C8 Corvette Falls Off Lift
 

The worst nightmare for mechanic guys.

Discussion Here: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=161489

Find it a bit hard to believe that the dealerships weren't properly schooled on how to properly hoist the new Vette given the radical weight distribution change from the prior model.? Maybe they were, human error.? Tough to look at, but I'm sure he'll get a new one

While on a smaller scale, I put my sons air cooled bug on the 2 post lift without any issue. I tend to like to have a full tank of gas in it to offset that a bit (tank is up front) But it's very stable on the lift. I like to rock it back and forth after I get it a couple inches off the ground just to make sure before it goes all the way up.

Wouldn't bet on that dealership doing squat.....but then again... it depends.

I remember years ago where someone in Delaware took his brand new ZL1 Camaro in for some warranty work......left it there over the weekend (if it were mine, no way in hell would I have done that).....

Well someone who worked in the shop thought it would be cool to take it for a Sunday drive and proceeded to total the car. The dealership tried to screw the owner over by looking for another used ZL1 that wasn't close to what he had. It was a mess.

Ended up another dealership from another state heard about what happened - stepped in and made it good.....I'm sure it made for some great publicity for that dealership.

I was floored by that ending, but I'm sure there is more to the story than what I just mentioned...

Either way, I hope the guy with the C8 gets treated well by that dealership.

That was John Hooper's Camaro. He wrote "The 1969 Camaro Reference Book".

- Warren

https://www.torquenews.com/106/final...o-zl1-delaware

Want a Cheap C8 Corvette? Buy the One That Fell Off a Dealer's Lift

https://i.postimg.cc/433xp8XJ/BB16MndF.jpg

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enth...n=true#image=1

I guess if the frame isn't all bent up, it might be repairable.

But falling off a lift......ehhhhh I don't know.

It'll be interesting to see what it'll go for.

Gotta have parts cars.

We have a new Corvette since mid March and I’ve had on our two post lift. There are two front and two rear slotted holes which are the cars lift points. There are also four round holes, two forward of the rear slotted holes and two toward the rear of the two forward slotted holes. The car was lifted with the rear lifting arm not placed on the more rearward slotted hole area but the more forward round hole which has no structural strength so it appears the lift arm once the car was raised just tore thru the car. The correct lift point is more rearward just in front of the rear tire. When lifted using the four correct lift points the car is very stable.

Happened AGAIN...:eek2:

This time a Rapid blue example.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/rese...hJI?li=BBnbfcL

Geeze...

This one did not fall off the lift. Tragic.

The best made 2 post lift is a four post lift.

Gah. That’s just one town over… tragic.

Come on Guys....Give the dealership a break. If it was a Ferrari would we be talking about it here?

I started the original thread here to as a service to C-8 owners as to raise awareness of the risk prior to the car's next service appointment.

Original thread: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=161489

Nobody is making fun of the Corvette, but If I was an owner - I would have a local graphics vendor make Lift Point Here" stickers and I would have them placed on the correct areas on the car.

Finally, If Ferrari's were falling off lifts - yes, I suspect we would also be talking about that here as well. Guys on this board also own them too.