You should'nt own it if you can't drive it.

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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited November 2011
    did they purposely find the worst road to drag race on? traffic, pedestrians? these @ssholes should go to jail.

    Vettes, like any other performance car, has a vein of putz's driving them. not limited to Vettes obviously.
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited November 2011
    Syndil wrote: »
    First sign that they weren't good drivers? They bought Corvettes.

    Could you expand upon your statement please ???
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited November 2011
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    Could you expand upon your statement please ???


    Hold on man, let me grab some popcorn first.

    Don't think you really want to know that answer bro.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2011
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    Could you expand upon your statement please ???

    He's saying that if you own a Corvette...you can't drive.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited December 2011
    Yo mamma so fat, when she drives a Corvette no way it drivin' straight.

    For the sensitive ones... I have no real opinion about racing, Corvettes, or yo mamma.
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited December 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    He's saying that if you own a Corvette...you can't drive.

    That's your best. Pretty disappointed in you Jstas.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2011
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    That's your best. Pretty disappointed in you Jstas.

    What are you getting at?

    Do you think I'm trying to start a war with you?

    Sorry, I wasn't. I was merely explaining what I thought was completely obvious but others seemed to have missed. So I helped out.
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited December 2011
    Thanks Buddy.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited December 2011
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    Could you expand upon your statement please ???
    Don't take it personally,it's just another Prius owner with car envy.
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  • JimMueller
    JimMueller Posts: 100
    edited December 2011
    The C5 and later generation Vette's have enough electronic controls to save the drivers **** in most circumstances if left enabled. It doesn't matter what car it is... being stupid in it is just helping to cleanse the human gene pool. Unfortunately they are also injuring or killing innocent folks.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2011
    JimMueller wrote: »
    The C5 and later generation Vette's have enough electronic controls to save the drivers **** in most circumstances if left enabled. It doesn't matter what car it is... being stupid in it is just helping to cleanse the human gene pool. Unfortunately they are also injuring or killing innocent folks.

    +1

    The Corvette active handling system does a great job of keeping the car going straight even in slush/snow. It will let the car slide a little and then you feel the system apply braking force. Unfortunately, the laws of physics still apply - if you are driving like a moron, TC/AH won't help you.

    I've been driving it since I was a teenager and never had any problems with keeping the car in control.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited December 2011
    There's a reason that I own an old man's car and a hot rod audio system . . . . . I won't get arrested or worse.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,508
    edited December 2011
    Alex wrote: »

    I've been driving it since I was a teenager and never had any problems with keeping the car in control.

    You've never driven it over 55 mph either.
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  • JimMueller
    JimMueller Posts: 100
    edited December 2011
    Serendipity wrote: »
    +1

    The Corvette active handling system does a great job of keeping the car going straight even in slush/snow. It will let the car slide a little and then you feel the system apply braking force. Unfortunately, the laws of physics still apply - if you are driving like a moron, TC/AH won't help you.

    I've been driving it since I was a teenager and never had any problems with keeping the car in control.
    F1nut wrote: »
    You've never driven it over 55 mph either.

    But at least he gets great fuel economy :wink: Tangent - why does your quote show his first name, but when I quote him it shows his screen name?
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2011
    Haha ::biggrin:
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited December 2011
    Jimmy wrote: »
    Tangent - why does your quote show his first name, but when I quote him it shows his screen name?
    Editing like this.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2011
    Active handling systems? WTF are those?

    Oh, wait, I have them too. They're called the gas and brake pedals and the steering wheel. If my vehicle actually had weenie stuff like a gas mileage readout, it'd say about 2.5 gallons per mile. Keeping it straight is fun? Guess I've been doing it wrong. I use my driver's side window as the wind shield every where I go!

    This thread has turned very sad. Arguing over who's "electronic save your butt so you look like a hero instead of a zero" system is better. And what kind of loser has a Corvette with an average fuel economy readout of 30+ MPG? It should say 3 MPG. Hell, I'd drive around in 2nd gear all the time just to listen to the engine exhaust note! Wait, I DO do that now! You gotta really romp on it though to hear it over the blower whine. It's alot of fun going around a turn at 10 MPH and then stabbing the gas pedal real quick to get the back end to step out.

    Don't drive it like your mom. Drive it like it's your mom's. Every trip to the store to get milk should take at least an hour and when the car hits the driveway at the end of the trip, there's no gas left in the tank, it needs a new set of rear tires and you totally forgot to get milk.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,223
    edited December 2011
    Hahaha^^^^^^Love it!!!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2011
    Jstas,

    A 2001 Ford Lightning should get approximately 15 MPG. Not 2.5 MPG like you claim.

