Hungry? Have a donut.
Mike Davenport, also known as Chevy Dude, claims that people have been sending him videos showing that the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 cannot do donuts and that its stability nannies can’t handle it. He was determined to prove them wrong and found some empty pavement.
It’s not easy to put the car in gear and hit the gas. The Chevy Dude helps us understand this. He believes that most people trying to roast rear tires in their Corvette C8s are probably setting the drive-mode selector for Race. The electronic gauge cluster displays that mode’s display as “ESC Off.” Perfect for hooning.
The Chevy Dude does not think so. Instead, he suggests that you press the stability control button twice and hold the second for approximately five seconds. This will deactivate your stability system and place the driver in charge of keeping it shining.
Davenport is able to spin the Corvette without any difficulty once the system has been fully set up. The 6.2-liter V8’s 495 horsepower (369 kilowatt) engine makes it easy to liquefy the rear tires. Chevy Dude claims that his tires lasted only 1,200 miles on his Corvette. We are convinced after watching his video.
Davenport, who is employed at Bachman Chevrolet in Louisville Kentucky, has been known to do a tire roast in a Corvette before. He said that his old C7 was the subject to many a standing burnout. The C8 is probably not up for the task. This could be due to a heavily rear-biased weight distribution or the grippy Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tire, or a combination thereof. Other slip-slide rear-wheel-drive tricks are possible with the new ‘Vette.