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"I played golf...I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. That's way more satisfying." - Mitch Hedberg
"Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness." - William Wordsworth
“Boredom forces you to ring people you haven’t seen for eighteen years and halfway through the conversation you remember why you left it so long. Boredom means you start to read not only mail-order catalogues but also the advertising inserts that fall on the floor. Boredom gives you half a mind to get a gun and go berserk in the local shopping centre, and you know where this is going. Eventually, boredom means you will take up golf.” - Jeremy Clarkson
"There are over seventeen thousand golf courses in America, they average over one hundred and fifty acres a piece. That’s three million plus acres, four thousand, eight hundred and twenty square miles. You could build two Rhode Islands and a Delaware for the homeless on the land currently being wasted on this meaningless, mindless, arrogant, elitist, racist, there’s another thing; the only blacks you’ll find at country clubs are carrying trays. And a boring game. A boring game for boring people. You ever watch golf on television? It’s like watching flies f#ck!" - George Carlin
...but then.
Last edited by Atari_Prime; 02-13-2019 at 06:38 PM.
My daughters full size cello fits in my C7 very easily. I could care less if the C8 is a ME. If the C8 has as much over the C6 as the C7 does, I’m in all the way. I don’t get the ME thing, is That German sports car company behind this getting everyone all jacked out of shape with the must have a ME. To stab the Corvette in the back somehow. I like the motor up front and the transaxle in the back for fantastic balance, which has everything easier to get at.
This is absolutely hilarious. You can transport a cello in a C7 and you could care less about a ME, updated Corvette. Guys transport golf clubs, TVs, 2X4s, and all kinds of other junk in Corvettes but a sports car that is validated by its ability to carry a cello is too much. OMG, heard it all now.
The ability of a sports car is meaningless to me but understand that this car will have the ability to carry golf clubs, bet on that. Might not be the ridiculously huge bags that some guys have but it will carry them.
Guy says a new NSX will hold a set of clubs including the driver (the club). I don't see how... the pics I've seen show minuscule storage. I'd like to see this.
That is true - one set of clubs in a small carry bag (although the driver & 3 wood has to come out to angle it in to the storage area) - not two sets of clubs in cart bags (plus two shoe bags and two overnight duffels) like the current C7 coupe.
1. My wife's 2002 (ME) Boxster had enough room for 2 weeks at the beach, including a telescope.
2. I sold my pick-up, so I just loaded 1 1/2 sheets of 3/4" cabinet grade plywood cut into 12"x40" pieces for a shelving project. Fit into my C7 no problem... (the lumber guy didn't flick an eye)
3. I believe if the average Corvette owner/golfer left their driver and putter at home they would cut 3 stroke of their handicap.
just remember...
"Golf is a pleasant walk ruined"
"Golf is a game where you hit a wee ball into a wee hole with a wee stick ill-designed for that very purpose"
The engine/transaxle should be a little more up and back. Thus the trunk will probably be smaller than you illustrate (A). But should be almost the entire width of the ME. For heat removal, the transverse mounted mufflers look to be low behind the transaxle (B) where there is an open area between the exhaust outboard tips. At least that’s how I see it. All speculation, of course.
Accurate, except there's an airbox above the transaxle, as can be seen in the CAD drawing of the V8TT. There may only be a cargo hold a little larger than the "A" yellow box in your photo. Between the exhaust tips lies a big *** muffler.
All I've heard is what is public, and Lutz did say that they "solved" the ME cargo problem. My guess is that they would have had to solve it if they were to get project approval, but this is GM so who the hell knows. After all they produced the Camaro6 with a trunk that is smaller than that of the C7, with an opening that's even more ridiculously tiny.
A long time ago I had a nice weekend with Dave Mclelland Chief engineer of the late C-3's and of course the C-4.
He told me that an 'inviolable rule' was enough Trunk space to take two Golf Bags and your best girl.
My 82 CE CERTAINLY has that and more.
For me Chevy...if it's impractical....you can keep it! ie sales will take a big hit. You want a car that enables a long weekends worth of luggage. For the guys, that's no problem, for your significant other, she always packs like she's moving to another country!
1. My wife's 2002 (ME) Boxster had enough room for 2 weeks at the beach, including a telescope.
2. I sold my pick-up, so I just loaded 1 1/2 sheets of 3/4" cabinet grade plywood cut into 12"x40" pieces for a shelving project. Fit into my C7 no problem... (the lumber guy didn't flick an eye)
3. I believe if the average Corvette owner/golfer left their driver and putter at home they would cut 3 stroke of their handicap.
just remember...
"Golf is a pleasant walk ruined"
"Golf is a game where you hit a wee ball into a wee hole with a wee stick ill-designed for that very purpose"
Best one was from Furio (The Sopranos) "Stupid phucking game"
Ha ha ha! The reason I bought my C7 Z06 WAS so I could haul golf clubs! One of the main selling points of the Corvette over other sports cars IS THE CARGO SPACE! I think the lack of cargo space IS going to cut into the ME car’s sales (besides the price bump, which I think will be substantial). I believe that is one of the reasons why you don’t see V-8 powered, low-priced, ME sports cars. I still think that there is a possibility that the C8 Corvette will be FE, and the ME car something else
storage space? Hahaha. I haven't even figured out where to put my Glock 27 in my 458.
02-13-2019, 06:30 PM
