Funny things happening while driving your Corvette





It was always, "One of these days..." He always encouraged me and said that if you really want something, find a way to make it happen.
So every now and then when we'd walk toward where I was parked in the garage, I'd approach a cool car and pretend to put my truck key in. He'd fall for it and say "Right. OK, lemme just get in the other side." We'd have a big laugh and then get in my truck.
So, I didn't tell him when I bought my Corvette. The next time we went to lunch, I parked near my regular spot in the garage. We walked by, and I did a double-take at my Corvette. "Check out THAT car!" I said. I did my regular stunt, "pretending" to put my key in the door.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIS FACE WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR!!
"Oh no you DIDN'T!!"
Yep, I did. It was a great day, we still laugh about it.

That is a GREAT story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I got my Vette I cruised over to his place and rolled slowly down his long driveway. He just happened to be outside his house and when he saw the red Vette coming, he stopped and stared. He had no clue who was driving it. I tried to hide behind the A-pillar as much as possible. The look on his face was priceless. His look was saying "WHO in the hell is THIS?"
Finally 20' from him I popped my head out the window and asked "Wanna ride buddy?"
Then the look on his face was really priceless! I really made his day as I even let him drive it.

When I drove my new (to me) '02 Z home - with Borla catbacks - and pulled into my garage, several immediate neighbors walked over with the usual oooh and aaahs.
It's good to be da king
HA HA HA HA HA..................
Missed the offramp last week due to freeway sweepers. Made a Uturn and got back on the freeway for one exit. It was 2AM and I got on it. Ended up passing a C6 vert (burnt orange or copper) at a pretty good pace :o . At the light, she
pulls up next to me. She wouldnt even look over, so I honk the horn. I tell her, nice car. She says yeah, yours is pretty too. She then says hers is too hot inside (vert). I said, (I was fishing) Is that your boyfriends car?
She blurts out, NO!
I took off
since I knew I had blown it.
I close my eyes for a minute, and when I open them, there are a dozen or more people hovering around my Corvette. I see then "ooh"ing and "ahh"ing, so I walk over there and open the hood for them. At the same time they all go "OOOHHHH". I didn't realize it for another minute, but they were all Fench, and they spoke very little English.
I decided to start it up for them to let them all hear the exhaust, and when I get inside, my passenger door opens, and some random dude sits down, buckles up, and starts yapping at me in Fench. So I just went along with it, and gave him a little "joyride" in the parking lot.
Needless to say it was the highlight of his trip.
His wife says "it figures" and go's outside to check out my ride. They both made such a big deal of it. Kind of cool but I felt weird with his stepdaughter jumping on me. I'm not sure I'll drive it over to his house again.
Dave
My God-Daughter is 18 and BEGS me to let her take it out....one day I'll give in but not soon enough for her.





I have many - but the one that stands out for me was....
I pulled my 02 EB Z into a local Ice Cream place - the kind where people all stand in line in front of the place to get a cone or sundae.
I parked along a fence along the area where people were lined up.
There was a young father with his 5 or 6 year old son standing in the end of the line.
I got out of my car and walked up to the father and son and got behind them in line.
The little fellow looked up at me and asked "Does that car have Nawwws?"
Before I could answer, the boy's father gathered him in close and bent over and sternly said to him "that car doesn't NEED 'naws'."
I'll never forget that day.
best regards -
mqqn
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
While I was in Napa with a buddy of mine (he has a Nissan M45) and I was in my Vette. This other girl was there and she had a Nissan G35. So, this lady(a bit older, she works with my buddy) joins our party for lunch and mentions how hot the weather is, blah blah blah and tries something along the lines of,'yup, (heavy exhale) glad I am driving a BMW convertible'. Saying how much luxurious her car is, etc. Now, my wife has a really nice 530i and she didn't see what I had. I just shook my head and said,'yeah, verts are really nice, come in handy in perfect weather like this.' She sits back in the chair feeling like a big wig or some shi_. My buddies just laughing. So, after we eat lunch, she sees there really nice cars, we see her 1992 323 or whatever vert and she is floored to see my yellow vert. Funny chit right there. I didn't even say anything to her about it, I just listened to my buddy and the girl argue over who got to ride with me.
So this year about a month after my roommate and I get to college he and I are meeting a couple girls, one who he knows through some church thing and her friend. We get to the resteraunt, go in, eat, whatever. Polite chitchat, not much interest. We go outside and need something to do, so I was like "Well, I think I parked in an one-hour customer only slot so I might need to move my car." We amble toward and when we get close his friend's friend starts staring and asks if it's my car.
I took her onto the nearby highway, cutting loose on the entry ramp as we get up to speed. When we get back, I let her sit/pose all over the car as she makes her friend take pictures (so now there are all these pictures of some random girl I hardly know posing all over my car floating around on her myspace I'm sure).
It's almost enough to make me wish I were straight
She heard me and started turning around with a frown on her face...when she saw the vette, it changed to a big smile.

