Owner who wrapped his prized Chevrolet Corvette to protect it from Hurricane Milton shares update

The Florida man who attempted to protect his new Chevrolet Corvette from Hurricane Milton last week by wrapping it in plastic has an update.

It was a unique protection plan.

He faced a serious amount of backlash at the time.

However, he has now shared what actually happened to his prized Chevrolet Corvette.

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Chevrolet Corvette wrapped in plastic

Car owner and TkToker, gucci_lemon_reloaded, wrapped his Corvette in a plastic sheet to protect it from the Category 3 hurricane.

Located in Palm Beach, Florida, US, he was naturally worried about the hurricane damaging his Chevrolet Corvette.

His plan consisted of getting an industrial-grade sheet of plastic to use as a car wrap, covering the ground to reverse over it, and then covering the Chevrolet Corvette.

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During hurricanes, only specialized vehicles like this tornado-proof tank are safe, and cars are rather fragile when it comes to situations like these.

Another man also shared a video showing his Tesla charging despite Hurricane Milton raging around it.

However, this low-mile Ford Thunderbird discovered among a collection hit by the Florida hurricane last month is proof cars and hurricanes aren’t a good combo.

Note that this TikTok video mentions Milton as a Category 5 hurricane — which it originally was thought to be — but thankfully, it lost some power and became a Category 3 after landfall.

However, it still had a terrible impact, with its path of destruction leaving millions without power and 16 people dead in its wake. 

His update after Hurricane Milton 

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Part 3. Thank yall for all the support. More fun to come. 🥸

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He shared an update on Friday to the video-sharing platform after the storm had passed which showed him removing the plastic wrapping from the Chevrolet Corvette.

The video, which has already amassed 700,000 views, was captioned: “Part three. Thank y’all for your support. More fun to come.”

Seems he proved his critics wrong by showing that his car was still in perfect condition and he can be seen at the end tearing down the road in the $68,000 car. 

His apparent materialism as those less fortunate tried to flee and seek shelter led to many criticizing his actions.

However, he had explained that he was ‘nine miles from the water’ in the original video.

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Didn’t expect my video to blow up. Storm should be hitting us Wed into Thurs. Stay tuned for part 3.

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“It doesn’t really make sense for us to evacuate,” he said.

“So, in terms of floating away, I’m not really worried about that, it’s going to be in a garage with maybe two feet of water, max, cos we’re only dealing with rainwater, not really a storm surge.”

The criticism has continued afterwards, with many skeptical of how much he was actually affected by the storm in the first place.

One comment read: “What if he was never in the hurricane’s path and we all got click-baited?”

Another added: “It didn’t even look like it rained.”

Another user commented: “Are we sure this isn’t before the storm? Lol it’s still dry outside lol.”