Notices
C5 General General C5 Corvette and C5 Z06 Discussion not covered in Tech
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

Forgive me

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 10-29-2015, 07:31 PM
  #1  
jakecol
Racer
Thread Starter
 
jakecol's Avatar
 
Member Since: May 2013
Location: Ft. Collins Colorado
Posts: 359
Received 15 Likes on 12 Posts
Default Forgive me

Forgive me for not waving/recognizing in other ways, towards fellow Vette drivers. As I live in Northern Colorado,it has been well documented, and observed, that we have drivers that must have obtained their driver's license via a cracker jack box. With that said, I'm compelled to drive in a more defensive manner rather than a more relaxed and pleasurable state.
Between no signal lights, running red lights/stop signs, cutting one off and many more stupid actions, which I have witnessed including bicyclists.
I have nothing against the 2 wheel people.
So if you see a C5 Pewter coupe w/ Viet Nam Veteran plates and I don't wave etc. it's not that I don't appreciate you.
Thank You for understanding.
The following users liked this post:
BRKLYN (10-30-2015)
Old 10-29-2015, 07:34 PM
  #2  
frsr06
Drifting
 
frsr06's Avatar
 
Member Since: Sep 2013
Location: Calabash, NC
Posts: 1,304
Received 191 Likes on 133 Posts

Default

Thank you for your service and

Last edited by frsr06; 10-29-2015 at 07:40 PM.
Old 10-29-2015, 07:38 PM
  #3  
jdvann
Melting Slicks
 
jdvann's Avatar
 
Member Since: Sep 2013
Location: Mountain Home Idaho
Posts: 2,262
Received 451 Likes on 253 Posts

Default




Last edited by jdvann; 10-29-2015 at 07:38 PM.
Old 10-29-2015, 07:40 PM
  #4  
Barndog Buddha
Instructor
 
Barndog Buddha's Avatar
 
Member Since: Sep 2014
Location: Gurnee IL. so close to Wisc. I can smell it when they cut the cheese
Posts: 165
Likes: 0
Received 14 Likes on 10 Posts
Default

Since you have seen the error of your way you are forgiven. Now "Save the wave"
Old 10-29-2015, 07:47 PM
  #5  
Pounder
1/4 mile/AutoX
Support Corvetteforum!
 
Pounder's Avatar
 
Member Since: Jun 2014
Location: Buffalo Texas
Posts: 11,276
Received 2,082 Likes on 1,635 Posts
Default

I also tend to watch the road in front of me,but it is easy to spot a Corvette from a distance !!!(so if I spot you I will wave !!!!!)
Old 10-29-2015, 07:52 PM
  #6  
Vetteman Jack
Administrator

Support Corvetteforum!
 
Vetteman Jack's Avatar
 
Member Since: Mar 2001
Location: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
Posts: 343,428
Received 19,439 Likes on 14,048 Posts
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-
'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran


Default

As crazy as it may sound, there are times when we must keep our eyes on the road to avoid an unpleasant ending. So, we understand.

And thanks for your service.
Old 10-29-2015, 08:39 PM
  #7  
CQRT
Team Owner
Support Corvetteforum!
 
CQRT's Avatar
 
Member Since: Aug 2003
Location: Scottsdale AZ
Posts: 23,792
Received 295 Likes on 237 Posts

Default

Originally Posted by jakecol
Forgive me for not waving/recognizing in other ways, towards fellow Vette drivers. As I live in Northern Colorado,it has been well documented, and observed, that we have drivers that must have obtained their driver's license via a cracker jack box. With that said, I'm compelled to drive in a more defensive manner rather than a more relaxed and pleasurable state.
Between no signal lights, running red lights/stop signs, cutting one off and many more stupid actions, which I have witnessed including bicyclists.
I have nothing against the 2 wheel people.
So if you see a C5 Pewter coupe w/ Viet Nam Veteran plates and I don't wave etc. it's not that I don't appreciate you.
Thank You for understanding.
plus- you guys got weed . . . .

[kidding]

Last edited by CQRT; 10-29-2015 at 08:40 PM.
Old 10-29-2015, 09:41 PM
  #8  
shward1
Intermediate
 
shward1's Avatar
 
Member Since: Oct 2015
Location: Severance CO
Posts: 26
Received 5 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

jakecol - I am a new owner of a '04 Z06 and live in Severance.

Don't worry, I won't take it personal if we pass in FTC and I don't get wave...

Last edited by shward1; 10-29-2015 at 11:21 PM.
Old 10-30-2015, 12:26 PM
  #9  
alienranch
Melting Slicks
Support Corvetteforum!
 
alienranch's Avatar
 
Member Since: May 2008
Location: Prosper, TX
Posts: 2,162
Received 112 Likes on 69 Posts

Default

Hard to catch them all, but wave when you can
Old 10-30-2015, 01:13 PM
  #10  
pologreen91
Instructor
 
pologreen91's Avatar
 
Member Since: Apr 2005
Location: Austin TX
Posts: 208
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes on 8 Posts

Default

Old 10-30-2015, 03:42 PM
  #11  
FSJim
Instructor
 
FSJim's Avatar
 
Member Since: Feb 2014
Location: Stuart Florida
Posts: 146
Received 12 Likes on 8 Posts
Default

