Dealership Life and a My First C8 Corvette mod

[@LiiveLifeToTheMax]

Congrats on the corvette. Looks sick! As to your comment on KZbin paying for the car, it’s really your effort. Your content is informative and engaging with no BS. Well deserved.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

@@LiiveLifeToTheMax Thanks you 🙏

[@steveg5576]

Ticket Magnet !...looking good

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Haha

[@tdalton854]

Been watching for a couple years . Very happy to have helped you get a vette.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Much appreciated

[@kjchicago1]

That 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV is terrific and so is your Chevy Corvette Mod

[@marksix638]

Must admit the equinox does look sharp

[@briang896]

Great job Dave !!

[@orreng]

So happy for you having a Vette in your life. Well deserved! Cheers from south of Houston! And thanks for the great content!

[@shawnedwards5369]

It's cool to see so many cars on the lot these days. Also, thanks for showing the install!

[@lrocco]

Great video again. Keep up with the good work. We have at home a 21 Bolt and 23 ID4. Could not be happier!

[@johnmiech3544]

That's fantastic that your KZbin efforts are paying for your C8! Well deserved since you do put effort into informing and entertaining us viewers.

[@edwoll]

Looks like Chevy caught a look at the Mitsubishi Outlander wheel styling and said...lets copy those for the Equinox EV.

[@ernestoortega2692]

Thank you for the update. Enjoyed your video. Looking forward to your future videos.

[@arhamkhakwani5851]

Definitely love the videos Dave. Doing my best to try each one, gets interesting every time!

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Glad you like them!

[@THEPAPASMURFTHEOG]

Dave b is the truth.. great work my friend!! its nice to hear a salesman who knows what he is talking about, and not tell white lies.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Thank you 🙏

[@imSterling]

300 mi at 98% is solid, great mileage for city driving; love the car's color.

[@GrandMoffJoseph]

Shout out Dave for having the matching blue sunglasses for the Equinox! ;)

[@aryehrosenthal2138]

Great review Dave

[@MarcoGallo-ud8qd]

Another great video Dave, Bob the modification to new Corvette. Would love to meet you on The and get a ride in the car. Keep up the great work. Have a good upcoming week to you and your wife and family.

[@mattlebo2733]

Good for u being able to get the C8. Beautiful car enjoy.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Thanks!

[@FrankRoelofsen]

Your welcome i love watching your videos congratulations on the new c8 corvette

[@davidcarroll8735]

Thank you for the tip on Chevy rewards, will look into it!

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

You bet!

[@marksix638]

Dave your making me want to trade my 2017 bolt!😂

[@robertclubs9908]

Thanks again for your update.

[@larrymandel8869]

Can’t wait to take a ride in the Vette!! 🙏❤️

[@8t6it]

looks good in red, and any other color

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Dave in all honestly I do have an electric bike and it is awesome...but I have charged the battery to 100 percent over 2 years 300 times or so and it has probably lost a good 30 percent of its range so it is true you never want to charge your ev over 80 percent if you want to preserve your range so take 80 percent of stated range in a car and subtract 20 percent for cold or hot weather and this is your actual range LOL

[@DirtyBeemer1]

Depends on the chemistry of the battery. If it’s a LFP battery, you charge to 100%. Not sure what Chevy uses

[@1225328]

I believe what’s helping EV sales in New Jersey is that there is no sales tax and what helps Kia and Hyundai is there a longer warranty probably then sales would be much lower without these benefits. And the new thing with the big screens by the auto makers is making drivers more distracted.

[@timoneill2451]

Beautiful corvette do scenic trips with corvette enjoy tim from long island

[@nickhoffman5524]

Dave at 200 mph the splash guards create drag 😅😅 beautiful car

[@toddsmith5552]

Glad to see you got a little bit of cheese

[@johndq6565]

A question to you, are certain vehicles doing away with the turn signal off the side mirrors? Seems like they are disappearing because of costs on a vehicle or not popular anymore?

[@LithiumLife]

You should do a throwback video of something new from 3-5yrs ago and see if your notes/review still holds true today now that models are phased out/mmc 🍺

[@kjchicago1]

Does the 2024 Chevy Equinox EV come in a base model?

