Can You Daily Drive A Corvette C7 Stingray?
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- čas přidán 17. 10. 2016
- In this video, I will be talking about why the Corvette C7 Stingray Z51 makes for a surprisingly great daily driver. Especially when you consider the car it is. Also, if you live in Austin Tx (or willing to drive here) and you have a car you'd let me review, let me know and we'll get together! Thanks for watching!
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The answer is “yes”
Exactly I do it every day.
Thank you
Sure
Νο
No
I have been a corvette owner for about 10 years now, got bit by the corvette bug when I purchases a 78. since my 78 I have owned several and currently own a 82, 2007 and a 2015. I look at my cars as just that, cars and drive them all the time. I have friends that own them and keep them parked in the garage as they don't want to put the miles on them, never understood that. I look at it this way, you can't take it with you when your number is up so if you have one, enjoy it and drive it. as to putting high miles on them, yes they can handle it as they are built very well. the 2015 I just picked up had 2086 miles on it, the previous owner barely did 100 miles a month. why spend this kind of money when only the 4 walls of your garage gets to enjoy looking at it? if you have one drive the snot out of it. JMHO
Highly agree. Especially Vettes, they can take it!
Oh for sure, and if a Vette can't take it, leave it at the dealership, When I buy a car, it's to drive it, not to have it parked in my garage, if so, in that case, i'll get a pic of a vette and put it on the wall and look at it all day, lol I buy cars to drive them not to be parked.
Andre Landry be
cool. I also own three Vettes: an '04 C5, a 1977 C3, and a 2013 C6 Grand Sport. I drive them all on a regular basis.
Yes, but only in nice weather. I keep my Stingray slick and my truck ready for use. That's the best way. If you truly love your Vette' you won't make it suffer the rain. It's heresy.
HAHA, we put 15k Miles on our `16 Stingray in one year. It kinda hurts to see the miles go up, but its too much fun not to drive it. Im not staring at my car in the garage. People staring at my car on the road! :-P
I put 10k in 6 months 🤷🏿♂️ #noregrets
Amen Brother!
Glad to see people actually driving their corvettes. There’s always gonna be that dude that puts 500 miles on his nice car in a year, but it still makes me happy to see people putting 60k miles on their c7
You lucky guys ( from a Canadian)
12k in 6 months got the Procharger 🤣🤣
I drive my '16 C7 daily. Over 11,000 miles with no problems other than the fact that it doesn't like to stop at my office. The front and rear camera views are very handy. Thank you for the video.
Glad to hear you're enjoying yours, thanks for watching!
Harold Pope not to be rude but how do you afford a c7. What do you do for a livingg
CENTENON I've seen them for 35 with a salvage title but the car in good shape.
I have seen them certified used for "base" Stingrays with 7 speed manual on the west coast for around 42k. Very affordable since a hot hatch from VW, Ford or Honda (upcoming Type R) will be nearly that much or more.
CENTENON oh cool
I own a 2016, z51, 3lt. Bought it in 2018 with 38,000 miles, currently have 59,000 miles on it. Only serviced for oil and tire rotation, and 1 set of tires. My longest trip was 4,400 miles. Never a problem, my wife is most comfortable in the vette for a road trip vs our other vehicles. Still gets a lot of stares and thumbs up....It's a fun ride. My best gas mileage is 33.6 mpg while in the sport mode. Never the eco driving mode.
Thank you so much for this , wasn't sure if I should get this as a daily driver although i have another car but I think I'm gonna go ahead and get the c7 .
No one else caught at 2:20 He says "smooths shiftly" 😂😂😂instead of "shifts smoothly"
I lot of people caught that lol
Exoticars19 ok noice
I did lol
Man I really dig your videos, I see a bright future for you. Thanks for the videos and I wish you all the subs in the world.
Thank you so much for the support! Means a ton.
I had my C6 2007 for 10 years , drove daily , I had fun I enjoy it , I put 254.000 miles on that car and I maintain perfectly and it could go higher mileage !!!! If anything happened I was taking to MCR Corvettes here in Las Vegas They did a great job in my car Aldo !!! I just sold it and it was in perfect condition !!! I just got my Stingray 2017 and I am going to drive the same way !!! And love it !!!! So answering a question that almost everyone have, if you can drive for more than 50K or even 100K or more ? Yes you can drive up to 300.000 miles if you take care of your car !!! 😊 Carla Scala
Glad to hear! That's what they're for!
