Looks like they're looking for a class on this one.
Chevy Corvette Z06 Owners Sue General Motors Over Alleged On-Track Overheating
Chevy Corvette Z06 Owners Sue General Motors Over Alleged On-Track Overheating
Overheating lawsuit
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This issue sucks for anyone that tracks their C7 Z06 
I add a liquid product called water wetter in most of my sports cars. I works better with straight water in the system but helps in a stock 50/50 mixture.
just my going off topic tip on this.
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I add a liquid product called water wetter in most of my sports cars. I works better with straight water in the system but helps in a stock 50/50 mixture.
just my going off topic tip on this.
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This issue sucks for anyone that tracks their C7 Z06
I add a liquid product called water wetter in most of my sports cars. I works better with straight water in the system but helps in a stock 50/50 mixture.
just my going off topic tip on this.
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It is rather sucky. The 2017s are supposed to have a few enhancements to better assist cooling but I've not been following up on whether that's made a big difference to the track junkies.
Hmmmm.... obviously I don't have enough to do on rainy days... But at least I'm not derailing another thread.....
Z06 lawsuit..........In this day and age, when someone can win a law suit for getting hit by a train while walking on the tracks listening to their Ipod, or holding a take- out coffee in their lap and spilling it, GM probably knew there would be a lawsuit coming. Between lawyers, financial advisers, and engineers, I'd be surprised if they haven't run the numbers, calculated how many Z06 owners road race track their cars (as I haven't heard any complaints from the dragsters yet), and then decided to choose the cheaper option. After all, there's a lot that will never be on the track and I haven't heard of any non-track Z06 owners on the forum complaining or calling a lawer.....
So I would guess that GM felt it was more financially attractive to forego the design change and modification cost prior to shipping all those cars to the market and either look after the complaint as a recall for the race tracked vehicles, and/or prepare for a class action suit. It's not like the car going into limp mode puts the driver headfirst into the wall.... or threatens the lives of school children, puppy dogs and little old ladies around the world....
So what will the settlement be.... For a math exercise example here alone, a design change and modification of the car before it leaves the factory might cost $ 2,000.00 per car. Using 50,000 cars for my shot in the dark example, that's 100 million loonies.... So of the 50,000 cars, maybe 5,000 of those drivers track their car to the point of overheating and GM has to do the mod to them at say $ 3,000.00 per car (their cost now), that's only $ 15 million loonies.... GM has saved $ 85 million.... Shareholders are happy, management is happy, 5,000 drivers aren't ...
So what. Give them each $ 10,000.00 in a class action lawsuit settlement for having to limp their car off the track until it cools down and GM is still ahead $ 35 million....
And that 35 mil will pay the company presidents bonus this year for making the right decision....
Now lets talk about the A8's third gear bump and slip....
Z06 lawsuit..........In this day and age, when someone can win a law suit for getting hit by a train while walking on the tracks listening to their Ipod, or holding a take- out coffee in their lap and spilling it, GM probably knew there would be a lawsuit coming. Between lawyers, financial advisers, and engineers, I'd be surprised if they haven't run the numbers, calculated how many Z06 owners road race track their cars (as I haven't heard any complaints from the dragsters yet), and then decided to choose the cheaper option. After all, there's a lot that will never be on the track and I haven't heard of any non-track Z06 owners on the forum complaining or calling a lawer.....
So I would guess that GM felt it was more financially attractive to forego the design change and modification cost prior to shipping all those cars to the market and either look after the complaint as a recall for the race tracked vehicles, and/or prepare for a class action suit. It's not like the car going into limp mode puts the driver headfirst into the wall.... or threatens the lives of school children, puppy dogs and little old ladies around the world....
So what will the settlement be.... For a math exercise example here alone, a design change and modification of the car before it leaves the factory might cost $ 2,000.00 per car. Using 50,000 cars for my shot in the dark example, that's 100 million loonies.... So of the 50,000 cars, maybe 5,000 of those drivers track their car to the point of overheating and GM has to do the mod to them at say $ 3,000.00 per car (their cost now), that's only $ 15 million loonies.... GM has saved $ 85 million.... Shareholders are happy, management is happy, 5,000 drivers aren't ...
So what. Give them each $ 10,000.00 in a class action lawsuit settlement for having to limp their car off the track until it cools down and GM is still ahead $ 35 million....
And that 35 mil will pay the company presidents bonus this year for making the right decision....
Now lets talk about the A8's third gear bump and slip....