How do you drive your vette?
 

I think everyone see there vette differently, some baby it an some drive it like they stole it. some drive it like its an egg that could crack at any time. an some drive it like the true performance car it is.
so how do u drive your vette?

My 06 vert is (the) uber sports touring machine and I drive it accordingly. I get a lot of use out of my V1....

Hmmmn...Day time when I can see whats around me...like I stole it...after sunset like the old man I am in the right lane...

Mine is an everyday driver, so I just cruise for the most part. Whenever im in the mood for some fun.... ill have some fun, if safe conditions

Normally! Occasionally I push the envelope a little.

40-45 mph max to and from the gas station eyes peeled for deer and potholes. Otherwise as often and as early as I can go WOT lap after lap.

On the Street.. aggressive.. On the Track.. WOT, Like a MAD MAN. Threshold Brake and then DO IT AGAIN!!.. just trying to keep the sticky side down and the color the same as when I started...

I ENJOY my car!!.. Drive it when I can and when it's appropriate (I'll take long work-related road trips, and I won't drive into NYC with it). Always try and enjoy it though!...doesn't mean I'm always over the speed limit. just means I'm enjoying whether it's a spirited cruise, a track day, or a sight seeing tour!..

Just make sure you drive them as much as possible guys!!

Mostly I drive it forwards but every now and then I back up a little!!!

On the street as fast and aggressive as is safe to do so - on the track as fast I can and still feel like I am mostly in control - but always try to stay within the limits of the car - can't afford to wad it up!!!!

Five over the limited.........unless every one is driving faster :D

third set of tires at 10k miles.

the 93vette I beat the hell out of it
but the 2012 gs vert just go's to
vette show's :D

I have the NPP option on my 2013 GS M6 -- I drive it just to hear it open up.. :woohoo:

Not slowly!

About 5 over. Same as my DD. If I drive too fast, people don't get a chance to admire it. :lol:

I drive it hard.
I bought an '08 garage queen with 15k miles January 2nd 2014, I have now added 7k road miles including 9 PDX days for over 800 track miles, recently added a cam with FBO and tune.

With the utmost respect. :yesnod: :auto:

Drove it hard enough today to get pulled over for... well I'm really not sure why he pulled me over:willy:
Something about a circular on-ramp and driving sideways. He wasn't really sure of the violation so after we laughed, we were both on our way.:thumbs:

Leave my house with the baffles closed, then when I get a few blocks a away I open them up. Drive her to work every few weeks. Also about the same with taking a drive around the island I get a lot of looks (especially with all the European tourists). I live in Key West so ever once an a while I will find a long bridge with no one in front of me! :rock:

I drive the speed limit but at least once a week I visit one of the local windy roads :thumbs:

I always drive Flat Out. That's how I drive. Flat Out.

I have had my GS for a little over 2 weeks. I have put 3000 miles on it! I love to see how fast I can get from stoplight to stoplight. This car is so much fun! I drive it like I stole it!

Mine is a daily driver so most of my miles are 5 mph faster than traffic.

When safe I like to romp on it, so much fun. I really enjoy my vette as a DD.

Let's just say when I'm at a stop light, I'm always the first one out the gate in the Vette or the Caddy. Lol

My kids will tell you I drive like an old man.

I drive reasonably and safely in traffic. If I am at the head of the line at a light I do get up to the speed limit faster than anybody else!! On the interstate I usually drive 5 - 7 over. I did do 120 on I-80 back in September. I do like to carve corners. We did the Tail of the Dragon in October. Bought the car new in January and in less than a year we have over 12,000 miles on it.

I drive my '70 like a bad azz race car driver, pulling second gear mashing on the gas. I drive my '10 GS like a Wimp...because I'm not a race car driver and I would only hurt myself.

:iagree:

It surprises me how slow everything else is on the road. When I'm stuck in traffic I can easily keep up with everyone in the C6 keeping the RPMs under 2000rpms. :lol:

:iagree:

That's my driving habits. Otherwise I'll do this... :reddevil

Video is an oldie but goodie before the blower install

I never exceed the speed limit...:leaving:

Still getting used to what this wonderful motor can do after trading in my 10 year old Miata. Passing a truck on a rural road yesterday just couldn't make my foot back off that gas pedal and once in the clear glanced at the speedo and couldn't believe it was at 120. What a rush!

