My Torch Red C7 is an Idiot Magnet
01-30-2017, 05:45 PM
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Expect the unespected
Long ago, before I matured in the Army & VN, I had my first of four '63 SWC's and thought I owned the road. One day on the side road near home I rode the bumper of the car in front a little too close. He gradually slowed down in the lane, came to a stop in the lane, jumped out and chewed me out. Oh yeah, he also flipped his county police badge as he was speaking. Less than 2 years after Army I was in the Prince George's County Police Academy.
Another time Maryland State Police finally pulled me over in same car. According to him he had been behind me for quite a while with his overhead red light activated. Back in the day the red light on top was a little bit larger than a light bulb and I couldn't see it due to the split window. Same car another time...guy roles up aside me at the light and tells me I was acting like a hot dog. Maybe it was a good thing after all getting drafted by LBJ. At 20, I had to sell that trouble making car in a hurry.
Point is...some of us are not mature. It may take a while but we get there eventually. Then someone else takes their turn at hot *******.
Another time Maryland State Police finally pulled me over in same car. According to him he had been behind me for quite a while with his overhead red light activated. Back in the day the red light on top was a little bit larger than a light bulb and I couldn't see it due to the split window. Same car another time...guy roles up aside me at the light and tells me I was acting like a hot dog. Maybe it was a good thing after all getting drafted by LBJ. At 20, I had to sell that trouble making car in a hurry.
Point is...some of us are not mature. It may take a while but we get there eventually. Then someone else takes their turn at hot *******.
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01-30-2017, 06:07 PM
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Sometimes it's really hard not to hit the hammer.
Well, ok obviously I suppose, I BOUGHT the car, but besides that.
I have guys in SUVs and pick-up trucks who see me jamming up the road in a rather modest display of aggressive driving on the highway (which in these instances is just going a little faster than the traffic on my right, not shooting holes for daylight, none of that stuff) and *boom* it's like they think now they're in a dick measuring contest with the guy in the hot sports car and they'll show ME.
I had a LITTLE bit of this in the Victory Red 2007 C6 coupe, but at least those idiots were M3 guys who would pull up next to me on the right when I was minding my own business blasting down some empty highway in the left line @ 90 - they wanted to race me. I never took them up on it.
But after a month, I can tell it may be much worse in the new car. Unfortunately in both recent instances my reaction was 'WTF - they MUST be joking' and I hit the hammer to drop them - and when I looked at my speedo I was going 100+. I have to learn to let it go, their idiocy is infecting me.
I'll get there. I swore to myself today afterwards that the next time I'll slow WAY down, swing into the far right lane and set the cruise control to 54 mph. It's like anybody who thinks their car is faster than mine - I mean come on, we all know that 99%+ of the time it isn't. And if it is so what? There is never a reason to get drawn into that madness on a public road.
I have guys in SUVs and pick-up trucks who see me jamming up the road in a rather modest display of aggressive driving on the highway (which in these instances is just going a little faster than the traffic on my right, not shooting holes for daylight, none of that stuff) and *boom* it's like they think now they're in a dick measuring contest with the guy in the hot sports car and they'll show ME.
I had a LITTLE bit of this in the Victory Red 2007 C6 coupe, but at least those idiots were M3 guys who would pull up next to me on the right when I was minding my own business blasting down some empty highway in the left line @ 90 - they wanted to race me. I never took them up on it.
But after a month, I can tell it may be much worse in the new car. Unfortunately in both recent instances my reaction was 'WTF - they MUST be joking' and I hit the hammer to drop them - and when I looked at my speedo I was going 100+. I have to learn to let it go, their idiocy is infecting me.
I'll get there. I swore to myself today afterwards that the next time I'll slow WAY down, swing into the far right lane and set the cruise control to 54 mph. It's like anybody who thinks their car is faster than mine - I mean come on, we all know that 99%+ of the time it isn't. And if it is so what? There is never a reason to get drawn into that madness on a public road.
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01-31-2017, 12:22 AM
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I have one of those, black 3LZ Stage 3 Z07 and it attracts crazies and tailgaters all the time. A few weeks ago I was minding my own business in the fast lane at 79 or so having to pass on the right occassionally to avoid morons and then BOOM, I got smoked by an elderly looking female in a Tesla. I was just driving, I guess she thought we were racing... 
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01-31-2017, 12:28 AM
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I have one of those, black 3LZ Stage 3 Z07 and it attracts crazies and tailgaters all the time. A few weeks ago I was minding my own business in the fast lane at 79 or so having to pass on the right occassionally to avoid morons and then BOOM, I got smoked by an elderly looking female in a Tesla. I was just driving, I guess she thought we were racing...
01-31-2017, 04:03 PM
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Well, ok obviously I suppose, I BOUGHT the car, but besides that.
I have guys in SUVs and pick-up trucks who see me jamming up the road in a rather modest display of aggressive driving on the highway (which in these instances is just going a little faster than the traffic on my right, not shooting holes for daylight, none of that stuff) and *boom* it's like they think now they're in a dick measuring contest with the guy in the hot sports car and they'll show ME.
I had a LITTLE bit of this in the Victory Red 2007 C6 coupe, but at least those idiots were M3 guys who would pull up next to me on the right when I was minding my own business blasting down some empty highway in the left line @ 90 - they wanted to race me. I never took them up on it.
But after a month, I can tell it may be much worse in the new car. Unfortunately in both recent instances my reaction was 'WTF - they MUST be joking' and I hit the hammer to drop them - and when I looked at my speedo I was going 100+. I have to learn to let it go, their idiocy is infecting me.
