68fastback
03-17-2019, 05:56 PM
This is not intended to rag on GM ...all cars have issues, especially mules! However, it is curious that the C8 has been plagued with so many delays over development issues and is still having breakdowns this late in the development cycle -- and this is VERY late in the cycle.
Jalopnik also mentions GM's new global electrical system as being the possible culprit -- dunno (I haven't read anything specific onm that).
Brief Jalopnik article on a recent breakdown in the Detroit area at a WOW! gas station was observed a few days ago (see below link).
I can understand breakdowns but I can't understand GM putting WOW! gas in a C8 mule! ...from a WOW! gas and Liquors store :rofl3: ...maybe they needed some alcohol/methanol too -lol More likely it was just a safe spot to stop to investigate some issue they had and then it just would not restart. According to Jalopnik, after 20-30 minutes of the engineers trying to get it restarted they called for a tow back to GM's Milford proving grounds.
Brief Jalopnik article on the breakdown (https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/heres-the-mid-engine-corvette-breaking-down-at-a-gas-station/ar-BBUMwLk#image=BBUMwLk_1|1)--
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Unrelated, but I bet one of every three or four relatively new (last few years) GM pickups I see around here has running lights and/or brake lights and sometimes a headlight too out on one side of vehicle (usually pass side). I'm wondering if GM is using some sort of single-wire in-band signaling harness vs traditional wiring. The Jalopnik article made me think of it. OEMs have talked about such harnesses for over a decade because it saves weight and copper harnesses are expensive but I don't know if it's even being used yet, or how pervasive it may be or if it in any way relates to the GM pick-up issue I see with multiple lights out on the same side.
Jalopnik also mentions GM's new global electrical system as being the possible culprit -- dunno (I haven't read anything specific onm that).
Brief Jalopnik article on a recent breakdown in the Detroit area at a WOW! gas station was observed a few days ago (see below link).
I can understand breakdowns but I can't understand GM putting WOW! gas in a C8 mule! ...from a WOW! gas and Liquors store :rofl3: ...maybe they needed some alcohol/methanol too -lol More likely it was just a safe spot to stop to investigate some issue they had and then it just would not restart. According to Jalopnik, after 20-30 minutes of the engineers trying to get it restarted they called for a tow back to GM's Milford proving grounds.
Brief Jalopnik article on the breakdown (https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/heres-the-mid-engine-corvette-breaking-down-at-a-gas-station/ar-BBUMwLk#image=BBUMwLk_1|1)--
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Unrelated, but I bet one of every three or four relatively new (last few years) GM pickups I see around here has running lights and/or brake lights and sometimes a headlight too out on one side of vehicle (usually pass side). I'm wondering if GM is using some sort of single-wire in-band signaling harness vs traditional wiring. The Jalopnik article made me think of it. OEMs have talked about such harnesses for over a decade because it saves weight and copper harnesses are expensive but I don't know if it's even being used yet, or how pervasive it may be or if it in any way relates to the GM pick-up issue I see with multiple lights out on the same side.