I get on it a little bit on the interstate, but hardly any on the 55 MPH roads between adjacent towns or in town.

It is an A6 and I do use the paddles a little around town.

Mine is a DD and I very rarely exceed the speed limit. Have had it over 100 once :leaving: I just enjoy the ride and the fun of driving it every day :cheers:

Drive it like it was built for.

Seems a waste to granny drive or garage queen it.

How I drive everyday

Normal 5 - 10 over the limit.

I have grown tired of hearing my wife scream in terror and getting punched in the arm. As if that wasn't enough not getting laid for a couple of weeks.

I drive it sitting down

:rofl:

Normally no more than 5-10 mph over the speed limit. Occasionally take off faster at a light, on an on ramp, etc. Fastest I've had it is a little over 80 on the interstate and once when passing someone on a back road. Recently I've changed the HUD to the screen that shows the g force so I can see how had I'm cornering. The highest I've seen so far is .54.

Funny story but sorely true. Im a nut bar I think behind the wheel but I try to be a safe nut bar. I was driving home in the dark a couple weeks ago (live in SC) there was a slow car on I 85 in the left lane at a 3 lane area (Greenville not a good place to speed)So i get right on this guys bumper in 3rd gear and rev it to let him know I was noticing how he was driving in the passing lane. Well about the time he moved over (and the blue lights came on )I hit the breaks real fast and pulled off the road to the right, as I had open lanes beside me. NOTE no Gov plates on this undercover guy LOL. Well we spoke for a bit and he said he saw me comming and moved to that lane on purpose. He also explained that no radar as he was feeling kind ( I have a detector but if he never turns it on it dont help) Long and short of it I got a following too close ticket LOL.
No bull all true ,I chuckled the rest of the way home.
So Piper chuck needs to come drive with me and get some of those numbers up!! im pretty sure I have in the past seen170/0.9 (not at the same time)

Thanks, the .9 gives me something to aim for. :thumbs:

I drive it like any other car I have ever owned- like it was meant to be. I keep it clean and maintained and ALWAYS let the oil temp come up before driving it hard.....it gets me to the airport and home during the week, sees some aggressive mountain drives on the weekends, and once I have a rollbar installed may even see some track time.

A Z with a cam. Can't really do anything on the street without attracting a lot of attention. Too fast too quick...gets a little dangerous.

For the guys posting the video's.....sounds great! I'm going to have to do that.

On the streets and highways I get the car into the higher gears as soon as possible. I shift from 1 to 2 somewhere between 10 and 14 mph, 2 to 3 before 20 and into 4th before 30. Into 5th around 35 and into 6th around 46. Car has plenty of pep when running in traffic, I get pretty reasonable gas mileage and the car makes a nice cruiser.

On the track I am in 3rd or 4th gear (sometimes 2nd) all the way to 6500 rpm or higher. There is no point in shifting to 5th on medium long straights since the big ratio gap between 4th and 5th slows acceleration to 160 (rev limited speed in 4th) especially if you are going to nail the brakes a split second later.

On Interstates where you have the long lines of idiots that hog the left lane it makes for a great car to pull to the right and blast by in 6th gear. I can pass 5 or 6 cars and pull back into the left lane between two cars before they know I am there. That stops them from trying to close the space. I can't do that with my 4 cylinder Malibu. It doesn't accelerate fast enough to get to the open spot before being seen.

Bill

Enough to have fun.

With me the car always looking good and crusing is enough.

The MN6 with 4:10 differential adds to the fun.

oh I might add...thank goodness for NPP. Car is so loud with the supercharger usually whenever I get on it I'll typically get a K or Ka band pop up on the radar. It's as if a cop somewhere in the distance goes...hey I hear something loud let's see what pops up :rolleyes: :lol:

Closing the valves to muffle the exhaust and car is pretty quiet from the back. From the sides and front it just sounds like a loud woosh of air. Helps keep the popo's out of sight. :willy:

Seems my driving style has become much more 'spirited' and 'fun' this week as my GYs' are worn to the wear marks and have a scheduled appointment next week to install my Bridgestones.

I'm waiting for this to happen with my car. One of my co-workers wanted me to smoke the tires in the parking lot right after I had bought it. I told him I was waiting until it was time to buy new tires.

Around town, I start slow, usually a 1-3 shift. Then from 25mph, to 50 I rev it a little. Unless there is some interesting car near me.

