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Racer
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 329
Likes: 101
From: Chiggerbranch, MS
The most attention I get is Lasers from the cops. With the laser gun they are pointing directly at you and not like radar where they get everybody and have to pick out the speeder. They love to light up a Corvette and my Escort 360 lets me know when they do. I suppose it is part of the Corvette tax. I am about to install laser jamers just for this and see how they like that.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 7,382
Likes: 3,501
From: Lake Havasu City Arizona
The most attention I get is Lasers from the cops. With the laser gun they are pointing directly at you and not like radar where they get everybody and have to pick out the speeder. They love to light up a Corvette and my Escort 360 lets me know when they do. I suppose it is part of the Corvette tax. I am about to install laser jamers just for this and see how they like that.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,783
Likes: 400
From: Paoli, IN
St. Jude Donor '17, '19
In the 2 years that I owned my Velocity Yellow C6 convertible, I might have gotten a thumbs up, a wave or even a "nice car" when I was out and about. I don't know why but with my C7 Velocity Yellow convertible I have had the following .....After parking in front of harbor freight and while walking into the store, a woman WITH HER HUSBAND said "sir, we have valet parking here. If you will give me your key I'll be happy to park it for you". Another one was while in the grocery store wearing my Corvette hat, a woman comes up and asks me "Is that your yellow corvette in the lot?" When I said yes she said "it's gorgeous". Then there was when I was idling while my female passenger was putting stuff in the trunk, the woman behind me asked HER to ask ME if I'd take her for a ride. But the absolute best was yesterday. Parked at grocery store and when exiting the car, a husband, wife and two young boys were just passing behind the car when one boy said "look mommy, a corvette". When I asked him if he liked corvettes and he said yes I told him "watch this" and lowered the top with the remote. The expression on his face was priceless. I told him stay in school and you'll have one one day...
Nice story. I think I would have offered to let the kid sit in the car and honk the horn or something.
My best story is a gas station attending said I was an inspiration to those that anyone can work hard to get what he wants (we were talking about how I saved and was patient).
Last edited by ~Stingray; Jun 25, 2019 at 02:10 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 5,040
Likes: 939
From: Bonney Lake Washington
Mine has been the opposite
I don't know if its location (South of Seattle), the water or the legal weed but when I had my 2012 Torch Red GS Convertible 3LT 6MT I had people pointing and worse, wanting to race over and
over. I now have a '14 Torch Red Z51 Conv 7MT 1LT with black wheels, calipers, Z06 grill, etc. barely a wave which is just fine with me. Maybe it's the lack of chrome, whatever but I'm
a much happier guy. Now, amongst my son's cars sits a '14 Jaguar F-Type in the factory orange(?) paint, now that vehicle gets more looks than Kanye at a 7-11......
over. I now have a '14 Torch Red Z51 Conv 7MT 1LT with black wheels, calipers, Z06 grill, etc. barely a wave which is just fine with me. Maybe it's the lack of chrome, whatever but I'm
a much happier guy. Now, amongst my son's cars sits a '14 Jaguar F-Type in the factory orange(?) paint, now that vehicle gets more looks than Kanye at a 7-11......