Prospect, Harmony, Drake, College are all nightmares. Get around Laurel on a Friday afternoon during the school year and you are taking your life in your hands. A great town, but I don't miss the traffic.
Old 10-30-2015, 05:13 PM
  #12  
jakecol
Racer
Thread Starter
 
jakecol's Avatar
 
Member Since: May 2013
Location: Ft. Collins Colorado
Posts: 359
Received 15 Likes on 12 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by FSJim
Prospect, Harmony, Drake, College are all nightmares. Get around Laurel on a Friday afternoon during the school year and you are taking your life in your hands. A great town, but I don't miss the traffic.
Don't know how long you lived here, but it's gotten progressively worse every since 1982 when I moved here. Horsetooth is the new East-West College.
Old 10-30-2015, 05:17 PM
  #13  
DRAFT1
Racer
 
DRAFT1's Avatar
 
Member Since: Nov 2013
Location: Central Mississippi
Posts: 277
Received 37 Likes on 31 Posts
Default

I sold my Harley and bought another Vette because of idiots and their cell phones. I fully understand!
Old 10-30-2015, 08:02 PM
  #14  
shward1
Intermediate
 
shward1's Avatar
 
Member Since: Oct 2015
Location: Severance CO
Posts: 26
Received 5 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by jakecol
Don't know how long you lived here, but it's gotten progressively worse every since 1982 when I moved here. Horsetooth is the new East-West College.
Even a route that not too long ago was wide open is now a disaster! The 12 mile trip east from the HP campus to Severance now takes over 30 minutes in the afternoon.
Old 10-30-2015, 08:13 PM
  #15  
jakecol
Racer
Thread Starter
 
jakecol's Avatar
 
Member Since: May 2013
Location: Ft. Collins Colorado
Posts: 359
Received 15 Likes on 12 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by shward1
Even a route that not too long ago was wide open is now a disaster! The 12 mile trip east from the HP campus to Severance now takes over 30 minutes in the afternoon.
Hope to meet you some day.
Old 10-30-2015, 09:10 PM
  #16  
jpm995
Drifting
 
jpm995's Avatar
 
Member Since: May 2015
Posts: 1,682
Received 146 Likes on 97 Posts
Default

I know how you feel. I'm new to vette's and not used to so much power. When i'm driving my pickup truck i can spot a vette from blocks away. In my vette i'm clueless, trying to concentrate on driving.
Old 10-30-2015, 11:14 PM
  #17  
DSTURBD
Melting Slicks
 
DSTURBD's Avatar
 
Member Since: Jun 2003
Location: Yuma CO
Posts: 2,170
Received 48 Likes on 42 Posts
Senior Member
Cruise-In V Veteran

Default

Wow!! Never knew that there were so many northern Colorado lurkers on here!! I lived in Ft. Collins from 3/84 to 8/10. When I moved there, there was no such thing as a rush hour and pretty much nothing south of Horsetooth until you got to the Flea Market buildings on the way to Loveland. By the time I left, the rush hour was 24/7 on any of the main drags and the build-up is very close to continuous clear to Loveland. I live in Yuma now and am really enjoying the relaxed life speed here but I really miss all of the curvy roads behind Horsetooth and up the Big Thompson canyon, even though they are usually too busy to really enjoy any more. Not to mention that super aggressive and belligerent bicyclists have pretty much taken over Big Thompson canyon!!!!!! They are obviously convinced that it belongs to them and you can just suck it and putter along behind them as they are NOT about to allow you any room to pass or go around!!! Time to start targeting them with a good hood ornament as a sight!! A$$holes!!!

I owned property on top of Storm Mountain, above Drake, and had to deal with them on a daily basis most months of the year, so I know what I'm talking about!!

DSTURBD

Last edited by DSTURBD; 10-30-2015 at 11:16 PM.

Get notified of new replies

To Forgive me

Old 10-30-2015, 11:34 PM
  #18  
scarecrowkc5
Pro
 
scarecrowkc5's Avatar
 
Member Since: Feb 2014
Location: Kansas City Missouri
Posts: 697
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

Sounds like a normal driving day in Texas.
Old 10-31-2015, 12:53 AM
  #19  
DSTURBD
Melting Slicks
 
DSTURBD's Avatar
 
Member Since: Jun 2003
Location: Yuma CO
Posts: 2,170
Received 48 Likes on 42 Posts
Senior Member
Cruise-In V Veteran

Default

Originally Posted by scarecrowkc5
Sounds like a normal driving day in Texas.
Yeah, I understand. By the way, I'm from Texas, originally (my dad was a real and true Texas Ranger, though after the horse-back days).

I was just so very entertained when Boulder's big expansion of bicycle lanes, and elimination of car lanes,was such a monumental failure!! Like you couldn't see that one coming a mile away!! But then again, we ARE talking about "The People's Free Republic of Boulder". They never got the memos that the Hippie movement faded out long ago!! I laughed my a$$ off when it came out on the news that the city council actually had to come out and admit that it was a failure (and that even in Boulder massive stupidity doesn't always fly no matter how many trees you hug really, really tight!!!!!) They restored the traffic lanes to their previous use for cars!! It will, of course, be under "further study" to reach a more equitable conclusion, ha ha!!!

DSTURBD

Last edited by DSTURBD; 10-31-2015 at 01:00 AM.
Old 10-31-2015, 01:06 AM
  #20  
FrankLP
Miles of Smiles
Support Corvetteforum!
 
FrankLP's Avatar
 
Member Since: Mar 2010
Location: Omaha Nebraska
Posts: 3,181
Received 540 Likes on 365 Posts
2016 C5 of the Year Finalist

Default

Originally Posted by jakecol
... So if you see a C5 Pewter coupe w/ Viet Nam Veteran plates and I don't wave etc. it's not that I don't appreciate you.
Thank You for understanding.
No worries at all...safety first...wave when ya can! : And thanks for your service.


Quick Reply: Forgive me



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:34 AM.