logo. I have one that came (at no extra charge) with my Lexus years ago. Unlike the Corvette one pictured, it fits perfectly in one of the recesses in the corners of the trunk. I update the contents once in while. You can get generic ones for way less money. Put a Corvette sticker on it if it makes you feel better.
Last edited by Red Mist Rulz; Feb 24, 2022 at 02:05 PM.
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Drifting
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I still have the one I bought in 1988 to go in my US spec car while stationed in West Germany, they were required. It’s in the pickup truck now, still in the shrink wrap. So I decided I probably didn’t need to carry a first aid kit in the Corvette.