Carla Scala you are the type of person who should be buying these cars. They're meant to be driven! keep it up
Carla Scala But How much costs to own this car for a year ?
Did u have to change your tires every 10k miles
Carla Scala The lady in your profile is HOT! What's her name??
I drive mine in a snow, rain and everyday to work I love it ! The best car I’ve ever owned
I daily drove C3 , C4 and my current C5 Z06. After I sell it I will get a C7 and.....daily drive it. Corvettes are fast , dependable and enough room for daily. Great Car !
can you make more videos of cars that "smooth shiftly?"
Yeah it's a new thing, I'll be sure to cover it.
I think every sports car should "smooth shiftly"..lmao!!!
I Finn lmao
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I drive my 2014 C7 daily. Just bought it 3 months ago with 19,000 miles. So it was a garage queen before that .
I think it's required to have a backup up camera by the 2018 model year and it's in stages I think.
Just got 7 manual LT1 stingray!!! Just awesome!!!
Do you have to change the tires every 1500 mile?
What about the ground clearance for a Grand Sport WITHOUT zo7 package...??
We want to get a Stingray and go on short weekend road trips with it. I test drove a convertible but I want a coupe for the storage space. Seems like it would be an excellent car for that!
I have always daily drove my vette's my first was a 78 not the best daily but my second was better 2010 black roadster not to much trunk space, but my current 2011 coupe makes a great daily very good storage space, rides very smooth, and the viability with the big round window you can see very clearly
Thank you so much for the brz and c7 comparison bro fr🙏 I have brz too
1999 C5 daily driver for 5 years (now drive Jaguar F-Type R). Corvette sits low to the ground, obviously, so you will have headlights dazzling you at night. Low ground clearance from the underbody rubber parts - if you damage those you WILL damage your airflow through the radiator and it may well run hot (I live in Phoenix, so this is a serious concern). With the stick, you will have calf cramping in stop & go traffic. Magnetic ride control may now fix this, but harsh bumps are transmitted as a fierce ride. Gas consumption was down to 13mpg (US) for me in the city, where I drive much of the time.
If you can put up with this, it's an awesome daily driver.
I live in Kansas, and it snows in the winter, but love corvette’s it still good to daily drive?
Can you do a video on how much does it cost to maintain a Corvette?
roblox player 2013 insurance is more expensive if your a teen driver.
I need a C7 in my life! 🙏
I'm about to move to Austin in Sept. Have any groups i should be apart of? 17' Grand Sport
My buddy daily drives his C7Z06 with the optional race seats... Why let it sit under a cover and wait until the new model comes out and no one cares about the C7 any more...
Smooth shiftly stickers ?
I have a Corvette C7 Stingray Z51 with the Competition Seats there not bad for long trips
That's good to hear.
I found a good lease deal for 400 a month is it worth it
I DD my 2016 C7 stingray. It's pretty darn good for a sports car. Make sure you get the mag ride. Mine doesn't have it and it can be bumpy
Great video bro.Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Yes. They also don’t melt in the rain contrary to popular belief.
hmmm, I'm reeeeally thinking about picking up a Corvette as a daily when I finish my move to Cali, maybe one more vid lol
Great vid. Thanks.
I found a silver cherry 1974 Corvette Stingray with 47K actual miles in Ohio few weeks back to park in the garage with my1995 Stingray convertible. Just ordered a 2017 Stingray last week in Sterling blue metallic color. I test drove the Stingray lt1 at the dealer, it has more power than I can ever use and the seats are supper comfortable. I hate that CD players are not available anymore as a option.
try connecting a USB CD player and see what happens under "media" selection.
USB MP3 Player and USB Drives.
my.chevrolet.com/content/dam/gmownercenter/gmna/dynamic/manuals/2017/Chevrolet/Multi-Vehicle/2k17chevymylink2ndPrint.pdf
.
The USB MP3 players and USB
drives connected must comply
with the USB Mass Storage
Class specification (USB MSC).
The following restrictions apply
for the data stored on a USB
MP3 player or USB device:
Maximum folder structure
depth: 11 levels
Applicable audio extensions
are mp3, wma, aac, m4a,
and aif.
WMA and Apple lossless files
are not supported.
