C8 mid-engine corvette. GM loves their people.

ImportConvert

If a c8 could hack my daily drive, there is no other vehicle I'd consider.

Spooler

My C7 GrandSport was daily driven since mid Febuary. It's not an issue. If you don't think you could daily a C8 then that's just you. The car will be capable of it. The fuel mileage is just stupid good for the C7.

UNKNOWN_370

I know I'm in a lowly SS. but on the highway. If I do 75 at cruise I get up to 32mpg. If I leave cruise on at 85mph I get about 25mpg. If I cruise at 100mph I get about 19mpg.

To get good mileage city driving you gotta leave it in auto. You can get about 18mpg on a cool day and 15 to 16 mpg on a hot day. If i switch gears and are hooning around I'll get somewhere around 13mpg. For a 6.2ltr v8 that at this moment I'm at 444.3 rwhp/510bhp I think I'm getting great mileage.

I'm expecting the same from the C8

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My Ls1 and ls7 cars always returned exceptional mpg.

Ventruck

Dat overdrive

But that's one factor that unfortunately makes me open to parting with the Z if I can't own two cars.

I was already thinking of getting the C7 at depreciation, not actually expecting the C8 to be as awesome as it currently sounds. I mean not only is that car a better performer than the Z in every imaginable way, but it had more boot space, seems like the manual was still easier to get along with, and it got better mileage. Z51 also made the car a bit more track ready. Literally faster and more practical, it seemed. Targa top was icing.

It's not that the Z is bad, but at least to me, there was something that ticked all the boxes in qualifying as a better car in the C7.

Spending so-so years paying off a C7 now is kinda gonna get in the way of saving up for the supercar that is the C8. Only way I lean to a C7 is if the C8 turns out to be a timebomb disaster.

ImportConvert

The DCT is what I'm concerned with, if anything.

UNKNOWN_370

They played it safe. The engine is a mild update to the LT1. The LT1 is basically proven at this point.
All the tech in the C8 is in my car. It's just updated versions so you're not dealing with new tech.
The suspensions are identical to the vette and SS. it's just now the chassis is extremely balanced from having an MR platform. Waaaaay more aerodynamics and a lower COG.

You have one new production feature to a vette. The lift.
DCT is new to production cars but old to race cars.
If you really look at the C8. The just changed the platform of the C7 improved the transmission and seriously upped the interior. I think you'll be good bruh.

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Favorite Quote.
"I'm not gonna kill you... I'm just gonna Bash Your Face In" Jack Nicholson-"The Shining". 1980

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I live as close to off grid as one can, without going fully off grid. The c8 would be okay until the road washes out and 6" deep ruts form in it, and then I'd be stranded over a mile from home. No fun. Giving up sports cars in exchange for freedom. Choices were made. Then factor in that a 300ft section of my driveway is a 27% grade, gravel, and when it snows those wide tires and light car will be problematic. AWD SUVs dominate my locale as a necessity.

The c8 simply is not capable of my daily commute, many days, unless I lifted it or armored the underside or some other nonsense. Nonviable.

Literally the only thing I've given up that I sometimes miss, when I moved out of the city. Otherwise, and in spite of it, highly worth it!