Corvette caravan w/o Corvette
03-04-2010, 12:54 PM
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Corvette caravan w/o Corvette
On the last caravan I was on with our club several brought their other cars and trucks. Being surrounded by these vehicles I couldnt even see the other Vettes and it felt like a regular drive not a caravan. I would prefer that the other vehicles go to the back of the pack and would appreciate other opinions on the subject. I am not criticizing anyone for not wanting to drive their cars as some are more show cars than cruisers.
03-04-2010, 07:04 PM
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Melting Slicks
one of our members has a '73 he bought in high school, but many times brings his Subaru and come up the back and carries the coolers and such. Even got a decal that says "SUBAVETTE" He also lets the leader know if someone is caught at a light. Most of us have CBs., which were a lot of fun and handy on the Bowling Green trip!! But know what you mean, a lot more fun looking at Vette butts!
03-05-2010, 02:54 AM
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03-05-2010, 11:19 AM
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13, '16-'17-'18
03-06-2010, 01:38 AM
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03-07-2010, 06:33 PM
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It matters. I've been on Corvette runs for the past 10 years or so and nothing is better than seeing a string of Corvettes ahead of you and a string of Corvettes behind you. 
Now that I have a Miata I may still go on road trips....but I'm going to be in the back with the Subaru. I just won't be able to carry much with me.
03-07-2010, 07:31 PM
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
I went on a run a year or two back, and it was mostly NON-corvette, and a lot of young kids in souped up cars that didn't drive the way we drive when we go on runs as in not staying together, no idea where we were going etc..
I am honestly going to say it was not very enjoyable, as there were way too many and if you happened to get separated from the group, it was impossible to hook back up cause all the other cars looked alike! (Now THAT'S racist)
Seriously though, the vettes were not together, and it just seemed to me like a drive down the freeway where you would see another occasional vette.
Laura
I am honestly going to say it was not very enjoyable, as there were way too many and if you happened to get separated from the group, it was impossible to hook back up cause all the other cars looked alike! (Now THAT'S racist)
Seriously though, the vettes were not together, and it just seemed to me like a drive down the freeway where you would see another occasional vette.
Laura
03-07-2010, 10:37 PM
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Melting Slicks
don't get me wrong jim, i believe if its a corvette, then drive your corvette, but back to bowling green, thats a long distance, and i probally would not have driven the 90 back there since its a high mileage car, and likely something would happen to it, and maybe there were some arrangements where some people had to bring a tin car... (ie bringing extra people) but i agree they belong in the back of the pack
03-10-2010, 12:02 AM
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I understand where you are coming from, and it really does defeat the purpose of going on a Vette run in something other than a Corvette. But I will say, from personal experience, that it sucks being the guy bringing up the rear on one of those runs. All it does is make you feel like crap because you aren't driving YOUR Corvette. Had that experience when I was building my 78, and the other "cool" C4 and C5 guys were really snobby about not being in a Corvette. Maybe it was just the group I ran with...a bunch of guys with a lot of money and no jobs....but it was a real eye opener for me on how NOT to treat others. And Corvette guys get a little bit of a bad rep anyways......but maybe that's just from the polyester butterfly collared shirt, hairy chest, and gold chains! Deja
03-10-2010, 09:52 AM
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....said the guy in the Geo Metro, sandwiched between a a bunch of Corvettes! I understand where you are coming from, and it really does defeat the purpose of going on a Vette run in something other than a Corvette. But I will say, from personal experience, that it sucks being the guy bringing up the rear on one of those runs. All it does is make you feel like crap because you aren't driving YOUR Corvette. Had that experience when I was building my 78, and the other "cool" C4 and C5 guys were really snobby about not being in a Corvette. Maybe it was just the group I ran with...a bunch of guys with a lot of money and no jobs....but it was a real eye opener for me on how NOT to treat others. And Corvette guys get a little bit of a bad rep anyways......but maybe that's just from the polyester butterfly collared shirt, hairy chest, and gold chains!
Deja
I understand where you are coming from, and it really does defeat the purpose of going on a Vette run in something other than a Corvette. But I will say, from personal experience, that it sucks being the guy bringing up the rear on one of those runs. All it does is make you feel like crap because you aren't driving YOUR Corvette. Had that experience when I was building my 78, and the other "cool" C4 and C5 guys were really snobby about not being in a Corvette. Maybe it was just the group I ran with...a bunch of guys with a lot of money and no jobs....but it was a real eye opener for me on how NOT to treat others. And Corvette guys get a little bit of a bad rep anyways......but maybe that's just from the polyester butterfly collared shirt, hairy chest, and gold chains! Deja
Mike
03-11-2010, 09:31 PM
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Burning Brakes
150% And THAT is why I am no longer in that Corvette club. Sad too....since that is the only Corvette club around. I guess I'll be looking for others to cruise with, even if that means they are not all Corvette. 
Deja