The twisties are even more fun than a straight run.
Do you ever?
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Yes but I tend do make my “spirited” runs calculated and do some recon before I let the eagles fly...
https://youtu.be/jllMXezM11c
https://youtu.be/jllMXezM11c
hahahaha
when and if she comes it's drivin ms daisy for me..........
"Im dizzy, i feel sick, do you have to drive like that?"
I try to tell her b4 we get home i'm gonna punch it once, she gives it the death grip and i'm aloud 1 redline in 3rd hahahaha
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On a stock corvette something like that happens when a silly driver doesn’t have the car straight or the steering wheel is not pointed straight ahead.
Melting Slicks
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Is that Wifey announcing mph?
hahahaha
when and if she comes it's drivin ms daisy for me..........
"Im dizzy, i feel sick, do you have to drive like that?"
I try to tell her b4 we get home i'm gonna punch it once, she gives it the death grip and i'm aloud 1 redline in 3rd hahahaha
hahahaha
when and if she comes it's drivin ms daisy for me..........
"Im dizzy, i feel sick, do you have to drive like that?"
I try to tell her b4 we get home i'm gonna punch it once, she gives it the death grip and i'm aloud 1 redline in 3rd hahahaha
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Well....g forces and all that stuff may be fine but no smart driver is going to “hammer it” in a curve. That’s a good way to kiss your *** goodbye.
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yesterday, I was lined up next to a relatively new CTS-V. we both knew what had to happen.
and it did.
I was able to pull and maintain a slight edge for the run ( maybe 1/4 mile ). we both smiled at the next light ( I had to turn off though ), so, just the one run.
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Straight line acceleration is fun, but like others I have more fun in the twisties. We have a roundabout close to the house that I go through frequently, and I like to push it when there's no traffic.
Last edited by BadAV; Nov 25, 2019 at 05:33 PM.
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[QUOTE=dr_gallup;1600551473]Yeah, anybody can hammer it in a straight line. I like to get on really tight mountain roads and torture the tires. Got a new personal best 1.27 on the G meter recently.[/QUOT
in doing the 1.27g run, what speed were you running?
my best ( at least observed ) was .85 g. that was a low speed, back road run at maybe 25-30mph. at those speeds,
i know that i;ve had some high speed / g runs, but have never felt comfortable checking the readings on some of those runs.
in my mind, they feel like high 8's, when they are probably just 6 or 7 g's. regardless, straight line pulls have their thrills which, i do regularly, but the back road twisties let you have both experiences ( hard cornering then powering out of that the corner ).
i even drive my '99 ford XL150 the same way.
i blame my dad.
in doing the 1.27g run, what speed were you running?
my best ( at least observed ) was .85 g. that was a low speed, back road run at maybe 25-30mph. at those speeds,
i know that i;ve had some high speed / g runs, but have never felt comfortable checking the readings on some of those runs.
in my mind, they feel like high 8's, when they are probably just 6 or 7 g's. regardless, straight line pulls have their thrills which, i do regularly, but the back road twisties let you have both experiences ( hard cornering then powering out of that the corner ).
i even drive my '99 ford XL150 the same way.
i blame my dad.
Melting Slicks
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The twisty roads definitely seem like the most fun, unfortunately my car has too much power for that, but even doing 10mph over the speed limit on some roads with turns is still fun! I’m a man of excess though...so making runs on some curvy roads would have turned into SCCA racing real quick and I just don’t have that kinda money....but I do have straight line Corvette money 😃 and close to 1000whp does spice up the straight line stuff a decent amount but I’m still a bit jealous of you guys taking the mountain roads and pulling G’s