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    2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty

    2010 Corvette Grand Sport: Wider, Sportier, Grander
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Posting this outside of a comment just because I want it to get seen.



    This is how it should have looked... I dunno why they added the scoop at the last minute, definitely gave the car a cleaner look.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    04/30/09

    @Plecostomus will never win COTD... but has a: Where did my picture go? :(
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    Image of korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers! korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers!
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    My vette boner won't go down...seeking medical attention.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/29/09

    @korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers!: Has it been more than four hours?
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    I suppose it is pretty easy to offer a warranty that you probably won't be in business long enough to honor.
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    Image of Speeddm Speeddm
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Yup Im a troll who read the GTR manual. You sall should try it you might learn somthing. And I am well aware I cant spell or type thanks.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    04/29/09

    @Speeddm: ...Or use the reply function.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    04/29/09

    @Speeddm: Is that the same GTR manual that has spaces for the serial numbers of up to EIGHT replacement transmissions?
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    04/29/09

    @Speeddm: DERP



    Seriously... Im a troll who cannot use punctuation other than the period. You sall should lrn to make fun of people like me. its disrepectful.


    Way to ignore the reply button.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Meh. The real launch control is still two hands, two feet, three pedals.
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    Image of Blainestang Blainestang
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Didn't the original "Grand Sport" article say that the GS would NOT have the little hood scoop?
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    04/29/09

    @Blainestang: Fixed that for you.


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    Image of Speeddm Speeddm
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    You idiots. VDC off is ment for getting unstuck from mud or ice. JUST like ESP Off in a Merc and a Chrysler is ment for getting out of the mud should you get stuck. It is designed to alow wheel spin to clean the tire tread to regain tragtion. A bunch of idiots used it for launching a broke their cars. Take some responsability in life READ YOUR MANUAL! Stop blaming the manufactures.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    04/29/09

    @Speeddm:


    By that logic you are saying GM fully expects its Corvette owners to get stuck in a Blizzard or a Hurricane?


    Watch the video. It states to optimize performance at the dragstrip.


    Last I checked they don't put mud and snow in the burnout box....

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/29/09

    @lilwillie wants another PCH: Putting mud and snow in the burnout box would make drag racing more interesting...
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    04/29/09

    @Speeddm: troll
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/29/09

    @Speeddm: Learn how to spell. Idiot.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    04/29/09

    @Speeddm: Exactly! It was designed, and is included, for recovery purposes *only*. That's why you first have to place the vehicle in "R" mode to access it, dumbasses.
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    Image of elwood elwood
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    So wait, we rip on the GT-R for having a launch control and being "driven by computers", but when the Corvette does it, "we like"?


    But hey, maybe now the ZR1 pulls away a bit from a car costing $30k less on the Nurburgring time battle.

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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    04/29/09

    @elwood: Well, with the Corvette, you still have to shift it manually, and it's not like there's a computer determining how fast to drive all four wheels. This is basically Chevy helping with throttle modulation and that's it.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    04/29/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: So say we all.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Doesn't suprise me. As I posted earlier, this is the same company that put a sticker on my 1994 Corvette: "For high speed (over 150mph) drving, inflate tires to 35psi."


    GM expects some owners to actually use the Vettes to their full potential.

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    Image of cchannel BLT cchannel BLT
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    It helps that the Corvette is not as complicated as the Hadron Collider
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/29/09

    @cchannel: Yeah, and I wish I had that Vette to accelerate my particles!
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    I dig everything about this car except the projector headlight covers. Looks sort of like the Vette wants to go play racquetball or something. Not that I have any better suggestions, because without the covers, it'd look like a TVR or something.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/29/09

    @Ash78: C'mon, they're not that bad.


    OK, they are a tad large, but overall, better than....I got nothing...oh, here we go:


    They look like the facemasks basketball players wear when they have a broken nose.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Dear Nissan,


    We have heard that there is some consternation among buyers of your GT-R near-supercar regarding launch control and the warranty. We would like to inform you that our new Corvette will be equipped with non-warranty-voiding launch control. We are telling you this so that you are not surprised when we start taking sales away from you.


    Sincerely,


    General Motors


    PS: Our run around the Nurburgring was 7:26 in last year's model. We didn't use race tires. Suck it.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/29/09

    @engineerd: Love. American engineers ain't nothin' to f*ck wit'
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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    04/29/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Think what they'd be like if the Fianance guys stayed the hell away from them.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/29/09

    @engineerd:

    Dear Nissan


    Those are not scissor doors. Those are middle fingers.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/29/09

    @PetroSapien: It's nice to dream once in a while.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Man, the rims on that Grand Sport are shweeet! The whole car is making me feel like I could use some Launch Control, if you get where I have drifted.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/29/09

    @Graverobber: Try some Formula D.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    04/29/09

    @Graverobber: Sir... are you, uh, feeling ok?
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    Image of pres pres
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    I can dig it, especially since you can get the damn thing in any color (finally) and the stripes are optional. Personally, I'll take mine in blue, sans top, 6 speed manual please.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    04/29/09

    In reply to 2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
    Is it just me or does the rear quarter panel of the Vette look similar to the Camaro?
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    Image of pres pres
    04/29/09

    @lilwillie wants another PCH:


    That would be the other way around. Chicken before the egg.

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