Two General Motors engineers were caught apparently street racing a pair of new Corvette Stingrays in Kentucky.
GM engineers caught racing pair of new Corvette Stingrays in Ky.
Driving 120+ in a 45 mph zone coming from a bar.
Brilliant!
A couple of things wrong with that.
The Street race implies a standing start. After 500' it is just driving fast/reckless, and becomes who has the bigger balls to mash the loud pedal longer (booze helps). 120+ is staying in it too long and would be (give or take) a high 10- low 11 second 1/4 mile trap speed, which the Corvette is not with street tires and no sticky **** on the road.
It is not illegal to have a drink and drive!
It is illegal to drive drunk!
In this day and age Barney Fife is not going to miss a opertunity to write DUI paper on a Corvette driver (especially with no gray hair).
So the press has made more of this than there really is by using buzz words. Guess Mr. Henley's song is more poetic than you would think from a bubbly pop song.
Moral of the story is "don't get caught by the press"
I would like to drive a C5 (last with trans in hump?) C6 I have no use for, a reconfigured Corvair is just not that appealing to my, drop the hammer and go mentality.
Would also like to drive a Mid year big block car if we are wishing.
Manuals only please, autos are for girls.