C5 Rant on other drivers
Team Owner
Joined: May 2010
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From: Sugarcane town Florida
I love that I-595 track in Ft. Lauderdale. Only problem is I have been out run many times by 4-door Yugos and soccer moms in suv's.
When I first got my Vette I thought everybody wanted to race and everybody was tailgating me. But I finally came to the conclusion (before I wrecked or did something really stupid) that it was really just my imagination. It was a strange feeling sitting so low in a car. And my stupid ego had me thinking everybody was looking at my car and/or tailgating me.
I don't get suckered into trying to outrun people thinking they just want to outrun me. I think most people are just in their own world when driving and don't even realize what their doing or who is around them.
Keeping my ego in control makes my corvette driving experience much more enjoyable.
I can't wait for the day I get to take it to a track!
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Youngsville North Carolina
Usually don't have that problem...
One thing I will do is as someone is approaching me on a hill, I'll let the vette roll back just a bit - thinking I'm alerting them to the manual transmission and leave me some room...
One thing I will do is as someone is approaching me on a hill, I'll let the vette roll back just a bit - thinking I'm alerting them to the manual transmission and leave me some room...
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Kelso Washington
St. Jude Donor '09, '13, '15
Some crazo rushed up behind me the other night on a back road and when he wouldn't back off, I gunned it up the hill and around two quick turns......then he turned on his pretty red and blue flashing lights. 
No ticket...he was cool. I heard the next day from someone that knows him that he said "I almost got in a chase with a Corvette! It woulda been awesome!"
Uh....yeah, for him maybe.......
No ticket...he was cool. I heard the next day from someone that knows him that he said "I almost got in a chase with a Corvette! It woulda been awesome!"
Uh....yeah, for him maybe.......
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Los Angeles CA
Some crazo rushed up behind me the other night on a back road and when he wouldn't back off, I gunned it up the hill and around two quick turns......then he turned on his pretty red and blue flashing lights.
No ticket...he was cool. I heard the next day from someone that knows him that he said "I almost got in a chase with a Corvette! It woulda been awesome!"
Uh....yeah, for him maybe.......
No ticket...he was cool. I heard the next day from someone that knows him that he said "I almost got in a chase with a Corvette! It woulda been awesome!"
Uh....yeah, for him maybe.......
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Peters Colony Republic of Texas
Choeo (John) stated "Try living in West Texas - like being a gnat in a herd of bulls. Everyone here has at least one oversized vehicle - mostly pickup trucks. It is a "cultural" thing out here. Even all the women drive these massive oversized pickups (hence I remain single and dateless in Hell). I am not saying that a woman needs to drive a Corvette, but a woman in a "pickup" says volumes to me."
Poor John. But I guess you have to understand his condition to appreciate his rant. Midland is centrally located: 200 miles from EVERYWHERE. So he isn't presented with as many choices as he apparently would prefer.
Still, when a man denigrates tacos, he's crossing the line.
Careful, sir, or they might whip a little Judge Roy Bean justice on ya ("Give 'im a fair trial, then hang 'im.").
The Lizzard
Poor John. But I guess you have to understand his condition to appreciate his rant. Midland is centrally located: 200 miles from EVERYWHERE. So he isn't presented with as many choices as he apparently would prefer.
Still, when a man denigrates tacos, he's crossing the line.
Careful, sir, or they might whip a little Judge Roy Bean justice on ya ("Give 'im a fair trial, then hang 'im.").
The Lizzard
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Somewhere in Mo
St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
Try living in West Texas - like being a gnat in a herd of bulls. Everyone here has at least one oversized vehicle - mostly pickup trucks. It is a "cultural" thing out here. Even all the women drive these massive oversized pickups (hence I remain single and dateless in Hell). I am not saying that a woman needs to drive a Corvette, but a woman in a "pickup" says volumes to me.
To make things worse, you NEVER see anything in the back of any of these pick-ups - they drive them strictly to increase their foot-print as much as possible and be as obnoxious as legally allowable (although many of these vehicles surely are not even legal). Some of these pickups are jacked up so high, I can actually see through traffic underneath them when they pull up next to me at a light.
I have taken loads of pictures of my C5 over the years and they all have one thing in common - a damn ugly utility vehicle in the background somewhere in the photo. My house is surrounded on all 4 sides by pickup trucks - some have as many as four and they even park them in front of my house without asking - it may be "legal", but it is just "rude" - that pretty much sums up their attitude toward everyone else as well.
My goal in life is to eventually make enough money to where I can move to where I will never see a pickup truck again and the local residents have never heard of a "taco".
To make things worse, you NEVER see anything in the back of any of these pick-ups - they drive them strictly to increase their foot-print as much as possible and be as obnoxious as legally allowable (although many of these vehicles surely are not even legal). Some of these pickups are jacked up so high, I can actually see through traffic underneath them when they pull up next to me at a light.
