dropping a new Vette.... really? How after all these decades of using lifts, has the process not become fool proof? How after a decade of internet ridicule, hasn't every shop and garage, gotten the message "there will be international online shame and notoriety if you drop a car on a lift"?

it’s not the first time a C8 Corvette has fallen off a lift. This marks at least the third documented case since the model’s introduction, with earlier incidents in 2020 and 2021 pointing to similar mistakes.

While these cases are rare relative to total production numbers, they reveal a pattern that shouldn’t exist at this stage. By now, lifting procedures for the C8 platform are well-established. These aren’t experimental vehicles anymore—they’re widely sold performance cars with known service requirements.

Yet the same type of error keeps happening.

 
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/ownership/articles/dealer-drops-corvette-z06-during-133000493.html

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10163792604429373&set=pcb.1592745625111871

https://www.facebook.com/groups/385679492485163/user/702004372

Spotted in traffic the other day

unreal... Mark is building a tribute Corvette Summer

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2348509330/permalink/10163427471044331

I haven't seen anyone driving a 70s vette in a long time

 

sad to see a car stuck in a garage, so long that they pile things on it... sadder to see that it was a sports car. This one looks like a vette

 I might be wrong, but this looks like a 70s vette to me, and the rim beauty rings support my theory

you know how Google Street View can be useful? Looking at parked cars under car covers to see if they were ever uncovered

that poor Corvette has been sitting there since 2014

That van hasn't moved in 20 years. 

Farrah's Vette

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1347900477366692&set=pcb.1347900597366680

it's rare to see old cool Corvettes walking around... they're usually kept in garages, so they aren't stolen. This guy has a pair, and they are on the driveway, that's nuts!

this one hasn't moved since 2012

Did you know that some new cars won't shift into Neutral unless the engine is running? new Porsche GT4 Porsche GT3 RS

Like the 2022 Corvette, you have to turn on the engine for it to be able to shift in neutral.

 There’s no neutral release or anything like that.

 The only way you could release it is take apart the trunk of the car, access the transmission, and use a special tool that’s provided by Chevy to be able to put the car in neutral so you can push it. 

This tool costs about $200.

And this guy? Has had the worst of luck, in cars. Don't feel too bad for him, he's stinking rich. He bought a new Porsche GT4 after owning a Porsche GT3 RS, and his new Porsche GT4 required an engine warranty replacement. His GT3 RS had issues and was out of warranty. His Corvette chewed through an engine in it's 1st 7000 miles, and got a warranty replacement engine

The Corvette driver was cited for careless driving, though the article seems to imply he passed out or had a seizure. Regardless, he came to AFTER driving UNDER the parked truck

https://fordauthority.com/2026/01/chevy-corvette-driver-blames-god-for-wrecking-ford-f-100-video

1977 homecoming parade

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122159003570308508&set=gm.8847818355301288&idorvanity=153687634714447

situations like this must have freaked out mom's of Corvette drivers

https://www.fayobserver.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2024/03/12/from-the-archives-along-fayettevilles-raeford-road-over-the-years/72884744007/

the first F.A.S.T (Factory Appearing Stock Tire) car in the 8’s in the 1/4 mile

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1247246724102002&set=pcb.1247246817435326

the new ZR1 with 1,064 hp finally has some track time, and ripped off a 9.270 @ 153.30 mph

https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/12/17/video-new-quarter-mile-record-for-the-corvette-zr1-set-by-dragtimes/

this 74 Corvette was hit while parked in front of this repair shop so, it went on the lift to fix, but life and business got in the way, and there it sat since 76 with only 1k miles on it.

The roof has been leaking and falling-in for over a decade

The car is rough from being neglected, but still wears it's original tires, hoses, filters, etc.

Shelves were erected around it, literally no way to get it out of there easily. It would legitimately take you a week to get the car out of there. 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=25806224805641897&set=pcb.2925436724332132

the National Corvette Museum is preparing for a major expansion, and they were given Neil Armstrong's 67 Sting Ray

https://carbuzz.com/sports-cars-national-corvette-museum-expansion/

In an effort to keep early allocations from becoming quick-profit flips, GM said it will void the warranty of any ZR1 resold within 12 months of its original purchase. This hasn't stopped them from being trade goods

 Since most rich people (or social media prodigies) who are only buying a new Corvette every to one up other Corvette owners, who can only buy a new Corvette every other year, they don't need to give a damn about a warranty, as they don't keep the car long enough to hit the 12 month factory maintenance

It's $290,000 for a new Corvette ZR1 but the more powerful, all-wheel drive hybrid ZR1X is available from as little as $205,400.

Except getting your hands on the latest and greatest Corvette is not a matter of money, and being rich isn't what it takes to get one. Connections are. So, a few people with connections are flipping brand new Vettes for money. It's capitalism

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/11/warranty-be-damned-new-vette-zr1-flipped-for-70000-profit/

After multiple lawsuits, General Motors sent Corvette owners of certain model 2015 to 2019 corvettes a letter saying they would pay the repair and replacement costs for the defective wheels, but, GM told one owner that it’s now out of their hands, and paying the claims is totally the responsibility of a third-party company.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/corvette-owner-says-shes-been-waiting-months-get-money-owed-her-over-unsafe-wheels/UDQOP2ISPVAPLJGJUA26AGCQSE/

sweet little vintage gas station on the Tail Of The Dragon, and a Vette with cameras everywhere but on the damn dash where it would do some good for the viewing audience

https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/10/25/video-three-minutes-of-a-corvette-zr1-running-the-tail-of-the-dragon/

this Vette was WOT on the Big Bend Open Road Race and left lookin’ like a toasty marshmallow. (average speed of 173.004 mph over the course of 118 miles)

the BBORR runs from Fort Stockton to Sanderson on U.S. Highway 285

https://www.thedrive.com/news/wicked-exhaust-heat-melted-this-corvette-zr1-while-averaging-173-mph-over-118-miles