So while driving late at night I picked up a roofing nail. With the run flats I couldn't tell but I got a warning on the speedo and an email from my dealer, (really).
So I kept driving to a coffee shop... I figured I could wait for the tow truck inside with a hot drink. The run flats worked great, and I used OnStar.
I had hoped the tow truck guy could fix it but all he offered to do was tow it to a dealer... three towns over.
The next big issue... the North American Corvettes don't ship with a tow hook... and warn in the manual not to hook up to the suspension and pull. The only way to get onto the tow truck (flatbed) was to drive it up.
The local Corvette dealer said they could change the tires... and they matched the best price I found. It turns out I needed all four due to the race chamber Corvettes ship with. I had about 32,000 km on them, I don't track or do burnouts.
A few days later I found they had shipped them out to someone else to change and they had scratched up my front rims and the rear ones had tiny cracks. This seems to be a common issue with Vette rims. Cracks and bends.
They sent the fronts to a place that refinishes rims and ordered two replacement rear rims under warranty.
It's been six weeks... they tell me they got the last two available and they were shipped to a holding facility in the States... that's not running because of some software issue.
I called Customer Care a couple times and they claim they've gotten my rims off the truck and they should ship up this week.
Trying to keep my cool and not go postal...
Check your rims guys and get a tow hook.
So I kept driving to a coffee shop... I figured I could wait for the tow truck inside with a hot drink. The run flats worked great, and I used OnStar.
I had hoped the tow truck guy could fix it but all he offered to do was tow it to a dealer... three towns over.
The next big issue... the North American Corvettes don't ship with a tow hook... and warn in the manual not to hook up to the suspension and pull. The only way to get onto the tow truck (flatbed) was to drive it up.
The local Corvette dealer said they could change the tires... and they matched the best price I found. It turns out I needed all four due to the race chamber Corvettes ship with. I had about 32,000 km on them, I don't track or do burnouts.
A few days later I found they had shipped them out to someone else to change and they had scratched up my front rims and the rear ones had tiny cracks. This seems to be a common issue with Vette rims. Cracks and bends.
They sent the fronts to a place that refinishes rims and ordered two replacement rear rims under warranty.
It's been six weeks... they tell me they got the last two available and they were shipped to a holding facility in the States... that's not running because of some software issue.
I called Customer Care a couple times and they claim they've gotten my rims off the truck and they should ship up this week.
Trying to keep my cool and not go postal...
Check your rims guys and get a tow hook.