A Dealer Tech Got Caught On A Corvette's Valet Mode Doing 83mph In A Residential Area

A video purporting to show a Corvette being taken for a 'joyride' by a dealership in Bakersfield, California has surfaced, recorded using Valet Mode

Matt Robinson

01 Aug 2016

Ah, Valet Mode. Feels like a while since we last saw a video recorded using this now famous C7 Chevrolet Corvette feature, isn’t it? As a reminder: once enabled, Valet Mode starts recording via the Data Logger (with no audio due to legal reasons) as soon as the engine is started, the idea being you can then catch your valet in the act when they’re doing something they shouldn’t be.

This particular Valet Mode video was originally posted on the Corvette Forum. The uploader claims the driver is a technician from Three-Way Chevrolet Cadillac in Bakersfield, California, and as you’ll see from the Data Logger footage, he blasts through several yellow lights and breaks the speed limit multiple times, at one point hitting 83mph in a residential area.

Speaking about the experience on the forum, the owner said: “The dealership offered nothing more than a rude apology to make it right. GM Customer Care also would not help. They basically [said it] wasn’t their problem, take it up with the dealership.”

We contacted Three-Way Chevrolet Bakersfield for comment, but are yet to hear back.

Source: Corvette Forum via Car Scoops

Comments

I see nothing wrong here, i must say as a mechanic in Germany were the highways have no speed limits and the average speed is 170km/h /110mph aprox, people EXPECT (and so do my boss) that you full-throttle-it-for-a-while in the test drive to see if it’s all save/under control…. of course you do a “pre-testdrive” slowly to not kill yourself.

It’s not even that bad it was fully open when he hit 83 mph and he didn’t “run” that red light because it was still yellow and wasn’t full throttle. This is just a customer being too cautious with their car and isn’t that big of a deal