Several days ago, pulled into the gym parking lot with the vette. With that, a retired cop that I see all the time pulls up beside me (all the way in the back of the lot). He gets out and we start to talk about, what else, vettes. The last one that he drove was a 85 and he thought it was a blast. So every day since he makes it a point to come over to me in the gym and shoot the breese. So yesterday after talking a while I ask him if he wants a ride, he says "hell yes" and we met up later in the day. Took him on some great back roads, he was grinning ear to ear so I asked, "does a retired cop get any slack from the local LEOs?" he said that he knows them all, open it up. That's all I needed to hear and gave it the boot. After several minutes of pure bliss I pulled over and asked if he wanted to take the wheel, he says "hell yes" and we switch. I love seeing the expression of people when they get their first time behind the wheel and he did not disapoint. At first he took it kind of easy but after getting used to it he started to open it up, to the point where the AH kicked in around a corner. He could not believe that the car thought for itself and slowed down a little. After the drive we stood around and he had me tell him everything about the C5. He never realized how much the car has improved since he last drove one and is now looking for a used C5. So how many have you converted?

 

Great story. I wish I could convert someone like that

 

Great story

 

I haven't converted anyone yet, but what I have done is give the people that have lost respect for Corvette a reason for new-found respect by showing them some of the abilities and technological advancements that the vette has to offer.

Great story of yours btw. I don't know if I would feel comfortable having a leo in my ride. I've got nothing to hide mind you; it's just the comfort level. Kinda wierd considering one of my old friends is a leo, but I've never taken him for a spin. Please don't ask, because I really cant explain it.

 

One day of driving mine and my buddy pulled the trigger...

One half-hour of driving my neighbors' and I pulled the trigger...

Couple of months after buying an '87, my other neighbor sat in mine (he's a big fella) and after a few more months, he pulled the trigger on a 2000...

Got a Pentagon cop ready to pull the trigger, after taking my baby around the corner...

And my biggest test yet, is to convince the new Deputy Secretary of Defenst not to sell his Torch Red '98, MN6...

 

Nice job!

 

yep another example of how this sickness spreads.

 

Nobody drives my Vette. You would have to pry the keys from my cold dead hands. All that "hell yes" talk with somebody else behind the wheel of your car? All that "pure bliss"?

I am not taking anybody on any back roads for pure bliss with my car or anything else of mine.

 

 

Since he once had an '85 I'm not sure you really "converted" him......more like "re-ignited" the fire that burns in all of us!!!

 

It's not a disease, it's the CURE!

 

Great Story!!!

Just wait until he starts joining us on the twisties up in Bear Mountain!!!

 

Sounds like he'll be in a C5 before you know it. Haven't really converted anyone yet, but I keep trying.

 

That is very funny, I was goiung to post my converting a LEO story about this past weekend. Guess I don't have to now. My buddy is a LAPD officer and came up because we were signing papers for his 2nd piece of investment property that I found for him and did the loan for. This guy is VERY down to earth, really cool and sorta family to my fiance.

I picked him up from the airport in Oakland and the guy says 'nice ride', he was behind me(first time we meet face to face). Before I looked back I said 'thank you', then saw him and said 'ah, sh@t'(saw a pic of him before).
I was driving real slow for a while. Then he asked what is could do, and pointed to his badge and id. He said he would have my back if someone stopped us. All I did was downshift a few times to 4th and pick up 10-15 mph...nothing really fast, but enough to show him the torque she had. He was very impressed and is now not into SUV's but Corvettes, namely C5s. So, that makes me happy. He already is talking about my car and his possible C5 more than me.... Bottom line, he is a cool guy, and I hope I have a new driving buddy.

And to the guy that originally posted, great story. Funny we had a similar experience. Cool. That is a big part of what Vette ownership is about. Not being a guy who has a uppety look on his face because his ride has the crossflags on the hood. So, here's to more converts.

Ray