Sometimes, you have a bad day. Sometimes you make your own luck.
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/28/turkey-day-was-terrible-for-these-two-corvette-...
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Nov. 28, 2011 12:59 p.m. 7pilot Reader
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Nov. 28, 2011 1:43 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Why did the guy on the right fender dive the one on the left?
It didn't look like a loss of traction type side step.
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Nov. 28, 2011 1:48 p.m. Raze SuperDork
are vette owners the center of the hooniverse now?
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Nov. 28, 2011 1:57 p.m. Woody SuperDork
It's morons like this who are going to ruin reckless driving for the rest of us.
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Nov. 28, 2011 1:58 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
Raze wrote:
are vette owners the center of the hooniverse now?
LOL!
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Nov. 28, 2011 2:44 p.m. wae New Reader
Followup from jalopnik:
http://jalopnik.com/5862801/warrants-issued-for-thanksgiving-corvette-drag-racers?tag=corvette
No idea how accurate any of that is, and the forum that they're getting their information from seems to require registration to be able to read, and I won't participate in that silliness...
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Nov. 28, 2011 2:46 p.m. Ian F SuperDork
Woody wrote:
It's morons like this who are going to ruin the Corvette's quietly low insurance rates for the rest of us.
FTFY
The Chevy dealer I pass in NJ has a '99 FRC on the lot for $19.8K right now...
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Nov. 28, 2011 2:48 p.m. fasted58 SuperDork
WTF
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Nov. 28, 2011 3:40 p.m. Otto Maddox Dork
Do they all switch off the traction control (on the later cars anyway)?
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Nov. 28, 2011 4:21 p.m. gamby SuperDork
I saw this on another last week when it only had about 600 views. It was a given that it would go viral.
It's a hilarious clip because the narrator knew what was going to happen, but it does bother me that they could have easily killed a pedestrian or cyclist. There was a LOT of stupidity present at that moment.
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Nov. 28, 2011 4:48 p.m. EvanB SuperDork
I thought it was going to be this clip before I watched it: Corvette crash
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Nov. 28, 2011 5:44 p.m. thunderzy New Reader
Kids on bikes, people walking around, and a busy residential street!! These guys are just bastards.
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Nov. 28, 2011 5:53 p.m. familytruckster Reader
Why can't people chew gum with their mouth shut?
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Nov. 28, 2011 8:33 p.m. vwcorvette HalfDork
Would have been happier too if the guy filming wasn't the DRIVER of the following vehicle. Just as moronic and stupid but at slower speed.
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Nov. 28, 2011 9:31 p.m. patgizz SuperDork
this is why i stay away from other vettes on the road. i can handle my car, most of them never push hard enough to know where the ragged edge is. then they feel the need to flex their nuts, push the loud pedal all the way, and wind up all over the internets getting laughed at
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Nov. 28, 2011 9:38 p.m. familytruckster Reader
patgizz wrote:
this is why i stay away from other vettes on the road. i can handle my car, most of them never push hard enough to know where the ragged edge is. then they feel the need to flex their nuts, push the loud pedal all the way, and wind up all over the internets getting laughed at
That reminds me...
I had a husband and wife duo in his and her vettes in front of me on the way to a cruise in. C6 and C5 respectively. The C5 on a slow sweeper almost nailed the guardrail due to some sort of oversteer. This was maybe 10 over on a backroad. I too stay away from vettes.
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Nov. 28, 2011 9:49 p.m. Gearheadotaku Dork
This vid hit the local news here today. Dumb people will do dumb things regardless of what they drive. These dummies just had more money to burn than the rest of us. Don't blame Corvette drivers, blame bad drivers.
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Nov. 28, 2011 11:19 p.m. Slyp_Dawg HalfDork
I tend to think of the local Viper crowd when I think of BS like that, I remember at a freakin C&C a guy got so arse-happy in his viper just cruising in (jackrabbit starts and slamming the brakes to show off the engine) that he locked up both front brakes to keep from plowing into the back of the viper in front of him. then someone else nearly backed off the side of the parkinglot (funny place, rather than curbs they had gravel between rows of spaces with a little curbed island with a tree). funny thing is all the porsches and ferraris and the lone Gallardo Superleggera that showed up, along with everything else, had no trouble parking like normal people
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Nov. 29, 2011 8:35 a.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Having excess disposable income does not automatically convey common sense or skill.
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Nov. 29, 2011 8:46 a.m. Varkwso HalfDork
Please, please stay away from C5s since they are a death trap and known to reduce fertility. I need to keep the prices down. $19,800 is way high on a 99FRC.
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Nov. 29, 2011 8:56 a.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork
Texas. Excuse me while I roll my eyes.
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Nov. 29, 2011 9:52 a.m. Bobzilla SuperDork
Just think what these guys would have done had they been driving with a B16 under the hood. All that torque....
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Nov. 29, 2011 9:55 a.m. MG_Bryan Reader
In reply to Bobzilla:
Haha. I'm surprised that argument doesn't have it's own thread.
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Nov. 29, 2011 12:45 p.m. Slyp_Dawg HalfDork
Curmudgeon wrote:
Having excess disposable income does not automatically convey common sense or skill.
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Nov. 29, 2011 5:41 p.m. familytruckster Reader
Curmudgeon wrote:
Having excess disposable income does not automatically convey common sense or skill.
I still haven't figured out what's common about common sense.
