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Picked up a new Stingray a week ago today in Columbus, OH. It's now at home in Tucson with 2400 miles on it. Awesome machine. All broken in and ready for anything. Surprisingly, it seems higher in front than my C-7. It doesn't drag going in and out of the driveway and some other high spots that I frequent. The only disappointment was the noise at highway speeds. Hard to hold a conversation. Maybe cuz the cockpit is closer to the front wheels, than a C-7, which was very quiet. Super machine though. Love it.
The nose isn't higher, its just shorter which means the approach angle is better, thats why you don't hear the deflectors under the car rubbing like you did on the C7.
As per highway noise I found my '21 quieter then my C7. Lots of tire noise as always but less of everything else in the C8 cabin compared to the C7, at least thats my experience. Even my '23 Z06 sounds quieter inside the cabin minus tire noise and the exhaust.
Maybe give it until after your break-in and see if things improve.
My 2024 2LT HTC Non-Z51 is much quieter than my previous 2017 Grand Sport.
Maybe you have a Z51 and summer tires that do make more road noise. And you might have a coupe, not sure if they are louder with engine noise.
I am impressed that I can't hear cars going by in the opposite direction.
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Originally Posted by DESERTFLYER
Picked up a new Stingray a week ago today in Columbus, OH. It's now at home in Tucson with 2400 miles on it. Awesome machine. All broken in and ready for anything. Surprisingly, it seems higher in front than my C-7. It doesn't drag going in and out of the driveway and some other high spots that I frequent. The only disappointment was the noise at highway speeds. Hard to hold a conversation. Maybe cuz the cockpit is closer to the front wheels, than a C-7, which was very quiet. Super machine though. Love it.
Congrats! Nice drive. I agree that the C8 has decent clearance. I have only scrubbed once, and that was because the intersection had a dip and most cars would have scrubbed with the same approach speed. Now where are the pics of your car?!
C5 C6 C7 were bottom breathers. They have that big air deflector below the radiator. My C6 would always drag that on the driveway. C8 no deflector, no drag.
I don't really notice the road noise on my C8 Z51. Sometimes I listen to the motor, sometimes music, sometimes my wife. Sometimes listening to the motor is better than listening to the wife. Just kidding. We love to travel in the C8.
We drove from Maryland to North Carolina, then home to Oregon. 4000 miles. My only complaint is the Z51 non mag has a rough ride.
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Congrats on the C8.
Interior noise seems weird. My 23 Coupe is much quieter than my 16 C7 even after I lined the rear wheel wells and hatch with soundproofing material.
There is tire noise on the C8, more on certain road surfaces but overall much quieter than my C7.
As suggested, it might be the tires? I have a non Z51 coupe.
Check those cold tire pressures. Dealerships seem to have an odd obsession with filling them to 35psi cold which makes the Michelin runflats very 'buzzy' and coarse over certain road surfaces like old chip sealed roads in particular. Michelin ZPs still stink for NVH in general but taking them back to 29psi chills them out.
That's a thought. Tire pressure at delivery was about 34 on all four. At highway speeds, about 38. Some road surfaces much quieter than others, The interstates are awful.
From: Early 2020 Z51 Coupe, Original Owner, Ahwatukee Foothills, AZ
Originally Posted by DESERTFLYER
Awesome machine. The only disappointment was the noise at highway speeds. Hard to hold a conversation. Maybe cuz the cockpit is closer to the front wheels, than a C-7, which was very quiet. Super machine though. Love it.
Lower your interior sound, increase performance and longevity by replacing the hard Run Flats.
3.5 years and 21K C8 miles, have never have needed a RF. Prefer a cell phone if needed, wife does not want to drive my C8.
Big tires = big noise. Usually concrete roads are terrible. We have a stretch of road locally, not sure what they did to it…..worse road I’ve ever driven on. When I shop cars I aLeah’s go to that road for test drives.
My c8s had way more tire noise than my c7 Z, my favorite corvette ever. Never heard any tire noise! Corsa extremes with X pipe solved that issue.
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