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Person Gets Trapped in Corvette Page 35 of the Corvette Owners Manual A Florida man was at a gas station in his C7 Corvette convertible and got stuck in his car when the electric door release didn’t work. Instead of using the manual door release, he used his cell phone to call the police to get help freeing himself from inside the car. He obviously didn’t know about the manual door release located on the floor next to both the driver and passenger doors. Eventually, Florida firefighters showed up, and…

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Pismo Beach on the California central coast Via Instagram The C8 is a very versatile automobile. It is just as good at driving to the grocery market as it is doing a full track day. But one thing it could improve at is driving on soft sand! The incident occurred at Pismo Beach on California’s Central Coast. It’s the only coastal beach in California to be legally driven on, making it a popular spot for weekend getaways. Typically, folks drive 4×4 trucks, quads, and motorcycles onto the sand, but one…

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Corvette Video Update fromNational Corvette ProductManager, Harlan Charles (826) Corvette Team 2023 Model Year Review, New for 2024, and Q&A – YouTube At last weekend’s 29th Anniversary Celebration at the National Corvette Museum, Corvette Blogger recorded Harlan Charles’s talk on the C8. During the presentation, Harlan discussed the awards the C8 has won and the production number for the 2023 model year. Harlan shared a graphic showing that as of June, there were 53,448 total Corvettes completed and sequenced for production. Harlan says, “It’s not the total final, but close…

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Watch the 2024 Corvette E-RayPresentation with Team Corvette [embedded content]   Mike was not able to make it to Carlisle this year, but our friends at Corvette Blogger were, and they sent us the video above.In the video, Team Corvette (Executive Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter, vehicle chief engineer Josh Holder) presented the 2024 Corvette E-Ray. The team calls the new E-Ray the Swiss Army Knife of Corvettes. It can do just about anything with the first ever All-Wheel-Drive system for America’s Favorite Sports Car. Tadge explained they always wanted to…

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Watch the 72nd Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance | Corvette Mike | Used Chevrolet Corvettes for Sale News from Corvette Mike Powered by WPeMatico

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Over Half of All Premium Sports CarsSold In Q2 2023 Were C8 Corvettes Sales of the C8 Corvette in the US market reached a total of 9,125 cars in Q2 2023. This was an increase of about 6 percent compared to 8,630 units sold in Q2 2022. For comparison, Porsche sold 3,140 911’s and 1,152 718’s (Cayman/Boxster) taking the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively. 4th and 5th place was held by Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class 1,083 cars sold and the AMG GT with 711 cars sold. Those five models from the…

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Friends Pay Tribute to Don Williams by Underwriting Program to Train Young Mechanics and Restorers | Corvette Mike | Used Chevrolet Corvettes for Sale News from Corvette Mike Powered by WPeMatico

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