2015 Stingray - Valet Mode with PDR - AWESOME!
 

This is an Awesome feature!!! Great Video!:thumbs:

damn, only with PDR? :(

That's pretty sweet. I wonder what else they have been holding back about the 15's.

It is awesome. It is also a repost.

Cool. But why don't they limit hp in valet mode like other cars do? They should keep it in 4 cylinder mode. ;)


Cheers.

This makes paying for the PDR easier. I love the record feature in valet mode.

GM should install a "Call Lawyer" button for use after viewing the PDR if a valet screws around with the car.

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Easier solution that doesn't require a 2015

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I STILL wouldn't hand it over!!

I valeted the corvette I rented a month ago. I put it in valet mode? Why does it say its new for 2015?

My 2014 C7 has valet mode. I think they are saying that the PDR will work when in valet mode.

Its on the 2014 minus the PDR part

Even with that I would still never allow a valet to have the fob to me vette.:cheers:

I love it... It should be standard equipment on all cars.

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The PDR is nice but I would prefer that it had a max speed of 15 MPH and 1500RPM.

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seems silly not to.

GM is trying to justify the cost of the Nav/PDR option. Not impressed.

Yeah, couldn't possibly be that they found another good use for it and decided to give us that feature. :thumbs:

Does the PDR record more information than the current valet mode? That would be my guess....

It's hard for a 2014 to record since it doesn't have a video system.

Totally useless...what are you going to do, play back your performance data recorder when you come out of the restaurant every time when you've got other things on your mind, like closing the deal with that hottie you just spent all that money on? and if you find the valet monkey was street racing,what are you going to do? not tip him? I would never let a valet touch my car, so don't need this option....:rock:

You wouldn't exactly have to check it every time you valet park. You could just use if there is damage to possibly prove what caused it.

Valet mode should be enabled when the car leaves BG
 

It would be useful to have valet mode enabled at the factory so the new owner can verify the car was treated properly prior to taking delivery. How would one know the dealer wash boy didn't flog your new Corvette up and down the freeway and test launch control repeatedly when sent to fill the gas tank?

Instead of it covertly recording the driver's/car's activity while in valet mode, it should make it very obvious that it is recording. The display should show something like:
"Valet Mode - camera views, GPS route, speed, and operation of the vehicle are being recorded."

I can't imagine letting a valet touch any of my cars, but if I did, I would want them to know, without any doubt, that everything they do will be recorded. Far better to have them behave themselves, than to have to go after them for their misdeeds.

Chevy Introduces Technology to Track Valet with Your Corvette
 

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It’s hell of a concern, right?

Hand over the keys to your new shiny Stingray and hope the valet respects the fact that it isn't theirs and just parks the damn thing.

Well, Chevy has put a pretty nifty piece of technology in place for the 2015 Corvette lineup to make sure those responsible for handling your baby at your favorite steak spot don’t get any clever ideas.

Read the rest on the Corvette Forum homepage.

:thumbs:I'd let the valet know my car video records how its being driven.

Stupid idea. If you fear what a Valet can do with your car when you're in a restaurant, just leave it at home.

Then put a dust cover on it and wipe it with a diaper.

This kind of "fear" of everything is just destroying car enjoyment. Next Chevy will come out with a bird poop detector. "Warning. Don't park under those trees. Birds nesting above!"

A CAR is not A BABY.

So much negativity around here. You have one thread with folks complaining that the $795 navigation is a POS. Then the price gets raised by $1000 with the addition of the PDR, and now folks are complaining that they can't afford the navigation system that they seem to hate so much and didn't want in the first place.

PDR was supposed to be useless for folks that didn't track it. Now they add another feature to add a little more utility off the track, and folks manage to find a way to complain about that too. You could give all of these features away for free and folks here would still find a way to bitch and moan about it.

It's really easy. If you don't like the feature, don't buy it. If you like to inflict pain upon yourself and buy stuff you don't want, then don't use the features. There's no winning with some people.

I agree, seeing a punk trash your car in a video is not going to make me feel any better.

Preventing the "abuse" in the first place is far better than watching the video of your car being trashed.

Tom

Speak for yourself. My cars are my babies:yesnod:

its on the 14's

all that sounds great ...but hope theres an ''off ''switch :yesnod: a real'' one

:eek: I think most are complaining about having to pay an additional $1,000 for a feature not wanted on top of $795 for a feature you want. GM was afraid they couldn't sell enough track recorders so they forced it on everyone who wants navigation.

Now that I will be forced to get one as I want the 3LT, it looks like I can have some fun with it-I won't valet the car but will use the audio feature to tape some conversations in the car and the video just for kicks.

I think I would just skip the Valet and park my own car whenever possible.

Maybe I should leave my tinfoil hat at home, but it seems to me this system could be used too much like a "Big Brother" watching over your shoulder.

What is there to say that an insurance company can't pull the data from the recorder to see that you used a throttle input of over XX%, or a G load of more than 0.XX to raise your insurance rate?

Maybe I misunderstand the system, but I sure don't like the idea of it; and if the system is only "active" when you want it to be, I call BS. Data is running through storage constantly, I imagine it only fails to overwrite it when you hit "record", but everything else is still stored until it gets overwritten.

You know your car already has a black box, right?

If you're afraid that this is happening, then don't insert the SD card into the slot, and they'll be no place for it to save. If you think GM secretly put file storage into the system other than the SD card, and records your video and audio even if you don't have the system on, then your only option is to not buy the car. No one will be able to allay this fear. If you don't believe GM when they tell you that it doesn't record unless you hit record, then no one is going to be able to convince you otherwise.

By the same logic if this is a real fear for you, I'd also recommend not using a smart phone. Google and Apple could be recording all your actions too. Same with your computer if it has a microphone and webcam. Same with having people nearby because you could secretly be recorded by their smart devices.

I spent a lot of my life writing software. Having hardware to record audio and video does not mean that data is running storage constantly. You can turn this stuff on and off like a light switch.

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I have a late build 2014 and if I wasn't a big fan of GoPro cameras, I would have waited for a 2015 (I got a 7-speed so the upgrade to a 8-speed non-stick wasn't an issue). This option seems like it's useless to many but I'm sure you'll all be filling up your computers and the web with your videos (whether they be accidents, hot chicks, dealer beat-on's, etc). The forum will overflow with vids. The valet integration into the PDI is a nice suprise for those ordering the 15's with this option. It has great "cool" factor.

It's not just a camera. It has telemetry. Which is why it's called a performance data recorder, not a camera. :smash:

I'm aware of that. I guess my point is that the videos are going to be all over the place.

Valet Mode Recording
 

Does anyone think that the option will be able to be retrofitted to the 14's? I wonder if they had this in the works and just wanted something extra to offer buzz on the 15? I still like the option and hope they can retro fit it to my existing system.

No.

Nobody drives my car but me..oh and the only mechanic I let touch it. But of you feel a need for Valet Mode I think it is cool.

:iagree:Amen :iagree::iagree: