If a Corvette already has the nickname Stingray, then it has to dive, right? Or good. Or so. The mind games of this driver must have been somewhere on this level when he literally disappeared with his Corvette C8.
The scene is vaguely reminiscent of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, when 007 went diving in another mid-engined sports car. At that time it was a Lotus Esprit that was prepared for this mission (at least in the film). The Corvette is actually only built for roads whose asphalt you can at least guess at. And yet the stingray (that’s German for Stingray) glides through a huge puddle of water, oh what, through a highly flooded stretch of road in Miami/Florida. It is possible that money is not an issue for the owner and he just wanted to try it out. But it’s also possible that he simply has more money than intelligence. Because he should know that the engine is junk as soon as it sucks in water instead of air. Because water cannot be compressed in the engine, an immediate “water hammer” is the result. engine damage. But at least nothing of the sort can be seen on the video. Just over a year ago we showed a video of cars crossing water in droves in the UK – and then simply breaking down.
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