Who drives your corvette?
11-25-2017, 04:54 PM
#61
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Just me and my mechanic who just pulls it in and out for oil changes. Whups, wrong area. Should be in C5 forum. Oh well.
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11-25-2017, 06:04 PM
#62
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This one is simple. I insured the wife and myself. One of my best friends (who owned a 61, 72, 08, and 2011 Vetts at the time) drove it once. I knew if it was wrecked he would get out his check book and the check would be good.
11-25-2017, 06:23 PM
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If people wanna place cars above life and even family so be it, not the way i am,
I love my pets way more than a car,
My wife would be devastated if a kitty got killed as would i, even if the poor cat life doesnt you wifes happiness should matter more to you,
Fire?
Thats what insurance is for....
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11-25-2017, 06:56 PM
#66
Just another Corvette guy
Only me.
Wife says that driving a stick shift makes her leg sore. Lucky me.
But, some cars are "more" than "just a car" to me. The 60 MGA Twin Cam (new) the 65 GTO 389/triple duece carbs (new), the 69 Camaro 390 (new) were all special to me, until I decided to sell them. Ah, memories. Seems like something "better" always comes along.
Wife says that driving a stick shift makes her leg sore. Lucky me.
But, some cars are "more" than "just a car" to me. The 60 MGA Twin Cam (new) the 65 GTO 389/triple duece carbs (new), the 69 Camaro 390 (new) were all special to me, until I decided to sell them. Ah, memories. Seems like something "better" always comes along.
I know just how rare those are, especially here in America. There are only
a hand full in the whole country. My father in law had one for years. Brother in law owns it today, just sits in his barn....forever. I've been trying to get it for years.
11-25-2017, 07:08 PM
#67
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Yes, And it's the only car I wish I would have stored away.
I lived in San Jose, CA at the time and ordered it from the BMC dealer on Santa Clara Blvd.
It was a white coupe. I seen a green one at a car show a few years back and talked to the guy for a good half hour. The engine was prone to timing chain failure because of stretch and when it failed it would cause bent valves. Happened twice so I sold it. The guy said he had been offered $70 K for it and he refused. He actually drove it and never went close to the 10,000 RPM redline for fear of the chain problem.
I lived in San Jose, CA at the time and ordered it from the BMC dealer on Santa Clara Blvd.
It was a white coupe. I seen a green one at a car show a few years back and talked to the guy for a good half hour. The engine was prone to timing chain failure because of stretch and when it failed it would cause bent valves. Happened twice so I sold it. The guy said he had been offered $70 K for it and he refused. He actually drove it and never went close to the 10,000 RPM redline for fear of the chain problem.
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11-25-2017, 07:50 PM
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In my interest of clarifying,
I will try to explain my " just a car" comment again then i will move on,
Do not mistake this for me saying you should allow anyone to drive your car, not what im saying at all, its your car, do with it as you please.
"Its more than just a car" is a figure of speech trying to express how much this object means to tge person,
I get where you are coming from,
I get sentimental value, i get how an inanimate object can make us feel, all the emotions and feelings, my dads avanti does that for me, but its still just a car even if to me i made it represent more, what makes it more than just a car exists only in me.
I do not place cars above family or life,
I do not believe in my wildest dreams that some guy driving my vette or trike is the same as sleeping with my wife because my wife is a person, a human being with her own thoughts feelings emotions,, and she is my tower of strength, my love, my life, i respect her far more,
It would be to me the grandest of insult to place her on the the same level as just a car or cycle, as in just another one of my possessions, just an object, how sad.
I feel so badly for a guy who doesnt place his wife over things like cars or cycles but i feel worse for the wife,
Saying your vette is " more than just a car" is esoteric, all the ways it makes you feel start in your brain and end there, they are yours, created by you not from the object, its inanimate.
Park that car and have as many people as you desire walk by it and not one will feel as you do about it, because when all is said and done its just a car,
If by me saying that "its just a car" makes you feel like i am in some way insulting your car or your feelings about it, how it makes you feel that is far from my intentions,
If you feel the need to keep this going please hit me in private but i believe its be ran dry.
I will try to explain my " just a car" comment again then i will move on,
Do not mistake this for me saying you should allow anyone to drive your car, not what im saying at all, its your car, do with it as you please.