Supported file systems are
FAT32 and NTFS.
How has the eight speed doing in the long run? It there an repairs or any issues?
Zero issues
I daily drive my 16' z06. 1 year w/ no issues. well it's in the garage if it's less than 40 degrees outside or snowing.
Ugh I really want a garage, but I dont plan on owning a house for about another 5 years.
80hear
How about legroom? I'm 6'5" and have driven C5's but the C7 looks much tighter.
I don't have any experience in a C5 but my father is 6'1" and has a few inches to spare.
7 years late, but I just bought a 16 Z51 and It rides STUNNINGLY well, but regardless of the bodykit, YOU can't be too much of a widebody to fit in the stock seats. I'm 6'3-6'5(legit cannot figure it out, I must have back issues or something) and am 310lbs and my hips don't lie, and they do not fit in those seats that well. Ground Clearance on the regular one is really good for this type of a car. Had my first incident just this morning with a driveway with REALLY good drainage, and scraped the lip spoiler just a bit. Just got out of a 17 gle 350 and the only things I miss are android auto(getting fixed next week), and the sound insulation with the windows closed. I'd like for the car to be quiet with the doors closed and to deafen me when they're open. Literally my daily driver and even with the 7 speed, it's so gentle and kind in traffic, then will beat the shit out of you in a back alley behind a dennys if you want it you. 10/10 would let it peg me with a dragon dick strap on.
I daily drove my 1976 C3 automatic up until last year. It's primitive compared to the newer Corvettes, but alway put a smile on my face. All cars are compromises. I miss that car. I never got so many compliments on a car. And this is in car snob Los angeles. I love having outdated stuff. I'm thinking C5 next. The C7 looks like a modernized C3 in fact.
C7 owner here. I got the C7 because I was told by the internet that it’s the perfect DD. Let me give you my 2¢.
First things first, the AFM, also known as cylinder deactivation, is known to cause engine failures due to the deactivated cylinders not getting lubricated. So don’t use it, and don’t bother with the 1-2 more MPG from it.
The tires are usually special ordered. So if you get a flat, you might be out of commission for a week.
The tires are super low profile. This means you have to avoid potholes or else. A month ago I hit two potholes that were unavoidable unless I swerve into the vehicles next to me. It got my whole two front tires.
None of the expendable parts are cheap. This includes the brakes and tires.
Carbon fiber, fiberglass, and aluminum are not easy to fix or replace. You have to be on your toes. All but the aluminum do not sit well in the sun also.
There’s no way around the blind spots unless you adjust your mirrors to view them. I do this and it works fine. You won’t see the lines behind you though like for reverse parking. The camera is inaccurate and makes me park crooked.
The leather is not the best. It wears quickly. It will wear quickly with daily driving.
That’s all I can think of. The vehicle has been great to DD otherwise. I get 25-27 mpg freeway because the people in front of me do not keep consistent speeds. I could get 29-30 on a smooth day with uphills and downhills. I get about 15-18 in the city. Premium gas.
I am a little late to the game here, but I have just bought a c7, and I live in Austin, TX and I daily mine XD
I daily drive a C6 and it is not a problem.
I want a corvette at 16. I’m 15 so I’m saving up. But there parts are a bit pricey
So to sum it up, the corvette is a great daily driver because it has a rear view camera...okkkk that for the great info man jus what i needed to make my decision!
its my daily but car started getting a warble noise
You are pretty good at this man, very natural in front of the camera. Thoughts on the suspension without magnetic ride? I have a z4 and you feel like you are beat up after an hr of driving.
I appreciate it! And I've only ridden in a C7 without mag. ride once and it seemed to handle fine. I should mention it was on a nice windy road however.
Exoticars19 i ended up buying one. I am pretty happy with it.
Does the stingray have heads up disply?
yes
Z06 owner here, daily drive mine as well;)
What kind of job do you have?
Tesla INC. Lol right
Z06 Juan how many miles
RaptorM82 but its z06 not a stingray . That's an upper middle class car
RaptorM82 some one who makes 40-50k a year with one or no kids can afford a used c7 stingray if they really save up
Long time C5 (daily) driver.
This is mostly fair. But the rubber air dam that hangs down is important in managing air flow - before the Corvette got the radiator grille it was even more critical. I hit something that bent the cross member that the air dam was mounted on, messing up airflow and it always ran hot after that - and I live in Phoenix.
