Photo: Aransas Pass Police Department
Vettes don't swim. No car actually swims. They don't float, either. A C8 Corvette Stingray owner learned the hard way that his car is just like any other out there. Even though it's still new, expensive, and very potent. On land, that is!
Last week, the Aransas Pass Police Department received one of the strangest calls that they have ever had to deal with. A driver had lost his 2022 Chevrolet Corvette in water. The Vette drifted off, and eventually, it totally submerged, until it ended up around 7 feet (2.1 meters) down under water. There was no way the driver could rescue it. So they called 911.
A day later, Tow Boat US was able to pull the submerged Corvette back to land with the help of some inflatable bags, a tow boat, and a pickup truck. Investigators discovered no environmental hazard during recovery. That means that the gasoline and oil remained in their tanks during the unpredictable d(r)ive.
But we can't say the same thing about the car. There is no information on it, but we can only assume that, after more than 24 hours spent under water, it won’t run and drive any time soon. Once it dries out, it will probably end up on the used car market as a salvage vehicle, with a price well below what the owner paid for it last year when they took it home from the dealership.
How did the C8 Corvette Stingray end up in the water, you may ask. The owner, visiting from another town, said they accidentally selected the wrong gear, Drive, instead of Reverse. And, instead of getting away from the water, they went straight into it. It was nothing they could do but stand and watch the car drifting away from the shore.
A 6.2-liter V8-powered Stingray got pulled out of the water in small fishing town
It happened in Aransas Pass, Texas, a small community northeast of Corpus Christi, known for being attractive to fishermen. But fishing a Corvette out of the water is something they would never see coming.
A Stingray is, indeed, a marine creature with a flat diamond-shaped body and poisonous serrated spine at the base of the tail. This one can swim, but the one with an engine can’t. And what an engine that is. It is a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8, good for 495 horsepower (502 PS/369 kW) and 470 pound-feet (637 Nm) of torque, when the customer checks the performance exhaust system option. All those go straight to the rear axle via an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
It only takes 2.9 seconds to go from zero to hero (0-60 mph/0-67 kph) and hits a top speed of 194 mph (312 kph). But it definitely won't happen 7 feet under water.
A day later, Tow Boat US was able to pull the submerged Corvette back to land with the help of some inflatable bags, a tow boat, and a pickup truck. Investigators discovered no environmental hazard during recovery. That means that the gasoline and oil remained in their tanks during the unpredictable d(r)ive.
But we can't say the same thing about the car. There is no information on it, but we can only assume that, after more than 24 hours spent under water, it won’t run and drive any time soon. Once it dries out, it will probably end up on the used car market as a salvage vehicle, with a price well below what the owner paid for it last year when they took it home from the dealership.
How did the C8 Corvette Stingray end up in the water, you may ask. The owner, visiting from another town, said they accidentally selected the wrong gear, Drive, instead of Reverse. And, instead of getting away from the water, they went straight into it. It was nothing they could do but stand and watch the car drifting away from the shore.
A 6.2-liter V8-powered Stingray got pulled out of the water in small fishing town
It happened in Aransas Pass, Texas, a small community northeast of Corpus Christi, known for being attractive to fishermen. But fishing a Corvette out of the water is something they would never see coming.
A Stingray is, indeed, a marine creature with a flat diamond-shaped body and poisonous serrated spine at the base of the tail. This one can swim, but the one with an engine can’t. And what an engine that is. It is a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8, good for 495 horsepower (502 PS/369 kW) and 470 pound-feet (637 Nm) of torque, when the customer checks the performance exhaust system option. All those go straight to the rear axle via an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
It only takes 2.9 seconds to go from zero to hero (0-60 mph/0-67 kph) and hits a top speed of 194 mph (312 kph). But it definitely won't happen 7 feet under water.
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