Ever watch someone else drive your C5??
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Los Angeles
Holy crap. My wife doesn't drive the C5 because it is so low. She doesn't do well on inclines or reading the road. If she drove it, it would come back with no bumper. She has bottomed out the front of her Ford Focus to give you an idea; that thing has almost a foot of ground clearance.But a low car, AND supercharged? You are a brave man.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2004
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From: Manassas VA
There are times when I forget just how beautiful the car is from the outside, because my interior is completely stock, and doesn't "pop" like the outside does.
My friends, as well as some strangers (cops I met in the parking lot) have taken my car around the block, and I can't tell you how proud I am to own such a beautiful machine. Seeing it from the outside is just such a thing of beauty, it gives me permagrin just knowing that it's mine!
My friends, as well as some strangers (cops I met in the parking lot) have taken my car around the block, and I can't tell you how proud I am to own such a beautiful machine. Seeing it from the outside is just such a thing of beauty, it gives me permagrin just knowing that it's mine!
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From: Glastonbury CT.
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17,'20, '21,'22, '23
The C-5 really is beautiful. If a painting of it were discovered in ancient Greece the painting would be in a museum and labled a work of art. The mysterious object in the painting would be mythical of course because it did not exist at that time.
Many cars are beautiful . I wish there was a place that housed pictures of beautiful cars so I could visit it.
777
Many cars are beautiful . I wish there was a place that housed pictures of beautiful cars so I could visit it.
777
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Hampton Va
Yes i went to our local dragstrip , I let my friend who races alot more than i ever will take my car down the quarter, He drove my car to a 12:40 @ 112mph i was a little worried , but the car looked and sounded awsome.Im standing there waiting for him to pull back to my parking spot, He just drives right by, Jumps back in line and does it again. No regrets, Thanks Steve.
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From: Virginia Beach VA
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Yes i went to our local dragstrip , I let my friend who races alot more than i ever will take my car down the quarter, He drove my car to a 12:40 @ 112mph i was a little worried , but the car looked and sounded awsome.Im standing there waiting for him to pull back to my parking spot, He just drives right by, Jumps back in line and does it again. No regrets, Thanks Steve.
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Safety Car
Joined: May 2006
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From: Northern Virginia
St. Jude Donor '08
The only person other than myself that I have let drive my vettes is my brother (who also owns a vette). It a pretty neat feeling to see your car moving down the road as a spectator.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Rocky Mountains Colorado
Canon City
My wife and I were in Canon City just last week. First time for me. We had a nice time, on the way to Durango. The best part was the Skyline Drive. What fun. What a scene.
The down side. I wasn't in my vette. Don't get me wrong, I love my new Tacoma. But how can anything better my vette. Next time. Skyline Drive too.
Craig
The down side. I wasn't in my vette. Don't get me wrong, I love my new Tacoma. But how can anything better my vette. Next time. Skyline Drive too.
Craig
Race Director
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Schaumburg IL
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St. Jude Donor '06-'10, '13
Yea, one of my friends here on the forum, we swapped vettes for a quick drive one night out and it was cool
I mainly wanted to hear how mine sounded and looked, same for him. It was fun.
I mainly wanted to hear how mine sounded and looked, same for him. It was fun.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Braidwood Il.
Wife and I took the Vette (99 triple black convertible) on the 120 mile trip to Denver today to pick up a friends car....On the way back home I drove the "car"....wife drove the Vette..(she INSISTED)...I gotta tell you, it's not often I see one of my cars go flying by me....I musta told the wife to pass me a hundred times on the trip home...(we had walkie-talkies)...I just couldnt get over how GREAT that car looked flying by me...She'd pass me, then I'd pass her...of course we NEVER exceeded the posted speedlimit
........I LOVE the way the wheel spokes "disappear" at speed, ...exposing the drilled and slotted rotors....'course those little red C5 emblems in the center of the wheels were spinning like a top....The ProTip Corsas ROARED everytime she passed....and to see that menacing black hood and mirrors closing in on me from behind....well, although the Vert has NFLIGHT tags on it...it felt like I was getting NNIAL8'd everytime!!!...From EVERY angle....the car looked SO IMPRESSIVE...and although I realize many of you arent fans of BSMs...they seemed to enhance the car's "rake", making it look even faster than it actually was traveling.....
I wasnt happy about not being able to drive a Vette on the way home....but it was sure a beautiful sight that I dont often get to see!!!
........I LOVE the way the wheel spokes "disappear" at speed, ...exposing the drilled and slotted rotors....'course those little red C5 emblems in the center of the wheels were spinning like a top....The ProTip Corsas ROARED everytime she passed....and to see that menacing black hood and mirrors closing in on me from behind....well, although the Vert has NFLIGHT tags on it...it felt like I was getting NNIAL8'd everytime!!!...From EVERY angle....the car looked SO IMPRESSIVE...and although I realize many of you arent fans of BSMs...they seemed to enhance the car's "rake", making it look even faster than it actually was traveling.....I wasnt happy about not being able to drive a Vette on the way home....but it was sure a beautiful sight that I dont often get to see!!!
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Louisville Kentucky
I want a set of those "never wear" tires you have on that car. How do you burn rubber and NOT leave any skid marks?
Yea, the passenger experience is a totally different world from the drivers. Usually, you have to repair the claw marks in the passenger side airbag!
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From: S.W. Ohio. . . . . . NRA Life Member
I'm still on those factory supplied GY Run-Flats @ 22k miles. As hard as they are - you'd think they would never wear down.
Actually though I'm finally gonna replace them this year.
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Team Owner
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From: Canon City Co
St. Jude Donor '11,'13
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My wife and I were in Canon City just last week. First time for me. We had a nice time, on the way to Durango. The best part was the Skyline Drive. What fun. What a scene.
The down side. I wasn't in my vette. Don't get me wrong, I love my new Tacoma. But how can anything better my vette. Next time. Skyline Drive too.
Craig
The down side. I wasn't in my vette. Don't get me wrong, I love my new Tacoma. But how can anything better my vette. Next time. Skyline Drive too.
Craig
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From: Silver Spring MD
Occasionally my little bro will steal my car if we meet up for food or something, it's awesome to see your car drive by you, especially seeing other people point at it at stoplights...
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Never have seen anyone else drive my car - but my brother has driven it while I was in the passenger seat. I too have looked at the refelection in the store windows when driving the car.