[@edelaney80]

Dave I really wish my wife worked for Chevy instead of Ford. That Equinox is a beautiful vehicle. Nice easy and functional mod on the Vette. Can't wait for the next video. Be safe.

[@marcg1964]

The splash guard clips always stay in when removing.

[@scottwolf13780]

Why are there no RS Traverse SUV in SW Florida? I’m trying to buy one and cannot find 1

[@lugnut2612]

Dude,I cant believe you bought a C8 for channel! A hotrod for the channel,awesome! What b I been waiting for! Are you going to buy a truck,since you canceled the Ev Silverado? Keep it up,dont leave us hanging for 3 weeks😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Thanks for watching!! No pick up for me at the moment

[@chuckk.1421]

Ordered one of your keychains Dave. Hoping it will play nice with the key to my ‘97 Lincoln Mark VIII.

[@ortingdude]

Did you fix the ceiling light in the EV before he took it? It wasn't pushed in and was hanging out....

[@mbrandt03]

NJ is going from having great incentives on EVs to turning people off from buying one by adding on these extra costs. Curious to see how that’ll affect sales of EVs in the future.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

We shall see

[@adamp2384]

Not a fan of incentives, if people want to buy them then they will buy them, shouldn’t be a tax payers responsibility to subsidize them, if the manufacturers want to give rebates that would be a better way to go, I also say this as an electric vehicle fan and I see the benefits in them so not biased in that way

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Dave tells us that it is cheaper to operate an EV over an ICE and I so agree with him...but when you take out the 7500 or 4500 that the government subsidizes them LOL

[@FleaMarketJohn]

You work for a FANTASTIC dealership and fit right in to their honor. How is Eddie doing? $389 DOC fee? That's CHEAP compared to most others. Especially Florida!

[@oldwentzvilleguy5435]

Dave I really enjoy your videos. They are very educational most of the times. Are you going to ceramic coating or PPF to your C8?

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Yes, I'll get it ceramic coated a d probably tint the windows... no ppf

[@jessepayan]

welcome

[@alvinmousseau1100]

Is the trax engine any problems

[@YasminWilson-no3bh]

How many cars do yous have in stock

[@chrisbaskett808]

How is the equinox ev going to be burning gas? You said they would both be on the road burning gas

[@kameronbrock5461]

Do you get paid a base salary plus commission on each vehicle, or is your pay commission based?

[@greyhoundude6112]

What are the insurance costs on a new Corvette in New Jersey? Congrats. You must be stacking the paper. Economy must be improving.... At least in New Jersey

[@johngamble6773]

On you tube they are showing a 2025 Chevy Bel Air?.My Parents back in the day owned a 57 Bel Air.

[@the_eXtremerides]

Wonder if Eric will see the scuff on the seat head rest…. 🤔

[@thomasbordi8726]

Hey Dave i drive 33,000 miles in 4 years do you think an EV will be a better option for me ??😮

[@geobolt8788]

Equinox interior reminds me of the Bolt interior. I am wondering when Chevrolet will introduce the new Bolt.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Most likely in the 2026 model year

[@spazzman90]

Sorry to my great local Chevrolet dealer. But I went with a Prologue, I am that disgusted with their 'no CarPlay' stance. First car I've even driven where the CarPlay maps and directions can be used on the driver main screen and the HUD. All the google stuff is still here as well. Not that I will use them, but I like more options not less. Sad to see GM forcing their customers to compromise.

[@mr.banksy7917]

The C8 "splash guards" sound like a design problem... why don't they come like that from the factory?

[@Columbus1492]

Just bought a miata with 6.84 percent

[@SteveChapman1204]

It takes 30 minutes to charge 4% of the total charge?!

[@ramfan5149]

Dude, I was thinking the same thing! That's nuts.

[@alexsellscars]

What kind of EV does Friedman drive when he’s not driving his ZL1?

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Blazer EV

[@alexsellscars]

@@DaveBsellsChevy awesome!

[@BeverlyWeatherton-ko8kt]

How much was the car you’re C8

[@Nick-f7w]

I wanna make a career like you also ❤

[@azmike3572]

I'd starve selling cars. Too much of a nine-to-fiver.

[@Nick-f7w]

@@azmike3572 Do you make good money?

[@michaelglazer6846]

What about dealer discount ?

