How long did it take?
02-06-2013, 09:32 PM
#22
Race Director
Holy moly, those tire pressures! 
Blasphemy! 
I broke triple digits the 3rd or 4th time driving my car, still learning stick too. I will never forget the first time I floored it through 1st and 2nd gear. Now after 3 years, 350 hp feels like driving a Prius!
I broke triple digits the 3rd or 4th time driving my car, still learning stick too. I will never forget the first time I floored it through 1st and 2nd gear. Now after 3 years, 350 hp feels like driving a Prius!
02-06-2013, 09:45 PM
#23
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This is pretty much how i drive my C5 haha!
02-06-2013, 09:57 PM
#24
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Damn thats crazy ha! I always wonder what it would be like to hit those kind of numbers...who knows maybe I will get enough ***** to stay in it one day!
02-06-2013, 10:06 PM
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I hit 120 the first day on the expressway. Was cruising at 70 and punched it. It happens fast. Took my foot off right away.
Like some others I like the rapid acceleration on an entrance ramp or leaving a light or banking a curve at speed more than anything else.
Like some others I like the rapid acceleration on an entrance ramp or leaving a light or banking a curve at speed more than anything else.
02-06-2013, 10:28 PM
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St. Jude Donor '09, '13, '15
That's probably why I had it displayed. It was really susceptible to elevation and the outside temp. But still too high when I got back to lower elevations etc so re-did my tires pressures after that.
02-06-2013, 11:04 PM
#29
I feel very safe and comfy up to about 120. After that, I start to get tense and don't stay above that for long at all.
I hit 3 digits the night I bought it. My wife was following me and I was being very nice and cautious. She called my cell phone and said I didn't have to wait for her and to go have fun...so I hit the gas and was goooooooone.
I hit 3 digits the night I bought it. My wife was following me and I was being very nice and cautious. She called my cell phone and said I didn't have to wait for her and to go have fun...so I hit the gas and was goooooooone.
02-06-2013, 11:30 PM
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Thats pretty much exactly how it went for me as well and I even had a v6 camaro before the vette. I def pushed the camaro harder than I do the vette, heck Ive never even been out of 3rd in the vette at WOT.
02-06-2013, 11:32 PM
#31
Melting Slicks
130 mph on the highway during day two. 
Needed to pass some slower moving traffic on a 4 lane highway.
Didn't really mean to go that fast, was amazed how quickly it got there. I trust myself at that speed, but not the road or other drivers.
Normally save the freaky stuff for the track where all I have to concern myself with is the limit of the car.
Needed to pass some slower moving traffic on a 4 lane highway.
Didn't really mean to go that fast, was amazed how quickly it got there. I trust myself at that speed, but not the road or other drivers.
Normally save the freaky stuff for the track where all I have to concern myself with is the limit of the car.
02-07-2013, 01:04 AM
#32
Le Mans Master
On my first trip with my wife on our way to visit her sister in Atlanta,,in Northern Georgia,,when the highway opened up to 5 lanes in each direction seemed like everybody was jostling and jockeying for position. I got an opening and stepped on it,,and after I cleared the cluster,looked down and read 105. At the strip I've ticked off a 13.08 @ 110.24
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02-07-2013, 01:45 AM
#33
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Just passing someone on the highway happens so quick this car hits 100 before you even realize it, so I have to say it's not an everyday occurrence, but I've hit 100 several times. I still have a clean license. However the fastest opportunity I ever had to keep my foot in it, I was with some other Vette maniacs on an Interstate not far from here with a four mile straightaway with excellent visibility.....Hit 160. Glad I did it once with no consequences, too risky to try it again.
02-07-2013, 03:49 AM
#36
Drifting
In passing only. Have a long two lane stretch of road headed down to the beach and we eat out often there. 4 to 5 cars are backed up the maggie gets by them quick.
Rest of the time, stereo on, cruise locked at 7 over, top off, and I'm enjoying the ride.
Rest of the time, stereo on, cruise locked at 7 over, top off, and I'm enjoying the ride.
02-07-2013, 06:42 AM
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I had mine up to 167 mph a few years ago, but that was the first and last time I'll ever go that fast. It only took me about 9 years to work up the courage to do that.
