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Le Mans Master
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From: NE OH
St. Jude Donor '09-'10
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: N.GA
I do it atleast 2 or 3 times a day. Mostly I just go vroom, you know, once to 2 - 3K
I was a little worse when I had my SS Camaro, now it was LOUD
One time, I was right beside a middle aged woman on the phone with her window down last summer. I tached her up quick to like 5K and the woman LITERALLY jumped and screamed "O SH**!!!!!!!!"
I haven't laughed that loud/long in a LONG time
Team Owner
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
SHOW OFF! all you want! Just keep it under control when your wife is with you!
She doesn't like it so just do it at other times or not so crazily, tone down a little, meet her halfway or somthing!
Thanks,Matt
She doesn't like it so just do it at other times or not so crazily, tone down a little, meet her halfway or somthing!
Thanks,Matt
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: N.GA
Not everyone here keeps their car at home, we enjoy them and drive them how they were meeant to be driven. So what if I like to show off? I'M PROUD OF MY CAR.
If they were really proud of there car, I think it's cool, just as long as they don't condemn my car. A car guy is a car guy.
Now that bass is another thing.....
Well, just think of how you'd view the owner if it was an Integra or mustang sitting at a light or in a drivway revving it up. And then decide how cool or obnoxious it is.
Now that bass is another thing.....
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From: St Louis Mo Mo
I'v always heard that revving an engine without a load is not good (dangerous). I don't do it on a regular basis. You wanna talk about a bunch of needless engine revving, ride with a pack of Harley riders! They're the biggest show-offs in the world! They just love to hear the sound of their aftermarket pipes!
go figure..... i own a Harley also. Vance and Hines big shots, very loud.Guys i didnt mean that i do it at every stop light. you guys know that feeling when you are at a stop light and some little kid is in the back seat of his moms Altima and he smiles and gives you a thumbs up and you give it a little gas and he smiles bigger. Thats what i am talking about.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Sterling Heights MI
How they were ment to be driven? That pedal is ment to make the car go faster. It's not a noise maker. Let the ricers and Novas in the trailer parks rev em high.
Last edited by mwagne16; Mar 12, 2007 at 11:28 PM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Cincinnati OH
I think when some people hear a reving engine they hear noise. Others hear sweet, sweet music. Depending on the engine of course. Nobody wants to hear a Mitsu Mirage with a broken exhaust reving. But a Corvette? Who wouldn't want to hear that? If I was next to you at the light, I'd give you a big
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Melting Slicks
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From: The 7th layer of hell - Western Washington
Burning Brakes
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From: Detroit Area Michigan
go figure..... i own a Harley also. Vance and Hines big shots, very loud.Guys i didnt mean that i do it at every stop light. you guys know that feeling when you are at a stop light and some little kid is in the back seat of his moms Altima and he smiles and gives you a thumbs up and you give it a little gas and he smiles bigger. Thats what i am talking about.
, I've got a Harley too and there's nothing nicer than seeing that little kid grin ear to ear at the light when you goose it a little bit, now for the serious folks on here about the Harleys being loud, mine isn't as loud as I could make it, but the guys are definitely wrong that say the noise doesn't save your life (they wouldn't know) I do because it has saved mine. I ride to work on I-696 to Detroit 6 days a week, and if a car doesn't hear you first, they move to your lane, whether you are in it or not, after this happened to me quite a few times, I put different mufflers on it and it made all the difference in the world, you can actually see the people look in their mirrors when you approach (don't really care if you believe this or not) but my wife and I take a bike trip and a Vette trip every year and I plan to keep doing this until the hearing impaired knock me off the road...bob.
Melting Slicks
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From: Tampa Bay, Go BUCS!!!Go Rays!!!Go Lightning!!!
St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
Try to be considerate. Use the ricer analogy. One of those punks pulls up next to you a at light and starts mashing the gas. The first couple times you give them the "Car Crazy" benefit of the doubt. Then it gets old, FAST. It sounds nasty to you but they're just showing off.
Remember, like it or not, you represent the Corvette community when you're out there. For every one person that grins there are probably five that grimace. One or two 2K pumps gets the point across. One 5K bump will almost always get bad reactions from someone.
My old race mechanic told me to stop showing off! There is a certain amount of slack or lash in an engine at several locations (timing belt/chain for one, rocker adjustment for another). Revving the engine forces it to keep passing through transitiosn where nothing is "timed" properly like it is under constant acceleration (even light acceleration) or deceleration. During a normal lifespan the amount of time an engine spends in that "zone" is minimal but the more you sit and rev your engine the more time it spends there. Do it a favor, stop slapping it around unnecessarily.
Oh, and if you just want to get noticed run down the street naked screaming "I own a Vette, I own a Vette"
Remember, like it or not, you represent the Corvette community when you're out there. For every one person that grins there are probably five that grimace. One or two 2K pumps gets the point across. One 5K bump will almost always get bad reactions from someone.
My old race mechanic told me to stop showing off! There is a certain amount of slack or lash in an engine at several locations (timing belt/chain for one, rocker adjustment for another). Revving the engine forces it to keep passing through transitiosn where nothing is "timed" properly like it is under constant acceleration (even light acceleration) or deceleration. During a normal lifespan the amount of time an engine spends in that "zone" is minimal but the more you sit and rev your engine the more time it spends there. Do it a favor, stop slapping it around unnecessarily.
Oh, and if you just want to get noticed run down the street naked screaming "I own a Vette, I own a Vette"
