Arizona isn’t exactly known for its rain. But when it actually comes, like it did this past weekend, it shows up with force. On Sunday, Mother Nature dumped two inches of rain in a matter of two hours on the Greater Phoenix area, causing flash flooding throughout the region. There were warnings issued, but a 70-year-old man still found himself washed off the road in his C6 Corvette as a result of the flooding.
From the looks of the video, the water traveled the car and its driver quite a ways before beaching them behind a house. The man is okay, if not a little damp. The Corvette, on the other hand, didn’t seem to fair as well.
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I’m outraged! This wouldn’t be happening if GM offered the Z-71 package on the Corvette.
Well, good the old man is OK. With so many nannies on C7, is there one that can make this car float? If this guy’s replacement will be C7 which is heavier, the old man may not be as lucky next time, otherwise. 70 sounds like the lower half of the Corvette buying crowd.
Booo, if you knew anything about Corvettes, you would know they “do” float, that was the problem, but you’re not alone……….the driver didn’t know either.
If you knew what reading comprehension was, you would try to understand what I wrote before mindlessly replying.
And this is why we’re advised not to drive through floods. At least the dudes ok, too bad for the Corvette though.
Poor GS…Oh well LS3 and salvage parts for everybody!!
I don’t think any engine that’s been through a flood is worth anything to anyone. I mean, the LS3 isn’t something you’d find in an old TJ with a snorkel, but even a Jeep can get swept downstream.
True, if it’s been thru a water bath like that ain’t nothing worth saving.
Wrong, it’s just a matter or pulling the heads to make sure it’s not hydro-locked and even if it is once the water is taken out of the cylinders and intake and heads its good to go, assuming the wiring is dry. Same with every mechanical part on that Vette from the tranny, to the brakes and rear end. All of which are sealed.
The thing isn’t made if cardboard, it’s metal and plastic. There’s nothing in that Vette that a little pressurized air and elbow grease can’t rectify. Now the smell of water logged upholstery and possible electrical gremlins is another thing….
But this car is worth 2/3s it’s price in salvage alone, the majority of that coming from body parts, and the drive train.