On interstate, I usually goose it a bit. But final speed is 14 over.

But, the other day, big traffic tie up on the 15. Got to accident spot and there were a ton of cop cars all flashing letting one car at a time through. After this is was up and over a hill. They couldn't see me. I figure all the Smokies were at the accident so I got a good 130mp cruise for a few miles on an almost empty road till the next entrance.

I drive it to enjoy it.

I drive the speed limit most of the time. Some times a little faster depending on the environment. I had a little fun this past weekend. Now it's away for the winter. I do baby the car because it's special to me. I never thought I'd own another one, so I respect it like it would be my last one.

It depends. Most of the time I am relaxed and laid back as mine is a DD. When and if an opportunity presents itself to purge the devil I usually do so.

I was able to pull 1.03 g's around a tight corner onto a wide road easily 6 lanes and always empty. Car never lost traction either! Although it was on fresh rubber and with 1 degree of negative camber :thumbs:

I love the car. Probably my last Corvette, but at age 69, who knows. I drive it with respect, I do not beat it, but have been know to get it up to 90-100 once a year at a Corvette rally where everyone caravans for 20 miles to the venue. But that is the only time. I will not track it. I look forward to the days that the weather is clear, no rain, etc, so I can drive it.

Bar just got raised.

Car driven
 

I love your car. Can I make a suggestion to get a better license plate holder. I have one that has a bracket in the grille and the license plate is on the male part which I can plug in and show the plate and when I do not want the plate on the car, I pull it out and keep it in the car.mi am In NJ and it requires Two plates but I never put it on the front. This car was made with no license plate brackets, so no plate on mine. Have not got stopped in 4 years. I have a C-6.

:iagree: Sometimes on winding back roads I like to go a little faster and enjoy how it hugs the road on the curves.

I drive it with a smile on my face!!

I don't always drive fast... but when I do, it's in triple digits.

:iagree:..another Me...Glad to see this

Depends on the situation. Normal driving and I drive it no different than my Mercedes 4 door sedan(most of the time). When I'm in the twisties, I like to push it towards it limits(occasionally). When I'm in Mexico, I like to ring it out(very seldom).

Most of the time we drive the car as we do other less extraordinary cars. Reasoning here is that a torch red GS convertible is somewhat of a cop magnet and we don't care for citations. We occasionally do a bit of spirited acceleration especially when hitting the interstate on ramp. When asked, this car will get up to highway speed right now...

We trudge on.

Mine is a daily driver so I take the time to relax in it most days. But every once in a while I get out of town onto the twisties and challenge the grip within the legal limits. Not in top speed or acceleration, but in cornering and only when I'm alone on the road.

As fast as I can to the speed limit. : )

Used to drive it like I stole it but after breaking a transmission, a right side differential cover and then a torque tube, I have slowed a bit. Also I don't use the nitrous as much...it gets expensive, never mind burning through rear tires fast.
I am just trying to keep her together since its my DD. But if you press me... well, I guess that's why they put rev limiters on these.

Drive it normally on the street. But I have access to Colorado twisty roads whenever I want........

:rofl: And the winner is Old Boot.

I drive mine like I've got some sense, but on occasions I ain't got no sense at all.

ok the main reason i asked this question was a buddy of mine bought a new camaro zl1 sweet ride made for the track but i dont think hes ever had it over 55 mph. his biggest concern is not wanting to mess anything up to keep its resale value. so u really cant enjoy your car because your worried about its worth when your done with it? that just seem silly to me . when things break fix them, it will still be like new. right?

Ask him how the guys on the line wanted the car to be driven.
They built it with pride to be driven like the performance car it is.
If something breaks - fix it & drive on.

Let's just say some people don't like to ride with me anymore...

Quit buying the GY runcraps, then! :hide:

Quick!!!!

Here is how I drove it today:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...pse978d524.jpg

I doubt there has ever been one time where my car got up to operating temperature (150* oil temp by my reckoning) and I didn't go WOT through a couple of gears at least once, I'm always looking for opportunities to do that and have mapped out a bunch of places in my regular travels where I can pull it off with minimal chance of getting busted.

Because Ontario has very strict "street racing" laws now, it has severely curbed the way I drive my Corvettes over the past ten years or so. I used to go full throttle on a daily basis, but now it doesn't happen that often at all. If they catch you doing 50km/h over the limit they can impound your car for a week, suspend your license for a week and fine you $10,000! No thanks. So I drive like a grandpa most of the time now :( On the plus side, I save a ton of money on fuel, as I end up averaging 25 MPG in my C6 in mixed driving.

