acroy

This

It's a dangerous machine. treat it as such.

kcops

I'm curious now and will try to see if my BMWs perform in such fashion. For me, it is an automatically procedure to put the car in park and enable the parking break. No need to think about it. Maybe something you get used to from driving stick and having to put the car in neutral, and doing the parking break. Yes, it is unfortunate what happened and driving a sports car requires some level of expertise and maturity. But there is always a Tesla and other cars that can fit what is required from some. Hope it was not a total loss and it can be fixed. And no one was hurt other than feelings. And those manuals - has anyone noticed how many people really read the manual?

cj2driver

Repeat every time you exit the car, “Park, brakes, off”. Analog works every time and requires no chips. 😎

Blade2382

OP's thought process reminds me of my HS Physics teacher telling us once "Humor is tragedy observed from afar"

His thought process is a tragedy. And I am most certainly laughing.

WalterSobchak

If you shut the car off even it puts it into "Park". So really there are two ways to put in park, but shutting the car off of the most important! I'm not buying it's the cars fault when you leave it running and do not put it in Park. Thirdly I don't know how entering or exiting a vehicle one hits the accelerator pedal? I'm sorry this happened to you OP and it will get fixed. Hopefully every one who watches learns a lesson over bad habits.

greenshark68

I accidentally shut the car off before putting it in park once and it got me to thinking I needed to understand the controls layout a little better. Now I set the E-Brake every time I shut it off, just like my manual transmission cars.

In my opinion, the E-brake button is not in the best location, in the far left under the dashboard. (This is where the old parking foot brake was, like in my truck.). My wife’s Cayenne has the E-brake next to the shifter, and it has a little red light on it as an indicator that the parking brake has been set. GM should consider relocating the E-brake button to a more convenient location on the console in the drivers line of sight.

Hope your C8 is repaired soon and glad there were no injuries.

Zymurgy

No problem, it puts it into Park for you if you do this.

greenshark68

That’s what happened. So there is a safety interlock that GM has built into the car to avoid accidents similar to the OP accident. So if you can’t remember anything, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF BEFORE EXITING THE CAR!!!

Majestic94

Talk about embarrassing. Last thing I would do is tell the internet about it.

GTUnit

My RAM had a "safety recall" where they programmed the transmission with this stupid function of, literally, throwing the transmission into park if the truck is MOVING while the door is open. I hate this. An audible and screen warning would have made more sense.

Losbot

Sorry but it's not just one person's thought. There is no safety hazard here, as the car performed exactly as expected. You could have been distracted and wanted to get out of the car, forgetting to set it in park and shut it off.

It's human error but there's also personal accountability, which society seems to be trying to get away from. Somehow people want the blame shifted on to someone else, for their shortcomings or laziness. If the Corvette does not have some "nanny" feature which compensates for one's laziness or ineptness, which you feel you should have, then the Corvette (or pretty much any high performance vehicle) is clearly not something you should drive.

Not trying to knock you down. What happened sucks and I sympathize but I purchased my Corvette, knowing it's not a BMW, Jag, Audi or other car with "nanny" features. Even with these features, I could still get out of my Audi with a running engine and it'll roll away. People forget you have a certain responsibility to safety while operating a multi-thousand pound machine on the road.

Big Lebowski

I'm sorry this happened, but sounds like driver error (not trying to rub salt in the wound). Unfortunately, its not going to be a matter of just buy another one with the current supply constraints due to the pandemic, you are looking at being wtihout for 9-12 months. On the bright side, it could have ended worse, as the something similar happened to the actor from the more recent Star Trek movies...and hence why this is standard on all Jeeps to lock out Drive when a door opens.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/20/aut...hin/index.html

AceG

Lmao. I feel like this is just from fustration which i totally get but comon, had you not crashed you wouldnt have made this thread even learning this "bmw feature"

Shodanusmc

Have 2 BMW’s and going to have to test this out in a safe place. Never knew it existed. Then again my car is always in Park with engine off before I exit. Sorry it happened to you. Bet it never happens again. Don’t look like the car was totaled but it could be.

Blade2382

I do agree with this, it is one of the nitpick feedback I listed in my post 500 mile thread. On my old Camaro the EPB was right next to the shifter, really easy to access and set up a cadence of hitting it once I turned off the car. I have gotten used to the new layout, but more of a convenience ask for me.

Amoreloba

Here’s a suggestion op, put the car in park before you step out. This has been the standard for vehicles since the first model T rolled off the assembly line. Not sure why anyone would ever ignore that basic vehicle operation concept.

Mike's LS3

An unfortunate accident and glad there were no injuries, but the entire blame and responsibility goes to the driver and not point fingers at GM or C8. I agree not a "great concern".

I do have a BMW with the open door in drive safety feature. I'm all for safety and glad it's there, but the safety feature has never activated, unless I purposely did so out of curiousity.

2016SGZ51

I totally agree with Phil and most of the other replies on this one.....
My wife's Acura will stop immediately if a door is open while in drive or reverse...I absolutely hate that nanny feature.
Over the years I have acquired a very complete set of extra tools by stopping in the middle of the road (when safe to do so of course) to pick up a stray hammer, pliers, wrench, bunjee cords, etc etc, that some dufus left on the roof or tailgate of his car or truck. Just keep my eye on the road, right foot on the brake, crack the door open slightly and pick up a new free tool!
Before you criticize, think of the added safety benefit in that the previously stray object will now not be flung into another passing car's windshield when run over by the next dufus who is texting or yakking on their cell phone...

Can't do that in the Acura...now I'll have to use my hard-earned money when I want more tools...lol

PS
That was a pretty blue car.
I'm glad you did not kill some poor pedestrian who just happened to be walking in front of you.

plmmd

Curious as to why the air bags didnt blow- looks substantial enough at the front quarter to justify a delpoyment

Vetteman Jack

Sorry that this has resulted in your C8 being damaged, but I have to agree that this is not the car’s fault. Anytime you get out of a vehicle with the engine running, put the tranny in park (if an automatic) and then do whatever you were going to do. I do not need some nanny safety feature to do this simple, common sense thing.

Best of luck getting your car repaired.