"Its more than just a car" is a figure of speech trying to express how much this object means to tge person,
I get where you are coming from,
I get sentimental value, i get how an inanimate object can make us feel, all the emotions and feelings, my dads avanti does that for me, but its still just a car even if to me i made it represent more, what makes it more than just a car exists only in me.
I do not place cars above family or life,
I do not believe in my wildest dreams that some guy driving my vette or trike is the same as sleeping with my wife because my wife is a person, a human being with her own thoughts feelings emotions,, and she is my tower of strength, my love, my life, i respect her far more,
It would be to me the grandest of insult to place her on the the same level as just a car or cycle, as in just another one of my possessions, just an object, how sad.
I feel so badly for a guy who doesnt place his wife over things like cars or cycles but i feel worse for the wife,
Saying your vette is " more than just a car" is esoteric, all the ways it makes you feel start in your brain and end there, they are yours, created by you not from the object, its inanimate.
Park that car and have as many people as you desire walk by it and not one will feel as you do about it, because when all is said and done its just a car,
If by me saying that "its just a car" makes you feel like i am in some way insulting your car or your feelings about it, how it makes you feel that is far from my intentions,
If you feel the need to keep this going please hit me in private but i believe its be ran dry.
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11-25-2017, 07:52 PM
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I'm the only driver for my '69. I had the wife drive it in a parking lot once so that she'd at least be capable in case of emergency. Frankly, she's afraid of it anyway even when I'm driving.
Just a car? For those who say that about their Vettes, then that's exactly what it is- just a car. There's no wrong answer to that question. Mine is much more than just a car- to me. I've made it into what it is through a lot of time, effort, and cost. It has become part of me as a result and has thrilled me for many years. With any luck it will continue to thrill me for many more. I will die with it and, as I like to joke, possibly in it.
Just a car? For those who say that about their Vettes, then that's exactly what it is- just a car. There's no wrong answer to that question. Mine is much more than just a car- to me. I've made it into what it is through a lot of time, effort, and cost. It has become part of me as a result and has thrilled me for many years. With any luck it will continue to thrill me for many more. I will die with it and, as I like to joke, possibly in it.
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11-25-2017, 08:25 PM
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In my interest of clarifying,
I will try to explain my " just a car" comment again then i will move on,
Do not mistake this for me saying you should allow anyone to drive your car, not what im saying at all, its your car, do with it as you please.
"Its more than just a car" is a figure of speech trying to express how much this object means to tge person,
I get where you are coming from,
I get sentimental value, i get how an inanimate object can make us feel, all the emotions and feelings, my dads avanti does that for me, but its still just a car even if to me i made it represent more, what makes it more than just a car exists only in me.
I do not place cars above family or life,
I do not believe in my wildest dreams that some guy driving my vette or trike is the same as sleeping with my wife because my wife is a person, a human being with her own thoughts feelings emotions,, and she is my tower of strength, my love, my life, i respect her far more,
It would be to me the grandest of insult to place her on the the same level as just a car or cycle, as in just another one of my possessions, just an object, how sad.
I feel so badly for a guy who doesnt place his wife over things like cars or cycles but i feel worse for the wife,
Saying your vette is " more than just a car" is esoteric, all the ways it makes you feel start in your brain and end there, they are yours, created by you not from the object, its inanimate.
Park that car and have as many people as you desire walk by it and not one will feel as you do about it, because when all is said and done its just a car,
If by me saying that "its just a car" makes you feel like i am in some way insulting your car or your feelings about it, how it makes you feel that is far from my intentions,
If you feel the need to keep this going please hit me in private but i believe its be ran dry.
I will try to explain my " just a car" comment again then i will move on,
Do not mistake this for me saying you should allow anyone to drive your car, not what im saying at all, its your car, do with it as you please.
"Its more than just a car" is a figure of speech trying to express how much this object means to tge person,
I get where you are coming from,
I get sentimental value, i get how an inanimate object can make us feel, all the emotions and feelings, my dads avanti does that for me, but its still just a car even if to me i made it represent more, what makes it more than just a car exists only in me.
I do not place cars above family or life,
I do not believe in my wildest dreams that some guy driving my vette or trike is the same as sleeping with my wife because my wife is a person, a human being with her own thoughts feelings emotions,, and she is my tower of strength, my love, my life, i respect her far more,
It would be to me the grandest of insult to place her on the the same level as just a car or cycle, as in just another one of my possessions, just an object, how sad.
