Rent an expensive sports car. Take it to the beach for a couple of photos so you can brag on Instagram afterward, get stuck in the sand, and alert everyone to get them to help you.
That is the worst-case scenario, isn't it? Well, it happened on the Pismo Beach in California. An eight-generation blue Chevy Corvette Stingray shows up in a video uploaded on social media. The car is buried in the sand up to the rear air diffuser.
The rear wheels spin in the sand, but it is useless. Actually, he is too close to the water, the sand is too wet and unable to support the weight of the car, and the move makes the car sink even more.
The driver has no clue how to get his car out of the predicament, so he just presses the throttle. People on the beach try to help him out by pushing the car backward. Two of them wear helmets, so probably they are motorcycle riders or ATV users, who jumped in to give a helping hand. The only helping hand that this Chevy can get is a towing truck, though.
Someone passing by in what seems to be a pickup truck films the scene, saying, "Oh, my God!" Nobody asked for help, so he just kept going.
Photo: Americanmusclehd | Instagram
People jumped into the comments section to laugh at the situation. "Sending the Stingray to its natural to its natural habitat," is the best of them.
"The captain must go down with the ship," another one jokes. A user suggests him to wait for the tide to come in and the car will float. It didn't. The convertible Chevy Corvette was eventually towed away.
The sports car is powered by the naturally aspirated, mid-mounted 6.2-liter V8 engine, which delivers 490 horsepower (497 metric horsepower) and 465 lb-ft (631 Nm) of torque. An eight-speed, dual-clutch semi-automatic transmission with manual shift mode delivers them to the rear wheels. Those are enough for a run from zero to hero (0-60 mph or 0 to 97 kph) in 3.7 seconds. The car does the quarter mile in 11.8 seconds.
The Corvette Stingray was far from being the first sports car stuck on the beach. Last year, we reported about the… Sandborghini. It was a Lamborghini Huracan stuck in the sand in Avon, California. But that driver came prepared. He got a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck to accompany him on the adventure. But rescuing the Lambo was not exactly a walk in the park. Or on the beach. Luckily, when it was all over, the owner of the Huracan saw that his car sustained no damage.
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