The Corvette has proven itself to be remarkably resilient, but would you buy a car that a YouTuber had jumped?
by Sebastien Bell
20 hours ago
by Sebastien Bell
The C8 Corvette is clearly a winner for GM and Chevrolet with long waiting lists for the new mid-engine sports car. That’s why it may be insulting to some when a YouTuber explicitly says he’s trying to destroy his recently acquired, low-mile example. Depending on your point of view, it may be even more insulting that he’s now trying to sell it.
Mike Hyssong, the man behind the Street Speed 717 YouTube channel, became infamous in 2021 for jumping his Ram TRX over a creek in Pennsylvania, and being fined $53,000 for damaging the creek.
Last week, he posted a video of himself jumping a blue 2021 Chevrolet Corvette (not over a creek). In a followup, he posted a new video called “BRUTALLY Jumping a New C8 Corvette Until it Explodes… HOW MUCH ABUSE CAN IT TAKE” last night.
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In the video, he once again jumps the Corvette, and races it against a Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 through a field. At the start of the video, he says that he is doing this to prove that the car is more reliable than forum commentators give it credit for.
If that is indeed the point of the video, then he succeeds, because despite jumping the car seven times and using it as a rally car, very little visible damage is apparent on the car at the end of the video. However, it’s worth noting that we have no idea if the C8 has any underlying issues.
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Although there are, of course, some scratches on the front air splitter and on the side, he claims in the clip that the Corvette runs and drives as well as when it was new, and that none of the body panels appear to be out of place, nor have the airbags gone off.
He says that, ultimately, he was expecting to break the Corvette to give himself an excuse to modify it with some larger wheels and massaged body panels, but that the condition of the car is almost too good to warrant that. So he decides to post it on Facebook marketplace.
With fewer than 2,400 miles (3,862 km) on the odometer, and the promise that the car will be detailed and that the side skirt will be fixed, the car is listed at $79,995. Of course, knowing what we know, it would be highly unwise to not have the car thoroughly checked for any hidden damages. To his credit, Hyssong is upfront about what has happened to the car, as the lead image for the ad shows the Corvette in midair.
Whether that makes it a good deal is another question entirely, but it is at least proof that the C8 Corvette is pretty resilient.