With a stick shift, I was occasionally stuck in stop/go traffic on the freeway and the combination of hot car and heavy clutch left me feeling miserable after 30 minutes.
At night, expect to be dazzled LOTS. Line of sight is a problem at times, and on city streets that can suck.
I know this is old but its to reduce drag not help with cooling. The front mount grille on the hood is to help with cooling by extracting the hot air that passes through the radiator instead into the bay and the other vents depending on what trim you have.
Bruh no way, I deadass daily a brz rn and clicked on this bc I'm tryna upgrade to dailying a c7 hahaha
Hi was wondering if I drive a Corvette daily until it hits 50,000 mileage, is the car pretty much junk? or even 100,000 mileage. Someone told me once a sport car goes up in mileage, it's not that good anymore. A Ferrari with over 50k miles isn't worth much anymore. I do know Luxury car brands can go up in mileage can still be ok for some reason.
Id say corvettes are overall very reliable for a sports car and you'll be able to get WAY over 50K miles with proper maintenance. At the end of the day It is a Chevrolet that you can get fixed almost anywhere.
I had my C6 2007 for 10 years , drove daily , I had fun I enjoy it , I put 254.000 miles on that car and I maintain perfectly and it could go higher mileage !!!! If anything happened I was taking to MCR Corvettes here in Las Vegas They did a great job in my car Aldo !!! I just sold it and it was in perfect condition !!! I just got my Stingray 2017 and I am going to drive the same way !!! And love it !!!! So answering your question ? Yes you can drive up to 300.000 miles if you take care of your car !!! 😊 Carla Scala
The C7 is fantastic, but I don't use mine daily by any means. Sure the car can handle it and is a dream ride, but daily wear and tear would be my primary concern...many such owners would be more protective and not want to drive it daily in my opinion; best as a secondary toy!
Julian Cano why buy such a good and an expensive car just for a secondary toy?
Good point Joe! I'm just like that though, part of the fun for me is to preserve and detail it, which includes keeping low miles and keeping it away from bad weather, etc. I worry about it too much to drive it everyday.
Julian Cano ah fair enough I understand
You just need to maintain your vette more often and it will keep up with you for a lot of time
What kind of camera are you using ?
For the in-car video Hero5: amzn.to/2qpmhbP Other shot Canon 70D: amzn.to/2rWdrEr
what about cabin noise at 70 to 80 mph?
Not a problem. We drove last weekend for 5+ hours on the way back from a vacation spot and cabin noise is no problem. Bumpy, ill-maintained roads can be a little jarring, though.
good video man
Hey I live in Austin and have been considering getting a c7 as a daily
daily a Corvette here in Cleveland, guarantee you're gonna need suspension work done after year (the roads here are god awful)
Same with the roads in NY. Make me wonder where the hell our high as taxes are going to, cause it's definitely not the roads...
Same here for the roads on Oahu, Hawaii. They are brutal on my C7, and that's when I'm in "tour" mode. Like 3rd world roads here.
Random No.66 its for your 31 different gender laws lmao
youngsoldier93 As a Clevelander, I know what you're talking about
How'd it do in the winter. I'm in Ohio too and want to get one soon but it would be my only car
do you have to have experience to be able to drive a corvette every day
kahah bsdgvdb?? It's a fucking car.
You should compare the Corvette to a BRZ...
J/k Great video! Looking forward to more.
ones for men
i love it audrey
Good thing it smooths shiftly
ikr
How tall are you.
Glad to know it "smooths shiftly" 🤣 great video.
Diliked
Do you prefer driving the GT350 or the C7?
GT350 not even close
Cool.......thanks!
yea
"with that said"
"itself"
I'd like to Go to austin I have the c7 7 speed manual Z51 3lt velocity yellow if you would like to do a video
For sure! That would be great.
I'm here in Austins as well and ready whenever. Rain is horrible right now and it garaged. The aftermath of the hurricane harvey rain is horrible.
Yeah the rain should be letting up within the next day or so. Hopefully.
Yes I Do Drive It and also i got second car
Z07?? Does he mean Z51 package?
I like the people that don’t daily drive theirs cause I’d buy their car and daily drive it myself. The next owner gets a brand new car. That’s the only reason I like the collector guys.
