My C5 Got Hit While Parked in Driveway!!

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11-14-2013, 05:53 PM

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Maybe GM should start thinking about making the new Vettes out of CF.

Man we wish. Im sure plastic is still easier and cheaper to produce. An all carbon edition would be awesome tho.

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11-14-2013, 06:11 PM

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Man we wish. Im sure plastic is still easier and cheaper to produce. An all carbon edition would be awesome tho.

Five to ten years down the road, I predict Corvette bodies will be carbon fiber. It's getting cheaper all the time.

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11-14-2013, 08:01 PM

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Pity driver's licenses aren't harder to get, but I guess without stupid drivers the malls would close and taxes would go up.

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11-16-2013, 04:20 PM

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ust picked this up. Gonna see how it looks with the widebody fenders and carbon skirts and lip.

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11-20-2013, 06:06 PM

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Ordering these this week. TSW Nurburgring's 18x10.5 on all corners. 295/30 up front and 315/30 in the rear.

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11-21-2013, 09:26 PM

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Ordered the TSW wheels last night, had to do it. Lol. Test fitted the wheel adapters and the fenders just to get an idea of whats to come.

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11-21-2013, 11:51 PM

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Wow...it's going to look better than ever...maybe getting hit was a good thing!

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11-22-2013, 12:55 AM

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C5Natie, I've been doing some detective work. I think I found who hit your car in the driveway!

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11-22-2013, 11:16 AM

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C5Natie, I've been doing some detective work. I think I found who hit your car in the driveway!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=dsTiPhcaeus

Holy crap! Lol! Man what is up with these toyotas?

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11-22-2013, 11:26 AM

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C5Natie, I've been doing some detective work. I think I found who hit your car in the driveway!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=dsTiPhcaeus

Hilarious!

Thanks,Matt

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11-22-2013, 11:51 AM

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I wonder how many cars will be wrecked and people will die before they address the problem.

It is a problem but how do you stop it? It's not much different than people playing with their stereo's, but it does take more of your attention away.

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11-22-2013, 12:09 PM

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It is a problem but how do you stop it? It's not much different than people playing with their stereo's, but it does take more of your attention away.

Make the fines big enough to get their attention. It is more dangerous than adjusting the stereo. People texting are just as bad as drunk drivers. Had I not been driving defensively I would have been in a head on collision with a texting fool.

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11-22-2013, 12:14 PM

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Wow! someone has a temper or on some serious medications!

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11-22-2013, 12:15 PM

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Maybe this is a new DIY demolition technique??

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11-22-2013, 03:25 PM

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Maybe this is a new DIY demolition technique??

First rule in Demolition Derby... hit with the rear end first, then the front...You'll last longer

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11-22-2013, 03:35 PM

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First rule in Demolition Derby... hit with the rear end first, then the front...You'll last longer

LOL yeah...maybe this guy is just a novice. Unreal...wonder what his problem really was. I'm thinking he was tripping on something!

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11-22-2013, 07:07 PM

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I'm thinking that somebody was doing his wife...

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11-23-2013, 07:03 PM

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Im in between these two tires. Toyo proxes r888 and michelin pilot sport cups. Both are great but the toyos are a bit cheaper, at least $80 a tire. Opinions? Car will see some street but a lot of canyon roads and some track days. Not overly concerned on treadwear.