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Dave I was around in the early 1900's when ICE vehicles started appearing and they didnt have to offer incentives for people to buy them over buying a horse and buggy...they were so much better LOL

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Maybe they should have. Looks like in the 1920's only 60 percent of population had a car.... In 2020 it was 91%

[@thomasgilliland2612]

@@DaveBsellsChevy Dave how many fewer evs would you sell without the tax break plus you have the NJ tax break too so you are in a perfect world

[@drift6785]

43k+ without a spare tire... that's a little crazy. But it's just a norm now with cars not coming with a spare. Sad to see.

[@waynewallace2061]

What about a spare on this model?

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

No spare tire

[@thomasbordi8726]

Hay Dave do you need a new salesperson ?? I would really love to work their.??😊 Tom B..

[@shawnedwards5369]

I don't know what it is about pickup trucks, but here in Texas we need to have placards in them saying "This vehicle does not make you invulnerable."

[@thomasbordi8726]

Hey da

[@jonmatney9584]

My local dealer has a Chevy Colorado with a 5000 dollar adjusted market value mark up. Is this still normal? Seems like this may be a shady dealer

[@mtk52983]

The Equinox EV is “burning gas?” :)

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Haha, got me.

[@amyk.8434]

Dave looks like he just missed another $1K rebate from Costco. Also the supplier discount brings dealer doc fees down to around $75.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

@@amyk.8434 yes, they had Costco too but the vehicle they wanted was inbound and didnt show until August

[@BrianWood74]

That extra ballooning registration tax sound like to good reason to tell EV to "effe" off.. Sure it takes place of the gas tax, but a smaller gas tax Everytime at the pump could be easier to swallow than one big tax every year... That would help me decide alone. Wish our dealership could get more new vehicles, we have maybe 8 new cars, and just finally got two allocations to order two new Traverses..... Like seriously, we think GM hates us, and our rep has zero clue why we can't get anything.

[@raymondmcclain9083]

Where is the spare tire for the E V?!!!! Do they think that it won't need it?!!!!

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Most EVs are leased because people dont want a used EV with a used battery...and the more a car is leased in general the resale value plummets because used cars keep coming on the market...and now used EVs are selling for much less than used ICE because of all the leased EVs done in the past 3 years

[@sammyjammy6647]

Until they come with a much superior battery technology like the rumored solid-state batteries, this won’t change. And the cost to replace these batteries has to come way down.

[@dpose6525]

Do you teach customer how to evacuate if the battery starts to off-gas..

[@seanpowers346]

Not sure you used enough “really’s” lol

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Lol

[@dpose6525]

Bolt only lasts 8-10 years? My Honda's last 20.

[@rickeybradley2635]

I see sales going down for the electric vehicles more than they already are. Nobody wants these things.

[@thomasgilliland2612]

2 years ago all articles on EVs was positive for the most part now most articles are negative like these...13 Reasons Why Some Believe Electric Vehicles Aren’t the Future

[@Nate-vf2js]

Some of party driven

[@warrenbuffet8630]

We’re going to be like Cuba or USSR.. only certain people can have cars

[@heretogetupdated6199]

Are you single? 😌👀

[@ramfan5149]

Glad to hear that EV buyers in NJ will soon be paying the taxes and fees that all ICE buyers have to pay. Should've been this way from the get go. The $7500 federal tax break should be next on the chopping block. Buy what you want, but no taxpayer funded special treatment!

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

@@ramfan5149 Or maybe tax incentives for American Citizens like this should be the focus vs sending hundreds of billions overseas for NON US Citizens

[@ramfan5149]

@@DaveBsellsChevy You won't get any argument from me on that point, but it's a different argument. However, taking money from one taxpayer and handing it over to another because they buy a certain type of car that you like better is simply wrong. BTW, EVs have a significant weight increase over a comparably sized ICE vehicle, thus putting more wear and tear on the same roads and bridges that we all drive on. EV drivers should be taxed for their use just like the ICE gas tax helps pay for infrastructure repairs in every state.

[@seanpowers346]

Why does he bother having a channel, too much time between posts.

[@christos881]

Leave it to NJ to tax u for not having a gas car.

[@ramfan5149]

Are you not driving on the same roads and bridges as an ICE vehicle? Your EV most likely weighs more than a comparable ICE vehicle. Why should you get special treatment?

