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Old 09-20-2017, 07:13 AM
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Default Can't imagine how this guy wrecked his car ;)

Saw this going down the freeway on the south side of Houston yesterday. Yes Matilda, the rear tires really are that wide sticking out that far on both sides.


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The car was wrecked long before the accident...
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Old 09-20-2017, 07:33 AM
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WOW that one is strange. I'm surprised it's not set up with mega negative camber for drifting. Interesting thought; anybody ever seen a C7 drift setup??
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It saw its reflection as it passed a storefront window and decided to commit suicide out of shame. If he has a pickup truck he probably has those goofy looking "super single" ultra wide tires on it.

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Wow...someone thought that was a good look.

To each their own, I suppose.
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The car was wrecked long before the accident...
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kids...
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It tried to commit suicide
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He's gonna need bigger mud flaps.
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Originally Posted by proexpert
He's gonna need bigger mud flaps.
With a chrome silhouette of a naked lady perhaps?
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Old 09-20-2017, 10:49 AM
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In Cali that would be a ticketable car with tires sticking that far out from the fenders...
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Was it actually wrecked? Maybe just headed to some shop to get wide body mods of some sort.
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Originally Posted by jschindler
With a chrome silhouette of a naked lady perhaps?
Classic
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Originally Posted by Steve Snake Driver
Was it actually wrecked? Maybe just headed to some shop to get wide body mods of some sort.
That's what I thought. Maybe he just needed to remove the front fenders to get bigger tires on.

Reminds me of a Camaro I saw at the tire shop when I was a kid. It was on the lift, and they were putting extra wide tires on it. When they lowered it, all four fenders were setting on the tires.

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It's one thing to see this on an old bet up Civic, Camaro, GTI, etc. Usually by some young kid who bought his first $5K beater and watched too much Fast And Furious, but another to see it on a C7...

Seriously what in the world....

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5k beater? When I was a kid that was the cost of a brand new Corvette!
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Originally Posted by L8ter
5k beater? When I was a kid that was the cost of a brand new Corvette!


Yes indeed.
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Originally Posted by Steve Snake Driver
Was it actually wrecked? Maybe just headed to some shop to get wide body mods of some sort.
Agree - maybe a wide body conversion like this Supervettes SV7 package.





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