2020 Corvette.
- Thread starter Climber
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Abacinator
Unholy Blasphemies
That's what they get for listening to garbage music :x
ctwo
Merely Rhetorical
I'd want to look for more info but all Google serves is old BS from Action Media Inc...
TheRobSJ
Großer Mechaniker
Well there is some storage there. So while a forward hinged hood has been a Corvette thing since the very beginning, would have been silly to lift stuff over the fenders. Though in hindsight, easy access to a paltry 3 cubic feet of storage, cost them a lot of embarrassment and money with all these flying hoods. Or they could’ve just added a secondary safety latch...like you know, every other car pretty much ever has. From what I’ve seen on corvetteforum, there are already quite a few members of the flying hood club.
This is all on top of the chance to join the flying roof club (which I joined about 15 years ago) should a Corvette owner forget to latch down the targa roof before driving off.
NorCalAthlete
O_o
Had a buddy do that with his old Trans Am lol. RE: Frunk - I think it's small enough that it's unlikely anyone is putting anything overly bulky or heavy in there, and the car is not that tall. Making the hood hinge forward would have easily been worth it imo.
wazzuFreddo
WuTang is 4 the children
I was always a little worried about doing that with my t-tops on the Camaro I used to have. That or dropping one while putting it in.
wannabe
"Insignificant Other"
I think that it's really an issue of vertical space over the frunk if you had the hood hinge the opposite direction. In order to have enough space, a hood that hinges the opposite direction would need to open up past 90 degrees. I just keep looking at pics and think how much of a pain in the ass it would be to get at the frunk if the hood hinged the opposite way.
Robert R1
Well-known member
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIB5XXHNAWWzTOw6guIMYCg
Harry Metcalfe is about the only person I can listen to for cars on youtube. For those not away, Harry started up Evo and ran it until 2013. Growing up on cars, Evo was always the gold standard in car mags.
His reviews have no hype or drama.
Harry Metcalfe is about the only person I can listen to for cars on youtube. For those not away, Harry started up Evo and ran it until 2013. Growing up on cars, Evo was always the gold standard in car mags.
His reviews have no hype or drama.
KnifeySpoony
_______________________
Doug is only good for one thing. Interior quirks and features.
They could install hood pins, which would be more than a little comical on a hood with no engine underneath. :laughing
TheRobSJ
Großer Mechaniker
I haven’t read any details of the recall, but I imagine it’s going to be a software update that inhibits the frunk release from operating when any vehicle speed is detected and/or the transmission is not in Park. Maybe a bigger more attention getting warning on the dash and speakers too. Software updates are cheap and easy. Still can’t believe they didn’t just have a secondary safety catch.
It was a software update. The fob requires 2 presses to open the frunk, the second press must be a longer press. The car is now limited to 26mph if it senses trunk is open.
GM screwed this up. It should have had a latch, and the mechanism shouldn’t work if not in park.
Interesting that the software update was ‘over the air’. I was unaware that GM moved in that direction. I imagine that won’t sit well with some owners. There’s more than a few threads on the forum where owners disconnected the Onstar due to the paranoia of being tracked.
GM screwed this up. It should have had a latch, and the mechanism shouldn’t work if not in park.
Interesting that the software update was ‘over the air’. I was unaware that GM moved in that direction. I imagine that won’t sit well with some owners. There’s more than a few threads on the forum where owners disconnected the Onstar due to the paranoia of being tracked.
wazzuFreddo
WuTang is 4 the children
Those owners probably went straight to Facebook on their smartphone to complain about the tracking.
:laughing
Climber
Well-known member
I had a 1984 300zx 2+2 with T-roofs. :afm199
Hahahahah. No shit!
wannabe
"Insignificant Other"
I had a 1984 300zx 2+2 with T-roofs. :afm199
I had a 1978 Datsun 210...
Wait, what are we talking about?
Robert R1
Well-known member
My favorite thing is all the paranoid shit they post about on corvetteforum along with personal details. A forum ran by a company who makes money off selling it all to anyone willing to pay. That place is crazy town through and through.