Prom weekend
Burning Brakes
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Its funny this thread should come up, my son just turned 16 and I have been running thru this scenario in my head. I think in a very high performance Corvette ( 500 plus HP) it can be a bad idea. The driving characteristics are just too different and things happen VERY fast.
My Vette is for making great memories and you have to take great risk to enjoy great rewards.
Back in the 60's my uncle let his younger brother take his 67 GTX (440 six pack) to school on the last day, he made him promise, no hot rodding! My uncle went thru the town a few days later and seen two black marks that ran from a stoplight for several hundred yards with only small breaks for shift points....kids will be kids.
Kevin
My Vette is for making great memories and you have to take great risk to enjoy great rewards.
Back in the 60's my uncle let his younger brother take his 67 GTX (440 six pack) to school on the last day, he made him promise, no hot rodding! My uncle went thru the town a few days later and seen two black marks that ran from a stoplight for several hundred yards with only small breaks for shift points....kids will be kids.
Kevin
Race Director
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From: Chino CA
Its funny this thread should come up, my son just turned 16 and I have been running thru this scenario in my head. I think in a very high performance Corvette ( 500 plus HP) it can be a bad idea. The driving characteristics are just too different and things happen VERY fast.
My Vette is for making great memories and you have to take great risk to enjoy great rewards.
Back in the 60's my uncle let his younger brother take his 67 GTX (440 six pack) to school on the last day, he made him promise, no hot rodding! My uncle went thru the town a few days later and seen two black marks that ran from a stoplight for several hundred yards with only small breaks for shift points....kids will be kids.
Kevin
My Vette is for making great memories and you have to take great risk to enjoy great rewards.
Back in the 60's my uncle let his younger brother take his 67 GTX (440 six pack) to school on the last day, he made him promise, no hot rodding! My uncle went thru the town a few days later and seen two black marks that ran from a stoplight for several hundred yards with only small breaks for shift points....kids will be kids.
Kevin
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: The Motor City
That was the sixties. Most kids -not all - but most well raised kids are not morons enough to realize that they are being entrusted with a prized and expensive family relic, not a relatively new car as would have been the case in the 1960's which is almost so old that they barely mention it in kids history classes these days. The point about risk is spot on and has to be weighed, especially with the crazy horsepower and manual tranny C3's. But, having the next generation bonding with our hobby is important to the future of our elite but gradually fading C3 hobby - and what better way to say 'I trust you" to our loved ones who have an indirect stake in the time/ money that we've invested? And, staying up late worrying about your car is sort of like staying up late worrying about your beautiful daughter getting home from a prom date - keeps you young and focused
Le Mans Master
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From: Southern NH
also, police were a lot more lenient back then. Today they won't think twice out of making an example of some kid that gets caught having a little too much fun in his hot rod.
and don't forget everyone sticks everything on Youtube now too
and don't forget everyone sticks everything on Youtube now too
Team Owner
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Virginia USA
My Corvette never get driven without me in it and only two other people have had their butts in the driver seat. My brother and Dad. I'll teach my kids how to drive a stick with it in a few years but I'll never let them take it out without me in it. If they want a Corvette they'll have to work for it just like I did.
Anyway, me and a friend rented a limo on Prom night for our dates. Much better "experience" if you know what I mean.................
Anyway, me and a friend rented a limo on Prom night for our dates. Much better "experience" if you know what I mean.................
Burning Brakes
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From: The Motor City
My Corvette never get driven without me in it and only two other people have had their butts in the driver seat. My brother and Dad. I'll teach my kids how to drive a stick with it in a few years but I'll never let them take it out without me in it. If they want a Corvette they'll have to work for it just like I did.
Anyway, me and a friend rented a limo on Prom night for our dates. Much better "experience" if you know what I mean.................
Anyway, me and a friend rented a limo on Prom night for our dates. Much better "experience" if you know what I mean.................
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Instructor
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Well said Lakeside, me neither. I want my Family and kids to enjoy it just as much as I do, I want to give them the oppritunities that I didn't have as a teenager and the chance to make some awsum memories.
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My dad let me drive his to my prom in 97. I thought it was the coolest thing. It's the orange 73 that is now sittin in my garage. Those memories are a huge part of why I don't think I'll ever be able to sell it. I'll see if I can dig up some pics.
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From: Lake Jackson (South of Houston) Texas
From a tactical standpoint... If I had a daughter I would be happy to lend her my interiorly cab space challenged C3 to go to prom in. I picked my date up in a large SUV back in the day.. Needless to say we didn't stay at prom to long. I'd rather stay up worrying about the car than early grandkids !
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