I feel so badly for a guy who doesnt place his wife over things like cars or cycles but i feel worse for the wife,
Saying your vette is " more than just a car" is esoteric, all the ways it makes you feel start in your brain and end there, they are yours, created by you not from the object, its inanimate.
Park that car and have as many people as you desire walk by it and not one will feel as you do about it, because when all is said and done its just a car,
If by me saying that "its just a car" makes you feel like i am in some way insulting your car or your feelings about it, how it makes you feel that is far from my intentions,
If you feel the need to keep this going please hit me in private but i believe its be ran dry.
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11-25-2017, 09:08 PM
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The world if full of many different kinds of people, and quite often they don't share the same beliefs and values. Really knowing someone takes time, and not a place on a forum such as this. What I do know is who I am and what matters to me, and am quite happy with that. I make no apologies. This will be my last post on this interesting thread. End.
11-25-2017, 10:22 PM
#72
Just another Corvette guy
In my interest of clarifying,
I will try to explain my " just a car" comment again then i will move on,
Do not mistake this for me saying you should allow anyone to drive your car, not what im saying at all, its your car, do with it as you please.
"Its more than just a car" is a figure of speech trying to express how much this object means to tge person,
I get where you are coming from,
I get sentimental value, i get how an inanimate object can make us feel, all the emotions and feelings, my dads avanti does that for me, but its still just a car even if to me i made it represent more, what makes it more than just a car exists only in me.
I do not place cars above family or life,
I do not believe in my wildest dreams that some guy driving my vette or trike is the same as sleeping with my wife because my wife is a person, a human being with her own thoughts feelings emotions,, and she is my tower of strength, my love, my life, i respect her far more,
It would be to me the grandest of insult to place her on the the same level as just a car or cycle, as in just another one of my possessions, just an object, how sad.
I feel so badly for a guy who doesnt place his wife over things like cars or cycles but i feel worse for the wife,
Saying your vette is " more than just a car" is esoteric, all the ways it makes you feel start in your brain and end there, they are yours, created by you not from the object, its inanimate.
Park that car and have as many people as you desire walk by it and not one will feel as you do about it, because when all is said and done its just a car,
If by me saying that "its just a car" makes you feel like i am in some way insulting your car or your feelings about it, how it makes you feel that is far from my intentions,
If you feel the need to keep this going please hit me in private but i believe its be ran dry.
I will try to explain my " just a car" comment again then i will move on,
Do not mistake this for me saying you should allow anyone to drive your car, not what im saying at all, its your car, do with it as you please.
"Its more than just a car" is a figure of speech trying to express how much this object means to tge person,
I get where you are coming from,
I get sentimental value, i get how an inanimate object can make us feel, all the emotions and feelings, my dads avanti does that for me, but its still just a car even if to me i made it represent more, what makes it more than just a car exists only in me.
I do not place cars above family or life,
I do not believe in my wildest dreams that some guy driving my vette or trike is the same as sleeping with my wife because my wife is a person, a human being with her own thoughts feelings emotions,, and she is my tower of strength, my love, my life, i respect her far more,
It would be to me the grandest of insult to place her on the the same level as just a car or cycle, as in just another one of my possessions, just an object, how sad.
I feel so badly for a guy who doesnt place his wife over things like cars or cycles but i feel worse for the wife,
Saying your vette is " more than just a car" is esoteric, all the ways it makes you feel start in your brain and end there, they are yours, created by you not from the object, its inanimate.
Park that car and have as many people as you desire walk by it and not one will feel as you do about it, because when all is said and done its just a car,
If by me saying that "its just a car" makes you feel like i am in some way insulting your car or your feelings about it, how it makes you feel that is far from my intentions,
If you feel the need to keep this going please hit me in private but i believe its be ran dry.
11-26-2017, 03:23 AM
#73
Melting Slicks
My youngest son loves to drive the 6t8. A friend that has a 68, we swap once and awhile just to compare. His is a built BB and a whole lotta fun to drive. There is a gal in my life that has so much lust in her eyes when she drives the 69 that I have a hard time getting her out of the car. T
11-26-2017, 05:10 AM
#74
Team Owner
My brother gets to drive any of my Corvettes, because in trade I get to drive his Porsches!
1967 911S (replaced by his 1973 911 RSR replica)
1978 3.3 L Turbo!
1967 911S (replaced by his 1973 911 RSR replica)
1978 3.3 L Turbo!