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Melting Slicks
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im sure this has happened to every corvette owner at some point
so your driving down the road an some guy in what ever sees your in a vette an automatically has to challenge you what do u do ?
let him have it? or dismiss him as a jerk an continue to just cruise?
well it happened to me today an I let him have it lol
so your driving down the road an some guy in what ever sees your in a vette an automatically has to challenge you what do u do ?
let him have it? or dismiss him as a jerk an continue to just cruise?
well it happened to me today an I let him have it lol
Racer
Joined: Feb 2014
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From: Austin Texas
St. Jude Donor '14
I dismiss them. If they want to lose that bad, they can come to the track and do it. On the road, I'm out for pleasure.. The only speeding I do is when it's empty and flat for miles around haha 
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Scottsdale Az
I don't consider him a jerk, I just give him a grin & continue to cruise on...
recently a Camaro ZL1 challenged me at a light, I just smiled and let him smoke his tires & in a few seconds he was out of sight, a few minutes later I saw him pulled over on a side street with LEO having a talk with him!, was going to circle around & drive by and give him the big grin but decided why rub salt into the wound...
recently a Camaro ZL1 challenged me at a light, I just smiled and let him smoke his tires & in a few seconds he was out of sight, a few minutes later I saw him pulled over on a side street with LEO having a talk with him!, was going to circle around & drive by and give him the big grin but decided why rub salt into the wound...
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Edgewood Washington
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Just a down-side of Vette ownership.
People want to measure themselves/car against a known champ, or maybe they just want to be entertained by a display of superior performance.
Use your discretion, it's fun to watch their reaction/frustration when you blow them off or laugh at them.
If someone's being a serious a$$hole I just give them a big yawn and continue enjoying my day.
People want to measure themselves/car against a known champ, or maybe they just want to be entertained by a display of superior performance.
Use your discretion, it's fun to watch their reaction/frustration when you blow them off or laugh at them.
If someone's being a serious a$$hole I just give them a big yawn and continue enjoying my day.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Worth TX
St. Jude Donor '14-'15
Street racing is for weak minded Bozo's from the shallow end of the gene pool.......not worth the risk of endangering the innocent public let alone yourself 
Laugh at them and let it go
Laugh at them and let it go
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Atlanta GA
most younger guys just want to hear/see your vette do what it was designed to do.....
if anyone actually says......wanna race...just politely tell them that this car is really too fast to open it totally up on the street.....
but if it is a 100% empty/wide open freeway with no intersections, I might say lets just ease back down to a "20 or 30 punch and roll up to 70" & then back it down.....no real harm there.....
surely there are very few drivers that could screw up in those few seconds with a top speed of 70 which is the speed limit in at least half the US......and out west its higher....
technically I guess you could receive a ticket for going too slow on the Interstate @ 20mph....ha!
if anyone actually says......wanna race...just politely tell them that this car is really too fast to open it totally up on the street.....
but if it is a 100% empty/wide open freeway with no intersections, I might say lets just ease back down to a "20 or 30 punch and roll up to 70" & then back it down.....no real harm there.....
surely there are very few drivers that could screw up in those few seconds with a top speed of 70 which is the speed limit in at least half the US......and out west its higher....
technically I guess you could receive a ticket for going too slow on the Interstate @ 20mph....ha!
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Mt. Sinai NY
The pedal on the right is the $ pedal. That guy wont pay your ticket or increased insurance premiums. And he sure as hell is not sticking around if you wreck. just politely let him go. You can beat him anyway so who cares.
Clif
Clif
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St. Jude Donor '09
Happens all the time and mostly it's Mustangs. They should stick with their competitor ... Camaro.
I always just ignore them, because as sure as I took them up a cop would be around.
I always just ignore them, because as sure as I took them up a cop would be around.