I have taken loads of pictures of my C5 over the years and they all have one thing in common - a damn ugly utility vehicle in the background somewhere in the photo. My house is surrounded on all 4 sides by pickup trucks - some have as many as four and they even park them in front of my house without asking - it may be "legal", but it is just "rude" - that pretty much sums up their attitude toward everyone else as well.
My goal in life is to eventually make enough money to where I can move to where I will never see a pickup truck again and the local residents have never heard of a "taco".
Some people think our vettes are a waste time and money.
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Outer banks North Carolina
My Corvette is my "truck"! I go down to "oregan Inlet" and get my shark baits in it. Nothing like hauling a couple of 5 gallon buckets of tuna heads in the back in 95 degree heat in July!
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From: Kelso Washington
St. Jude Donor '09, '13, '15
Burning Brakes
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From: Alpha/Coopersburg NJ/PA
I don't know what's the mater with you morons-these people are God's gift to Corvette owners! I see them all the time and I always smile when they're inches away from me at 80MPH. I wish they would get even closer. The way I see it, when my car has 230,000+miles and I'm itching for a C6 or C7, and I start to hear engine knocking/diff bearing brinelling/experience clutch slippage/some other sign of a big repair that would be too much to put into an older C5, that's where I get to pit the stopping distance of my 3,000 pound car with 14"/13" slotted rotors against the tailgating moron's 8,000 pound SUV with drum brakes. Brace my head against the seat and tap my brakes, and presto, and I collect a big check and get a new car courtesy of their insurance. Thank you SUV tailgaters!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Richmond, Ky
I don't know what's the mater with you morons-these people are God's gift to Corvette owners! I see them all the time and I always smile when they're inches away from me at 80MPH. I wish they would get even closer. The way I see it, when my car has 230,000+miles and I'm itching for a C6 or C7, and I start to hear engine knocking/diff bearing brinelling/experience clutch slippage/some other sign of a big repair that would be too much to put into an older C5, that's where I get to pit the stopping distance of my 3,000 pound car with 14"/13" slotted rotors against the tailgating moron's 8,000 pound SUV with drum brakes. Brace my head against the seat and tap my brakes, and presto, and I collect a big check and get a new car courtesy of their insurance. Thank you SUV tailgaters!
Racer
Joined: May 2011
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God I hope so!
I have kinda sorta, accidentally caught the edge of the brake pedal while a soccer mom was tailgating me on the three mile bridge and putting on lipstick...
Let's just say she wasn't to happy when she came by lookin all like the Joker on Batman Returns!
I have kinda sorta, accidentally caught the edge of the brake pedal while a soccer mom was tailgating me on the three mile bridge and putting on lipstick...
Let's just say she wasn't to happy when she came by lookin all like the Joker on Batman Returns!
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2011
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I don't know what's the mater with you morons-these people are God's gift to Corvette owners! I see them all the time and I always smile when they're inches away from me at 80MPH. I wish they would get even closer. The way I see it, when my car has 230,000+miles and I'm itching for a C6 or C7, and I start to hear engine knocking/diff bearing brinelling/experience clutch slippage/some other sign of a big repair that would be too much to put into an older C5, that's where I get to pit the stopping distance of my 3,000 pound car with 14"/13" slotted rotors against the tailgating moron's 8,000 pound SUV with drum brakes. Brace my head against the seat and tap my brakes, and presto, and I collect a big check and get a new car courtesy of their insurance. Thank you SUV tailgaters!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: SC
Amen to the cell phone issues, Brother. Monumental distraction and a deadly nuisance on our roadways today..........
Pro
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Endicott New York
Oldtimer
Coming home from work today in the C5 I had multiple people pull up to my back bumper as close as they could get (I guess checking my clutch skills) with their high beams on....friggen a! What gives people! Are you jealous that you don't have a Corvette? Are you too stupid to not leave room and not have your brights on? Are you trying to **** ME OFF (because you did) with pulling up so close to me? Holy cow... 
Okay...I'm better now...back to your regular scheduled programming...
Okay...I'm better now...back to your regular scheduled programming...
Heel & Toe
Joined: May 2011
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Where I live a military post the cops are nuts, 1 mph over and your done. Something about the post commander almost getting hit...More like 5 under here!
Thank god for the HUD!
Yeah I pull up to a stop light and people get on my *** so I move a bit forward. People then feel obligated to close the gap.
Thank god for the HUD!Yeah I pull up to a stop light and people get on my *** so I move a bit forward. People then feel obligated to close the gap.
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: I'll Keep My Guns , Freedom And Money. You Keep The Change. FL
Happens to me quite frequently here in the Orlando area. I usually just let off the gas until they get the point and back off. If they ever feel like getting pissy, want to be real *******s and start something, I have 15 of my closest friends sitting next to me that will change their mind.