1) I was driving down the 90 freeway in CA, towards the water. I get to the red light at the end and some guy, in a black Jaguar with 3 hot chicks in the car are yelling to me to fry the tires. Me being the 25 year old that I was, eagerly dropped the clutch and put on a smoke show. I get to the light at Lincoln and they pull up next to me again. The girls in the back seat were yelling and started making out with each other. The guy yells to me "where are you going?" Unfortunatley for a great life experience sake, I was going to pick my now wife up at work.
2) Not two months later, I'm at the Autozone on Washinton, buying oil, and the same guy with the Jaguar is pulling in. He doesn't recognize me, and he asks if I know about the "competetive driving" mode in my car. I state yes. Then in the most evil and sarcasticly twisted, alcohol or drug enduced reaction, he yells "I guess you got the luck of the irish then don't ya?" Then he starts laughing his a$$ off. I couldn't help but laugh myslef, then I just got in my car and drove away.
3) At the end of the 90 freeway again, about 2 years after the "luck of the Irish" incident, and this white 5 series BMW pulls up next to me. This hot older woman, rolls the back window down, asks me where I'm headed and I tell her Baja Cantina (again to pick up my now wife). The woman yells "I'll meet you there!" She has her driver pull in behind me and she asks me to go for a ride and tell her about my car. I tell her I can't. She then gives me her card and informs me that she owns a racing team in Santa Monica and she want's me to bring my car and road test it with her team. I forsaw extra marital activity that could have made a great story but messed up my now pretty perfect life. I never called.
4) Today, my wife and I were driving thru the BJ's parking lot in Jersey City NJ, and some little boy, yells to us, "nice car, are you rich and famous?" It was funny, I wish I was...but that's how I feel when I'm in my car.
That's just a few, I have tons, and I'm sure there will be many more...now that she has a brand new motor and she sounds like hell is coming with me when I'm driving down the road.
I was in mine riding home from taking my wife to the doctor. Residential/commercial area, near school zone, four lane road, middle of the day.
Some guy in a C6 with MTI Supercharged decals on the window and a great big hood came up beside us. I gave him a wave, he didn't return it, just jumped in front of me, threw down to a lower gear and jumped on it. The car went sideways right in front of me. Scared hell out of my wife and didn't do much for me either.
Can't really call that one funny, but it was pretty unusual.

We were driving on the Atlantic City Espressway (2 lanes)
Then a Dodge Durango flys up behind us and rides up our rear. So, my husband nails it and pulls away and the Durango flys up behind us again. So, this happens a few times and finally I told my husband, just let this idiot pass us and he moves into the right lane and the Durango flies past us.
Then about 1/2 mile down the road ... BAAAAA BOOOOOOM If I weren't buckled in I would have jumped out of the car ... white smoke everywhere. At that point, I was terrified that that moron ran into someone
As we got closer and the smoke started to clear .... there they were ..
engine parts all over the highway and Mr. Hot Shot Durango sputtering to a stop on the side of the highway ....
Was is mean that I cracked up laughing at that point??


5 mins later the guy pulls in is walking around my car and looking underneath it... I asked if I could help him, and he goes "MAN, I thought for sure you popped your motor when you pulled up beside me, does it always make that noise?''
yeah... it does and it's fine...
so I avoided eye contact but from the corner of my eye saw the LEO wave and simle to me
as he drove by.
So this year about a month after my roommate and I get to college he and I are meeting a couple girls, one who he knows through some church thing and her friend. We get to the resteraunt, go in, eat, whatever. Polite chitchat, not much interest. We go outside and need something to do, so I was like "Well, I think I parked in an one-hour customer only slot so I might need to move my car." We amble toward and when we get close his friend's friend starts staring and asks if it's my car.
I took her onto the nearby highway, cutting loose on the entry ramp as we get up to speed. When we get back, I let her sit/pose all over the car as she makes her friend take pictures (so now there are all these pictures of some random girl I hardly know posing all over my car floating around on her myspace I'm sure).
It's almost enough to make me wish I were straight

It was always, "One of these days..." He always encouraged me and said that if you really want something, find a way to make it happen.
So every now and then when we'd walk toward where I was parked in the garage, I'd approach a cool car and pretend to put my truck key in. He'd fall for it and say "Right. OK, lemme just get in the other side." We'd have a big laugh and then get in my truck.
So, I didn't tell him when I bought my Corvette. The next time we went to lunch, I parked near my regular spot in the garage. We walked by, and I did a double-take at my Corvette. "Check out THAT car!" I said. I did my regular stunt, "pretending" to put my key in the door.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIS FACE WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR!!
"Oh no you DIDN'T!!"
Yep, I did. It was a great day, we still laugh about it.

The day I bought my vette I drove it home from Sarasota and then my Dad took off for home. He went to the dealership with me, he's got an 03 AE. So I am sitting at home with this beautiful 6800k mile vette and I just wanted to drive somewhere ... anywhere.
So I called my buddy who lives down the street and asked if he wanted to go grab a beer. Well, I forgot he had stopped drinking (for fitness reasons) so that idea went out the window ...
After a while I decide screw it, I'll just show up at his place and surprise him ... so I knock on his door, he answers, and I'm like "whats up, want to go for a drive?" and smile ... after a momentary "what the hell are you talking about look" he says "Oh, you got your Dad's vette? sweet! let me grab my shoes" ... puts his shoes on, hurries outside around the corner and stops in his tracks ... looks at me weird, and he's like "that's not your Dad's vette!" ... hell yeah it's not brotha!
.. besides that story, I seem to get a lot of Stangs revving their engines around me ... and occasionally I leave for work when the neighborhood kids are waiting for the bus and get a bunch of "nice car!"s ... kids really seem to adore the style of the vette.
That Zaino sure worksmagic!