Ikr haha picked me up a 2014 corvette museum delivery car with 18000 miles, still has the new smell
Dude LITERALLY the same license plate frame and Vette. But ours has red interior. The Vette rides better than my mom's old CLA. TBH, it rides better than a lot of cars.
Btw those tires sound cupped lol
smooth shiftly
What's it like to park? Is it easy to fit into small spaces or do you have to make multiple attempts?
Super simple really. The only thing to consider is the thick and long doors when opening.
This video flagging limited ground clearance for the Grand Sport versus higher ground clearance for cheaper Stingray saved me the expense and grief buying the GS.
Yes you can unless you live in Michigan we keep getting snow and freezing weather
Smooth Shiftly was my porn name.
2:21 Smooth’s Shiftly
Mine doesn't smooth shiftly
Hmm, talk to your dealer about that...
Wyatt Gary WHAT
Yup... I daily drive as well. Have car, will drive. Broken part? Fix it and get back on the road!
i got a 2014 with 111k i just wish the seats were more comfy😂
“Smooths shiftly”
love the c7, but may have to go for the camaro for the back seats as my only car
James Inkrott get a gt350. I'm a chevy and dodge fan and even I love that car
I am on the fence between buying a new C7 and a new Camaro as well, but the C7 is way more sexy. If you take a look at the back seats of a Camaro you will see that they are only really good for kids and small adults and would probably be uncomfortable for long trips regardless. If you are thinking about room for luggage the C7 has tons of it. I am leaning toward a C7.
Is it true...you need to change tires every 10,000 miles
Smooth shiftly @ 2:22 lmao
There's another guy in Austin with a Ferrari F430. I think he dailies it
Beautiful corvette. Just wondering, is your brz stock? Because your comparing it to the corvette I want to know if it's stock
Yes sir, stock BRZ
I daily drove a C6 Z06 for 4 years. Just got a C7 and it drives like a Cadillac compared to that.
Is that good? Lol
cadillac sucks lol
We've got some 'must have' accessories for the C7 here:
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Can you daily drive a brand new Chevy? Is that a question that needed to be asked?
Apparently for 113,943+ people, it's a question they wanted answered
I daily drive mine , I’ve put 17k miles on it in 3 months ..
Waddup Dracula
Why wouldn't you be able to drive it daily?
been 3 years now and people still call out smooth shiftly, people are funny
Good video dude you should hook up with RP Productions. Riley is a cool dude.
I've already hooked up with Riley: czcams.com/video/le_WFe1Pjy4/video.html
Hoping to meet up again sometime soon!
+Exoticars19 oh my bad ill check the video then!!
If I ever get a fire suit, I'm going to have Smooth Shiftly embroidered on the chest.
the seats in the new Camaro are much better than those C7´s ! I drove both now and these unadjustable headrests sucks big time for tall people.
And the rearcam do not show the huge blindspots at the angles where you definately see NOTHING ! In fact the cam must either be connected to the steering wheel and turn about 30° left and right or they have to put in 2 cams with 30° angle . Further more it has NO blindspot warnings in the side mirrors like Camaro´s have !
Which would you consider a better car? I am debating getting either a current year 2ss or a 2016 base stingray
hard to decide, especially for a european ;-)
sometimes i would defiantely go with the C7 EU version which is Z51 package. It has also a better trunk area and easier to load things; c7 is impressive in that !
But for daily driving i would take a camaro with sunroof !
It offers most things of the C7 (engine,autotansmission and 4pipes exhaust as well as magnetic ride control) further more it has more safety features like blindspot warning and it has a catch can from factory ! Remember these DI engines with only 8 direct fuel injectors let the inlet valves get dirty after a while and the announced 2018 Mustang will have it´s coyote engine first time with DI injection BUT with 16 ! injectors; 8 direct and 8 indirect for prevent this awful downside od DI engines like ecoboost and TFSI have.
you have a Widows peak
Well aren't you observant...
Fuck the Raiders. At least my team gets a high draft pick for our troubles. And we’ve won Super Bowls since Reagan’s first term...
Exoticars19 vegeta
Who cares about your sports team ? Cars are much more important.A bunch of narcissistic overpaid men running around playing games. We pay our school teachers a pittance compared to these guys. These are the people we trust to teach our children. Our values are pretty messed up.