Am I the only one...
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: Crofton MD
I think you have lots of company. Here in the DC area they have milled a large stretch of the Capitol Beltway and I refuse to drive on it until the surface is repaved. Otherwise the nose of my Vette would be sandblasted.
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: HOW FAST WAS I GOING OFFICER? Los Angeles Hating GM Dealership Service Dept.'s Since Sept. 2004
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by Pipes
Yes, you are the only one! 
Been there, done that. It's just not worth the potential damage.
I was following my wife, she's in the Expedition. We start to pass a transom (double dump truck). So I'm driving in the emergency lane so that the Expedition is a debris shield. Of course my wife thought I was falling asleep at the wheel or had lost my marbles.
Been there, done that. It's just not worth the potential damage.
I was following my wife, she's in the Expedition. We start to pass a transom (double dump truck). So I'm driving in the emergency lane so that the Expedition is a debris shield. Of course my wife thought I was falling asleep at the wheel or had lost my marbles.
Been there done that, but for different reasons. You ever wonder what some of those trucks might really be leaking?<Key X-Files music>
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Katy TX
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Originally Posted by noran01
I took the vette to work today seeing as how it was a gorgeous day. On the way home i passed my exit because i refused to get directly behind a pickup truck with mason equipment loaded in the back with a cement mixer being towed behind....
Don't ask me why, but i figured if i got behind this truck i would definately have 2-3 new nicks and a possible cracked windshield
the way this guy was trailing rocks. Good thing i was alone in the car otherwise my passenger would have thought i am out of my mind.
Don't ask me why, but i figured if i got behind this truck i would definately have 2-3 new nicks and a possible cracked windshield
the way this guy was trailing rocks. Good thing i was alone in the car otherwise my passenger would have thought i am out of my mind. I will go to extrordinary measures not to get behind trucks like that. In Houston/Katy it seems everywhere you go thier looking for corvettes
Racer
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Moncks Corner South Carolina
I am the same way. My girlfriend almost has a nervous breakdown every time she rides with me. I'll go idle speed in dirty areas, slam on breaks to ease over potholes or bumps that are unavoidable (if there's no one behind me), I don't ride too close to trucks or utility vehicles with large tires or carrying equipment on the back, etc. I would miss an exit to avoid a construction truck hauling debris with a mortar mixer being pulled behind it. Some owners are different than others though. I think my dad would drive his Z16 in a mud ralley if it was in his way. He tells me how stupid I am all of the time 
