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My C5 (Automatic) gets great mileage. Low to mid 20's around town. On the highway I usually see 28. Much better than a dually!
Get an MGB…
All my Chevy vehicles get AC Delco parts.
Great video as always, but just a side note. Just because the plugs are the same, does not mean the pin out is the same. 🙂
Those C5s get good gas mileage for what it is. I got 20 easy in town in my ‘99 and hit 30 on a trip I took to Indiana.
After looking at the rural driveway to your garage and that palm fern that won't die, I'm not convinced a Vet is in your future. 🙄
i saw someone rack one of these once and total it since the bottom is entirely fiber glass except the lift points lol
Ray. secretly wishing a secret Santa drops a new Corvette off with title in hand ;))
According to the recent government that we are stuck with you should go electric LOL
in my experience botch dont work well in domestic or and japenise cars i will only use botch in euro cars, in my 24 years botch has only ever worked well in euro cars for me.
What part of Florida are you in?
The corvette is the most embarrassing car america has ever made
It's amazing what the OBD data can show when someone who knows what it means interprets it! Excellent video.
Bosch o2 sensors fail 6 out of every 10. I either use oem or ngk
Ray..if you don't hear this enough I'll say it you are a damn fine mechanic. A great mechanic if you will. I wish every mechanic was like you and did things the way they should be done. Even though you will never work on one of my vehicles, because I live in canada 🇨🇦 know that I would bring all of my vehicles to you. Thank you for being such a great guy, I'm sure you don't hear that enough..
"Oh shit, Gravity works!"
Thanks Robin Williams, one of my favorite lines of all time,
I owned a C6 which I drove to work. I was able to average 25mph from work to home. The Corvettes do well especially if the commute isn't in town!
Well, at least it was an easy place to access. (sarcasm)
Ray I had a 97 for 6 years they are ok for a day out looking cool but beyond that not useful.
Yes! Approaching 40 is a perfect time to treat yourself. Don't wait till your too old to enjoy it. At 60 I would have a hard time getting in it.
Treat yourself Bro, Ive dailyed an early 2k Porsche since 2010, absolute blast to drive and easy as hell to work on….
I get 38 mpg in my Abarth ; )
I notice you wear your metal wedding ring. Not a safety issue?
I was thinking you'd have some "home made" O2 sensor extension cables and just swap them electrically, not physically. Maybe that'd be something to consider.
Thanks Ray Ray!
In my humble opinion, you should have cleared that trouble code prior to your test drive. That would have given the opportunity for the computer to have picked up a different code if something else may have been going on or you accidentally bumped something. You could’ve checked your pending codes afterwards and been even more confident that there was no issue when you’re giving that car back to the customer.
I have a '93 Altima. Back when those Corvettes were new, I raced and beat one in it. That guy was pissed that his 2 year old sports car was stomped by a 13 year old family sedan.
LOL Shitty Chevys make the shop a lot of money.
Back in the day we had to listen to an engine and tell what it was doing
My 1995 C4 corvette averaged 27 MPG just an FYI. Still my daily.
am i the only one that after watching so many of theses that i am doing the phone noise too
Actually a Vette is fairly economical to drive. I would not call it an economy car BUT my 2006 Vette gets well over 20 MPG….actually between 24 around town and 28 on highway. They require premium fuel which definitely costs a little more but I have 7 cars and the Vette is my most economical. Oooops wait a minute. One of my cars is a Model A Ford and it costs nothing to drive. But the Vette is cheaper than my Mercedes, Cobra, F 250, Jag and Lincoln Mark VII. If you are not driving a 100 miles round trip to work and back daily, then consider a Vette a fun car for a daily driver.
If a police would've stopped you in a situation such as this. Could you not argue that you are a mechanic scanning for data and or looking for certain behaviors with that particular vehicle?
I mean the law is the law, but perhaps they have oversight when it comes to that, if they are descent people.
Also as a curiosity would you get the ticket or the company that you work for?
I think over here the company deals with at least parking tickets and such. (or my boss is just the best)
Poor DieselTechRon worked on Super Duties but chose a VW Bug for his long commute!
I used to drive Cadillacs, and I admit the F250 7.3 Diesel I now drive is not even close, comfort wise, but all things considered, I think it’s a good choice.
I'm in the same boat. Love a sports car… But too many damn kids! Though I did manage to buy my 2nd place dream vehicle. Bought a brand new 4×4 GMC Sierra back in 2017…. Looking at keeping it for another 10 years or more.
Lol. That restart with the new sensor would have pissed me off too… Lol. Though I would have assumed it was some "idle relearn" bs or something….
Worked for dealership 30 year's left there opened my Custom Hot Rods shop 10 year's ago.
Lots more fun.
Find you a Corvette we can build it to any specs you want.
C5 corvette is one of my dream cars.
It is exactly 50 miles from my driveway to my parking at work, thus a 100 mile daily commute. Right through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, plus the 20 miles of Interstate. I always drove the biggest vehicle I could afford. Ford 3/4 ton, 3/4 ton Suburban, then when the Dodge Cummins came out, it was a 1 ton dually for ten years. Why? I saw too many lighter, smaller vehicles totally destroyed by wrecks. I wanted as much steel around me as possible.. Several of us older guys with long commutes drove big pick ups just for that reason.
Bosch, and several other German quality brands, have slowly declined since the 90s. Seems like they all decided, that after the East bloc opened up, mixing former West Germany quality with the low standards of the East is a "Good idea" and they all went for it.
Sad to see so many brand names, that used to be synonymous with quality, slowly turning into Harbor Freight….
In my industry, we switched from Bosch (amongst others) power tools to buying actual H.F. tools during the late 90s and early 00s. We averaged about 6 to 8 similar HF tools for the price of one "West German" tool BUT over tripled (sometimes 5x) the overall lifespan of the tool.
The result of our 5+ year "study/experiment" was frustratingly sobering… Especially for us as a Germany based company.
It was painful to watch, at least for us old timers who were used to the cold war quality of western products.
– Old person rant over –
Brilliant video Ray, and well done on not getting caught out on the "full load" test, as brief as it was! Remember…….
When the Blue Lights appear, do not fear,
Drop a Gear, and disappear ! 😉
Get a Vette! Should do reasonable mpg on the highway due to aerodynamics.
I'm retired now. My first Corvette was a 5 year old 1960 daily driver that I had for about 5 years, sold when my child was born. Second was a 1976 that was about 15 years old and was a 2nd car. Much easier to work on the 60 than the 76. I can't even imagine my getting another Vette now nor doing any work on them. I appreciate seeing the technical level of expertise that's required to fix cars today and the skill involved in repairing them. Great Job!!!
Perfect midlife crisis tool
Did you post cable R&R?
my c6 2013 vette gets 22 mpg, 430 hp, 0 to sixty in 3.8 sec. get one.
Did you buy one yet ?…..tap tap tap tap tap….😂👍
Get yourself a Corvette!
Just had one yesterday
Same deal, cat is bad and needs y pipe as well same scenario
Monitor fuel trims and switching – to much lidle time police Explorer
Wasn't sensor related on my it was a bad cat indeed – mine were down stream and oem