[@melissathompson7229]

Those handles would be broken off in about a week with kids....why are companies copying the awful parts of Tesla instead of the things that Tesla does well?

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

They actually feel very durable

[@thomasgilliland2612]

They are for aerodynamics, but you wonder how much it saves for how ridiculous they are

[@davidcarroll8735]

Wow, the anti-EV troll(s) piled on this thread! Maybe the jokes on them if YT still counts it as engagement? 🤣

[@mikenonya6382]

For the $$$ you pay for a vette why don't they just put them on at the factory? Nickel and dime the consumer.

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Dave did you know Hertz sold over 21K Tesla's because people didnt want to rent them...they didnt want to spend time looking for a charger or sitting on their buns longer than 5 minutes:)

[@dennislyon5412]

Hertz Teslas were sold bc the perceived repair cost, and frequency of repairs (body damage) was higher than Hertz initially expected. The cars are too different and too powerful for unfamiliar drivers, causing more frequent bumps, scrapes and likely off road excursions vs typical gas engine cars. That was too expensive for Hertz.

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Dave you are so partial:) the glass is always half full when it comes to EVs...why do they have to offer tax incentives if evs are so much better than EVS

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

Does it really matter why the tax incentive is there? If there was a tax incentive on a gas car would you not buy one because of that?

[@thomasgilliland2612]

@@DaveBsellsChevy Would it matter if they weren't there your pocket book would have less money? LOL

[@thomasgilliland2612]

@@DaveBsellsChevy USA is supposed to be a free market dave let the market decide...you cant prop up things with incentives forever...look at some of these solar panel companies failing now with all the incentives way back from obama era

[@Paul-cx4gm]

Those door handles, ew.

[@Mike060504]

Isn’t that textbook government. Buy a car “good for the environment” but oh wait we still want our gas tax!

[@bobbernosky9215]

EV's need taxpayer government subsidies to buy. NOT for me. Let them stand alone and see who buys. Not practical on long trips.

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

@@bobbernosky9215 Is it really the EV's need subsidies to sell or is it that smart people buy them to take advantage of the subsidies

[@Dan-iw4nj]

399 BS fee

[@thomasgilliland2612]

they give mileage ranges of 300 miles but yet they recommend only charging to 80 percent to not hurt your battery LOL

[@juniormeyer27]

Typical Corvette owner acting like they are actually going to drive it

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

On the road (passenger) as I type this... 555.2 miles on the way to our destination!

[@thomasgilliland2612]

and when you think about it...who is subsidizing EVs...the American taxpayer... a tax break for the well to do

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

I see it as a tax break for the American Citizen

[@thomasgilliland2612]

@@DaveBsellsChevy Only the ones buying EVs dave is it a tax break

[@thomasgilliland2612]

@@DaveBsellsChevy The jury is still out on how much more carbon neutral they are and a hefty price to pay for not knowing

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Dave honest to God I truly love you man...but you are so young...what 18 at most...and you need some guidance in your life being this young...especially when it comes to EVs:)

[@thomasgilliland2612]

I have never ever met Dave but on a scale of 1-10 I would give him a 15 as a car salesman but he doesnt understand economics 101 when it comes to EVs.. or maybe he is just playing with us:)

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

@@thomasgilliland2612 what are the economics of an EV?

[@westcruz3878]

😂😂😂😂 so why would I want to get an electric car if I got a pay more for my registration every year no Bueno if you got electric car, you being a sucker New York City and New Jersey Democratic cities always get you

[@DaveBsellsChevy]

@@westcruz3878 Like I said in the video, the honeymoon is coming to an end. Doesn't mean people didnt take advantage of the positive financial situation when they could. Personally, I paid zero sales tax on two EV's and got $4000 from NJ on one of them. To pay an extra $250 per year now is no big deal. EV's have been the smart money move for years now... TRUMP2024 🇺🇲

[@thomasgilliland2612]

Dave lives in a fairyland just saw this... According to a new survey of 250 "dealership leaders" across the United States, a shockingly large number say that their sales staff aren't exactly excited about selling EVs.

[@thomasgilliland2612]

40 percent of all EV sales are in CA that has 12 percent of the population...tells you real Americans dont really want them