    And it's miles per gallon, not gallons per mile.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,753
    edited December 2011
    Serendipity wrote: »
    Jstas,

    A 2001 Ford Lightning should get approximately 15 MPG. Not 2.5 MPG like you claim.

    And it's miles per gallon, not gallons per mile.

    No, he had it right...:lol:
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited December 2011
    ken brydson wrote: »
    No, he had it right...:lol:
    There is no use in correcting him. some people have no common sense
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2011
    I got it the first time. 2.5 GPM I just think Jstas is exaggerating.

    A 5.4L + 2.0L effective displacement supercharger would only consume that much fuel at very high RPM, and since he implies that he is driving it on the street, not the track, I'm going to call BS on this one.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2011
    Wow. This just became the most hilarious thread I've read in quite a while!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited December 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    I use my driver's side window as the wind shield every where I go!

    Hell, I'd drive around in 2nd gear all the time just to listen to the engine exhaust note! Wait, I DO do that now!

    Every trip to the store to get milk should take at least an hour and when the car hits the driveway at the end of the trip, there's no gas left in the tank, it needs a new set of rear tires and you totally forgot to get milk.

    I think that should explain his fuel consumption issues. :cheesygrin: I'm in 100%.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2011
    Serendipity wrote: »
    I got it the first time. 2.5 GPM I just think Jstas is exaggerating.

    A 5.4L + 2.0L effective displacement supercharger would only consume that much fuel at very high RPM, and since he implies that he is driving it on the street, not the track, I'm going to call BS on this one.

    I haven't implied anything.

    I have had the truck step out on the street and since it's limited slip on a live axle, if I let off the gas too quickly, it'll snap back the other way and I will have zero control as opposed to minimal control. So I have to ride it out a bit, feathering the throttle, until it starts behaving itself again.

    And yes, I do drive around on the street in 2nd gear. It's easier to get moving in the rain and sounds abso-fricken-lutely awesome as it rumbles down the street. Especially when it's under engine breaking and you get the crackle and pop out the exhaust. If I romp on it and light the wheels up and let off, when the engine bogs down from the immediate levels of traction it re-obtains, I actually get fire coming out of the side pipes.

    And there's nothing like cruising down the highway at 70, dropping it down in to 2nd, hittin' the gas and sending two plumes of tire smoke up in rooster tails behind me.

    Lightnings make burnin' dead dinosaurs a BLAST!

    But hey, how I drive MY truck is my business (an the local constabulary). How you drive YOUR MOM'S Corvette is your mom's business.

    On a side note, it must totally suck to be you.

    I think Imma go burn some dead dinosaurs and look at Christmas lights for a bit. Maybe I'll do a burnout in the driveway before I leave?
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited December 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    Maybe I'll do a burnout in the driveway before I leave?

    you wont do it, video it, and post it on youtube...
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2011
    exalted512 wrote: »
    you wont do it, video it, and post it on youtube...
    -Cody

    I do not own a video camera and my cellphone sucks at taking video in the dark. Also, you are not important enough for me to even consider your demand.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2011
    Young and dumb and full of holiday spirit?
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    The Woodlands, yeah, I know that area well. I also know there are more than a few people up there with more money than sense.
    Thought that looked like the Woodlands... and the peeps comment is spot on.
    Jstas wrote: »
    That video got both of those guys arrested. One tried to leave the scene of the accident. The other in the trees lied to the cop. So instead of just traffic violations, they got misdemeanors and felonies applied to their records as well.
    Well deserved, too...
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhwgF7ys-RU
    Good link... love the personalized plate, "Chain Saw". How prophetic was that? :cheesygrin:

    As for the whole Vette owner debate threatening to bring down the thread...

    I think it's pretty safe to say that a fair percentage of Vette owners are in over their heads as soon as they sign on the dotted line. The Vette is simply not as entry level a bit of muscle driveability-wise as it is availability-wise. Add to this a driver's lack of respect for (or ignorance of) its potential, a dose of immaturity and a dash of invincibility, and you've got video.

    Completely different situation with those who have grown up with muscle, built their own rides and know their limitations and responsibilities.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited December 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    Also, you are not important enough for me to even consider your demand.

    I hope Santa Claus eats your cookies, drinks your milk, and takes a dump in your stocking.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2011
    exalted512 wrote: »
    I hope Santa Claus eats your cookies, drinks your milk, and takes a dump in your stocking.
    -Cody

    At least it won't be coal like every other year.
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