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You may be able to get an idea of how badly the rubber on the tires has aged, by looking at the rubber. On older rubber you can often see little cracks in the rubber.

For what little it is worth, I would strongly advise never taking an older Corvette to a Chevy dealership. Despite the fact that the dealership really did not have any involvement in this accident, in general I expect true Corvette specialist shops to be much more experienced with and knowledgeable of our C5s. Also, tire specialist shops either already know how to handle these cars or can be shown where the lift points and lift pucks are located. They sell orders of magnitude more tires than do auto dealerships.

I got a car from mom when she stopped driving at 89 yrs old, the tires looked perfect as my mom didn't drive much after my dad passed, but the tires were probably 10 to 12 years old, ended up giving the car to my daughter, she had a tire come apart and spun out on the freeway, no one was hurt but was a wake up call for me to always check tire dates and replace when they are 6 to 8 years old no matter how good the tread looks.

This is real stingy old man. 😂. Hate such man in life. Selfish till rot..

Replaced my 2000 C 5 tires at year 24. Original with 23k. Still looked great and good tread. Knew I was going take a 1000 mile trip. Old ones did get awfully noisy! TPS still worked!

The C5 Z06 came with a can of tire snot and an air compressor. When is the last time you got a puncture in a modern tire? If you are that worried about flats get a AAA card. That way when you fall in a pothole at highway speed and blow the tire and break or bend the wheel you will know who to call.

How Dangerous are 20 year old runflats with great thread still left ? I would think there is no chance for them to Blowing Out. Obviously the tires are Hard and will not give a good ride or traction ...

who puts KUMHO tires on a Corvette?

If you need to ask, you can't afford it.

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Annoying and disappointing that this would happen while in the dealer's care, but not their fault at all. Good on them, in fact, for digging through their camera footage to help you out. This kind of crap happens a lot at dealerships and shops. Like, a _lot_. So much so that any time I get tires, I take the wheels off the car at home and bring them in loose... I don't need anyone touching my car more than is needed, which is never because I do all my own repairs. Have had problems in the past with joyriding, dirt left in the interior, etc etc etc that I just don't want the car in there.

My condolences. It sucks to have ones special car damaged regardless of the severity of the damage. Thankfully the damage is not servere and can be repaired several ways. Now, what in hell made you think dealerships were trustworty?

When my vette tires turn FIVE years old, I can mash the gas in 4th @ 20mph and the tires spin up to rev limiter immediately. I burn them off long before that now.

Hi George. Are those the stock seats in your C5? 🙏

Audibly laughed when I saw the camera footage after the guy claimed he “didn’t realize he hit the car” when he dragged the thing half way out of the parking spot. The dealership situation is unfortunate but not surprising, the guy who hit the car had nothing to do with them so it shouldn’t be on them to fix it. Hopefully they will be more mindful on the placement of future customer cars so this kind of situation doesn’t happen again. As far as I can tell you did nothing wrong in your handling of the situation as anyone would be frustrated and disappointed about something like this happening, especially since you’re already having to put a lot of trust in someone to handle your car without you present, and in this case the (almost) worst case scenario happened. Hopefully she’ll be good as new and you won’t have to deal with this again

You are overreacting and then some - this is an old C5, you can get those fenders for nearly nothing - so many available - they around $300 all over eBay or pretty much any junkyard. Grab your 5K and say thank you twice. This whole repair would cost less than 1500. BTW, you don't have to replace the fender - it can be fixed - it's just fiberglass. They fix them the same way they fix bumpers.

Why would the dealership do anything? It was extremely nice for them to give you a discount, but if you feel like they should have done something differently, you're crazy.

I think you handled it well George for I would have been locked and loaded. Since the fender is fiberglass is there a way you can have the body shop repair it?

You went to Reaume's????

Good to see more content...

Any body shop can fiberglass that damage. I did fiberglass repair on a plane wing back in high school that was worse than that. You should be able to pay a shop about $1500 to repair and paint and you can pocket the rest.

The entire situation is a bummer…thankfully the dealership had video of the accident. Given the facts I agree with the dealerships position…ultimately they are not at fault as long as the trucks insurance makes you whole. It’s disappointing that GM has made most C5 parts obsolete…given that it’s the flag ship and they sold over 250k C5’s…hopefully you get your car sorted and looking good as new.

GM is becoming very disappointing, can not keep in stock of parts for their flag ship.

Wow- yeah I wouldn’t be too thrilled if something like that happened to my Vette at the shop, so I understand your reaction. At least their insurance is paying for it 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’ve got a silver 2001 convertible.

After watching this video, I decided to go buy a 5th gen 4runner

Good video although I am just now seeing it. I have all these upgrades and did so on my 2000 Z51 and my 2003 Z06. My LED lights are not just on the headlights but every light inside and outside the Vette. What a difference. I also have the sleepy eye version. Still pop-up but not so high. I get high with a little help of my friends. 😂

This guy is the biggest hater of a 4runner and it will out last the jeep dodge kia ford the 4runner will last 300,000 miles

No one buys this car for tech or mpg, plus the new 4Runner is a 4 cylinder turbo so it won’t feel the same or last as long. You’re really reaching in this video

The reasons you gave is precisely why i love this car.

Sounds like everything you named is just less problems to have

Also that big screen you're raving about on the new 4runner is only on the premium models, which will be the same or more than the 5th gen pro. And have fun with your gps for the first year before the subscription ends

When you make any sort of comparison that starts or ends with "in my ford edge" you lose all credibility

What type of fuel do you use?

Have you seen a jeep key fob? Yeesh.

I just bought my 5th gen 4runner! The many videos of the 4runners don’t do any justice until you actually go to a dealership and test drive one. The tech is outdated but it does the job. Fuel economy is not great but I rather pay at the pump than have to visit my dealership for mechanical issues. The engine is the best part of this vehicle! The old school V6 is so smooth and reliable. I cant say anything about the new turbo engines of the new SUV but i would say newer things tend to be bugged and need rework throughout its first few years of release. Resale value of these 5th gen are insane! Good vid tho!

What a dumbass 😂

Thanks for the video. I am buying a 2012 4Runner the day after tomorrow! 🙂

Just bought one the best decision ever I’ll wait until the price drops on he 6th gen

I wish your channel had taken off and you had started doing this full time. Charity support and a no BS, well made video of good information - I love it.

You had me at "Costco" :D

I'm on my 3rd 4Runner, each with over 200,000 wonderful miles.......

Man this video hasn’t aged well as ive had mine for 8 years now. 170k miles and going. 😎

Man this video hasn’t aged well as ive had mine for 8 years now. 170k miles and going. 😎

Great review!!! I just ordered one today!

I have the 2018 Titanium version and I have enjoyed everything about this car. I purchased it early 2019 with 26.000 miles for $ 29.000 and now it has 72.000 miles with no problems. I have the basic service through the years and now I change brake fluid and engine filter. I hope it continues to be a reliable car for un other few years.😊😊😊

this has got to be the dumbest video i have seen about not getting a 5th gen 4Runner.

built for americans

Every one of your “perceived” negatives are all absolute positives for me. More tech more problems. Dainty little dials < Manly mechanical levers.

You do not know your facts very well about the 4runner AT all.

I just upgraded my headlights with the projectors from sharp light innovations. My wife thought there was a flying saucer outside the house the first time I pulled into the driveway.