Adrian Worman wrote:Very cool, car picks up lovely don't it?
dave-r wrote:I've hit 145mph a few times in the Corvette recently but despite being lower it does not feel as fast as my Challenger did at 90mph.
dave-r wrote:That is one of my reasons for selling the Vette.
I would rather have something slower if it was more interesting to drive. And mechanically more accessable.
The other reason is that if I don't sell the Vette I am going to either crash it or loose my licence.
dave-r wrote:Man you know how long it took to get to the border of Scotland when you were here? I was at a place not too far short of that on Sat night and it took me 30 mins to get there with a stop for gas on the way. Narrow undulating roads with sudden bends. I was hitting 95mph in pitch darkness. My lights only lighting as far as the next hill in the road and zero G going over the top into the unknown.
If I had passengers they would have been screaming. One of the tyre pressure sensors warned me I had 64psi in the tyres at one point. I guess the jumps were spiking the pressure. It was normal a half mile of so further on.
dave-r wrote:That is one of my reasons for selling the Vette.
I would rather have something slower if it was more interesting to drive. And mechanically more accessable.
The other reason is that if I don't sell the Vette I am going to either crash it or loose my licence.
dave-r wrote:So I am going to make a slight improvement to the suspension (lower and slightly stiffer on the sway bars) and a cosmetic change to the rear bumper panel to get rid of the Euro spec fog lights.
Then going to just enjoy driving it and TRY to keep my speed down a bit.
fbernard wrote:dave-r wrote:So I am going to make a slight improvement to the suspension (lower and slightly stiffer on the sway bars) and a cosmetic change to the rear bumper panel to get rid of the Euro spec fog lights.
Then going to just enjoy driving it and TRY to keep my speed down a bit.
You might want to make a slight improvement on the license plate (get a fake one).
With one speed cam every two miles on some parts of the highway in your country, I don't see another way to keep your license very long...