Similar laws here. Be stealthy, brief, and safe. Pick your spots wisely, if in doubt do a recon run, and never go against another car, unless you like jail. Kinda like the local crackheads, I've figured out how to get my fix and stay under the radar, it can be done. It only takes a few seconds to have some fun. So far so good, knock on wood.

I still get my full throttle fix once in a while, just like you say, I pick my spots carefully and make sure it's only for a few seconds at a time. But it's certainly not like the good old days when I could safely go full throttle many times per day and not worry about huge fines.

I hear you, and the LEO's are pretty stealthy themselves. On multiple occasions I've seen a dark grey F150 crew cab "ghost car" that nabs a lot of folks around here, like shooting fish in a barrel.

Cool. What kind of an event was that?

OMG :crazy::crazy::crazy:

Charity Laps at Virginia International Raceway. About 6 laps $25. Cruising speed +. Pace and chase cars, corner workers, all proceeds to the Salvation Army. No tech inspection, convertibles allowed, professional photos as well. Awesome event happpens twice a year.

Even cooler! Some fun for a good cause. Hope you had a great time!

I drive in a brisk, yet self assured manner. Not drawing attention to myself, pulling away from lights normally, always signalling, driving in and out of traffic in a confident way.

Other drivers just looking at my car usually commands respect, so no need to hot dog it. Most can tell it's a pretty bad ass car :smash:

Second best time of the year other than when my buddy's wife rented southern national for the day.:D

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...ps4dc53028.jpg

that and 133mph...:cheers:

:lol:

Trap speed?

I did add the "+":rofl:

That was on the straight after the oak tree turn. Car traps 119 in the 1/4.

:cheers::cheers:

I’ve had 54 moving violations in my day and never one while behind the wheel of a Corvette (drivers training 3 times over, suspended DL 4 times). I was in the high-risk insurance pool for the second 16 years of my life. I played and paid.
It’s not that Vettes look as good going slow as they do going fast, but common sense seems to have taken hold of my right foot soos I’m not the blue light special anymore. I obey every traffic rule and when the coast is clear – WAAAAAAAAAAH - Gotta love it!

I'm 44 years old. I have had 5 camaros and a Shelby mustang and I have never been issued a moving violation. I'm not saying I never deserved one but just never been caught. I have been stopped a few times but was always let go.

Got ya. Thought that was his speed. Sounds like you have some fun!!

like this on way to wal mart.......lol..before black friday......



:rofl:


actually .....close to speed limit ,,,,,,,it feels faster than the daily driver.....but on the bikes........@ least 20 over (interstate only).......& people stll tailgate!!!

Depends. If I'm out doing things like errands or on the freeway, I go the speed limit. If I'm out in the twisties I go fast.

As it's my DD, most days during the week it's not too hard on the gas or brakes and keep the speeds to about 5 over the limit. I try to be not too aggressive in traffic as azzhats are everywhere. Although now and then there is a 3rd gear on-ramp need that just seems to happen. :woohoo: On the weekends if I can get out into the country where there is no traffic and some twisties, well, then it's a lot of fun.

It's a DD so I just drive it and try to avoid the clowns while trying not to be one...

If I don't go WOT atleast once a trip... I feel the trip was a failed adventure.

Mine will log around 6,000 miles a year.

I drive it like any other car with one exception. If no one is in front of me and the road is clear when the light turns green :reddevil lookout!

As the mood strikes me.

That was the famous Bullitt thing? Legendary? I guess so.

My DD too so I stay 10 over or so. Have aired it out to 130+ and want to do some track days. In traffic I try to keep "safety zone" around my car. Had someone looking so hard they started to "drift" toward me, that's when I said "goodbye"! On country roads it is on! My wife, on the other hand, thinks it is like a bike and pegs it! She is scary fast! Now she is calling it her car! BTW she hated the Porsche! :thumbs:

More on the egg side. Not a DD.

But I'd care for all my belongings the same way.

Still though being my first American car in 39 years I went into the ownership thing a bit more worried than with my Honda's and Toyota's I have owned.

baby
 

I drive it on the highway nice and easy... back roads? Fun time... I don't leave the house without waze running though