I'll get there. I swore to myself today afterwards that the next time I'll slow WAY down, swing into the far right lane and set the cruise control to 54 mph. It's like anybody who thinks their car is faster than mine - I mean come on, we all know that 99%+ of the time it isn't. And if it is so what? There is never a reason to get drawn into that madness on a public road.
I have guys in SUVs and pick-up trucks who see me jamming up the road in a rather modest display of aggressive driving on the highway (which in these instances is just going a little faster than the traffic on my right, not shooting holes for daylight, none of that stuff) and *boom* it's like they think now they're in a dick measuring contest with the guy in the hot sports car and they'll show ME.
I had a LITTLE bit of this in the Victory Red 2007 C6 coupe, but at least those idiots were M3 guys who would pull up next to me on the right when I was minding my own business blasting down some empty highway in the left line @ 90 - they wanted to race me. I never took them up on it.
But after a month, I can tell it may be much worse in the new car. Unfortunately in both recent instances my reaction was 'WTF - they MUST be joking' and I hit the hammer to drop them - and when I looked at my speedo I was going 100+. I have to learn to let it go, their idiocy is infecting me.
I'll get there. I swore to myself today afterwards that the next time I'll slow WAY down, swing into the far right lane and set the cruise control to 54 mph. It's like anybody who thinks their car is faster than mine - I mean come on, we all know that 99%+ of the time it isn't. And if it is so what? There is never a reason to get drawn into that madness on a public road.
What surprises me as on a interpret entrance ramp. I'll just be driving normal and you name the vehicle and they have to speed up close. I laugh to myself as I am watching their car or truck almost on two wheels. It's got to be uncomfortable for them.
01-31-2017, 07:18 PM
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The Watkins Glen Gray looks menacing, especially with the black wheels, which I prefer over the loud red. But if I hear batmobile comparisons one more time... I might snap!
People want to test themselves (even though it's really their car) and they want to do it against a fast car, so there you have it.
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02-03-2017, 08:04 PM
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02-04-2017, 09:43 AM
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What is UP with this whole apparent Mustang vs. Corvette feud anyway?
02-04-2017, 09:49 AM
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I know right? W.T.F.????
I can hit the hyperspace button all right, but much of the time you get blocked by traffic ahead and these morons catch up to you.
The one time I dropped these two SUV imbeciles @ 107 mph going up a 4-5% grade on the interstate and was able go dive right into my exit ramp, so that time it worked. Who in their right mind tailgates a late model Corvette @ 95 mph in a high center of gravity SUV. That really is epic stupid @ its worst.
Not as stupid as me getting peeved and driving that fast in response perhaps, but most of you here understand my reactions.
I can hit the hyperspace button all right, but much of the time you get blocked by traffic ahead and these morons catch up to you.
The one time I dropped these two SUV imbeciles @ 107 mph going up a 4-5% grade on the interstate and was able go dive right into my exit ramp, so that time it worked. Who in their right mind tailgates a late model Corvette @ 95 mph in a high center of gravity SUV. That really is epic stupid @ its worst.
Not as stupid as me getting peeved and driving that fast in response perhaps, but most of you here understand my reactions.
02-04-2017, 09:52 AM
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But clearly not as confident as I may have been in my pre-Corvette days. My driving record is currently clean as a whistle. In the event that I ever get a speeding ticket I am prepared to go to court to contest the charges.
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02-04-2017, 09:52 AM
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02-05-2017, 04:55 PM
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16 Vettes and counting…..
It attracts loser a$$holes too.....
Well I've had my GS less than two days and while parked at the store today, some worthless, loser, POS threw a cherry soda on the rear of the car. Luckily I got it home within a few minutes and cleaned it up. I guess it could have been much worse. He could have keyed it, or even worse, if I saw him do it he'd be dead and I'd be in jail.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
02-05-2017, 05:54 PM
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Well I've had my GS less than two days and while parked at the store today, some worthless, loser, POS threw a cherry soda on the rear of the car. Luckily I got it home within a few minutes and cleaned it up. I guess it could have been much worse. He could have keyed it, or even worse, if I saw him do it he'd be dead and I'd be in jail.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
Totally understand your initial reaction of 'killing them and going to jail'. Fortunately, nothing like that has ever happened since to my other Corvettes.
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02-05-2017, 06:47 PM
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Well I've had my GS less than two days and while parked at the store today, some worthless, loser, POS threw a cherry soda on the rear of the car. Luckily I got it home within a few minutes and cleaned it up. I guess it could have been much worse. He could have keyed it, or even worse, if I saw him do it he'd be dead and I'd be in jail.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
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02-05-2017, 06:51 PM
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Well I've had my GS less than two days and while parked at the store today, some worthless, loser, POS threw a cherry soda on the rear of the car. Luckily I got it home within a few minutes and cleaned it up. I guess it could have been much worse. He could have keyed it, or even worse, if I saw him do it he'd be dead and I'd be in jail.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
I really hope this is not the way it's going to be. I've never had this problem before with any of my other Corvettes, but I suppose I've never had one that's as outrageous as this. Some people really suck.
02-05-2017, 07:17 PM
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02-05-2017, 07:26 PM
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I think it was hyperbole. Sheesh. LOL
At least I hope it was.
At least I hope it was.
02-05-2017, 07:42 PM
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Unfortunately, we now live in a society where there is a mass expectation of equal results replacing equal opportunity. Some people view Corvettes or other public displays of success as an attack on their low self-esteem. Sad. I've never viewed someone else's success as as a reason to feel bad. Rather inspired.
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