What Does "CORVETTE" Actually Mean??
Nov 3, 2017 | 09:34 PM
Melting Slicks
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From: Los Angeles CA
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ROADAPPLE
Corvette = about a 70% premium over the cost of a product that dosen't say CORVETTE on it!
Fixed that for you.
Nov 3, 2017 | 11:14 PM
Melting Slicks
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if it's a french word why did the transmission not come with 3 gears for reverse ...
Nov 5, 2017 | 10:55 AM
Burning Brakes
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From: Lehigh Valley PA
2022 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Tom/99
CORVETTE= the long spelling of FUN.
CORVETTE= youth, speed, attitude, get the xxxx out of my way.
Nov 5, 2017 | 03:03 PM
Safety Car
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From: Redondo Beach CA
I always heard it was adapted from a french slang phrase meaning "chap ***" or from the old french, " needs to compensate" , guess I was way off base. Live and learn.
Nov 5, 2017 | 03:18 PM
Drifting
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From: Lafayette Louisiana
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ExRedRacer
Is anybody, besides me, glad that we don't drive an "Opel?"
Interesting to speculate on the effect a name like Opel would have had on the car through the years...
Back in the day, I had an Opel GT. Great fun car. It had flippy headlights. They where completely mechanical. A lever on the console was directly connected to the door opening mechanism. No silly plastic gears or electronics.
Nov 6, 2017 | 04:42 PM
Burning Brakes
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From: Bakersfield CA
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CDH76
It's a term that has been lost in translation. Some believe it means "whales vagina".
You stay classy San Diego!
Sorry had to throw it out there
Good one !!!
Nov 6, 2017 | 06:13 PM
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22
It's really from an old French slang term which can roughly be translated as: "sweet madness which empties your wallet"
Nov 16, 2017 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by
Can't drive 55
What does FRC mean?
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