Hmm - so, does that infer that on the C8 we will be seeing oo oo ? :D

or, maybe the "drop off" was further back when the car was at speed, and this is just where it wound up..................:willy:

Nah...I'm used to mine...she's not for sale/trade....:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Judging by the damage done to the left front wheel and the left side, it looks as if he bounced off of something on his left and then went right. I think he was already in the little ditch moving forward before he came to that restig place.

Probably. Everyone has their cross to bear :D

Personally I think he got in the marbles be it by driver error or by being overzealous!

Super Sports?
 

Pilot Sports Cups will sure send flying on the street!:willy:

:rock:

Boss, "I wasn't going that fast, one of those damn "Arizona Easter Bunnies" jumped out in front of me.

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We dont know if the phone had anything to do with the accident but the driver of the blue car has been seen in multiple pics with the phone while driving.

Dangerous road at speed, preoccupied, with one hand on the controls? That can be dangerous.

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http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/s...3vette/1b1.jpg

We need to come to a unanimous decision as to whether they should be run flats or not on black or chrome wheels. :rock: :rock:
:beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse:

Does the car not have bluetooth? i know both of mine do

The tail lights don't look so bad from that angle. :D

Something about this whole crash thing is wrong .1 it happened feb 2nd but the friend who drove by tha site didnt send his buddy the photo till yesterday feb 12th .2 the officel Chev word comes from a web site not Chevy and the rewritten top gun dialog, it gives the haters a lot to cry about.

I bet they towed it away pretty quickly, would not want some of those kids to come by & steal the stingray emblem.

Fer sure! Kids are Rockin' the Ray!:rock:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld...ou5ko1_500.jpg

Chicks dig the Ray too!
(Thats the Back Door Ray!)
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It does through Mylink which works quite nicely especially with the voice activated commands. It's so easy to use; I don't get why wouldn't he use it.

Might not be functional on that test mule.

That's just wrong on so many levels. But grandma in the background seems to be enjoying it.:rofl:

Well, I'm not buyin one now. What good is it if it can't climb a rock cliff? :D

Tells you what gm hires now. On the other hand if it told
the 2014 poor design was the cause, too distract they
would be all over the wording.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: English man, speak English :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:ack: My sentiments exactly .................... :cry

:rofl: ............... mmmmmm ............... I kind'ah recall somth'n like that happening on the road leading to the spillway near Crab Orchard Lake when I attended SIU @ Carbondale ...................... :D

Before it lost control, the C7 was trying to pull over as fast as it could to make room for the caravan of cars, including a much faster C6 Z06, a Viper, a Porsche and others that went speeding by... Those other drivers were also quite rude, as they didn't even stop to see if the electronic-nanny-dependent C7 driver was ok, or needed anybody to call his parents for help...


:D

And................ Finally, the kids are moving into their own apartment .................. :woohoo::seeya:hurray::party::flag:

Hello, Its Corvette Forum!

Beep Beep... This is OnStar Did You just crash one of our million dollar one off prototypes driving like an idiot? Your Fired Have a Nice Day!...Beep Beep...

What did the driver side hit if he ran it into that wall?

Maybe the drop off point is above. :hide:

you might be right! The driver side window is also blown out. I wouldn't doubt he kissed a guard rail above because that stone wall looks to be man made, Then flipped over and landed down againast the wall. None of the earth in front or in back of the car looks to be molested. The car looks like it was dropped there.

the C6 ZO6 with all of the assists turned off then proceeded to spin out and flip over the guard rail and tumble down the cliff killing the want to be hero driver in the process, the Viper being a dodge broke down, drove straight off behind the C6 ZO6 and the Porsche broke down 2 miles down the road.

The C6 driver's last words were "I died before I got put in a home!"

:D

You forgot to mention that the Z06 dropped a valve as it flipped over the guard rail, the Viper driver said to himself, "Well if that ZR1 (what he mistook the Z06 for) can do it...." and the Porsche was turning 9,000 RPM with the engine oil vaporizing as it barrelled straight ahead in steady, German, single-minded pursuit of world domination.

A see a movie script developing here. :rock:

:lol:
I want to see this movie. :rock:

I've heard that they have already signed Justin Bieber to star as the driver.

And the director from Torque!!!

No it is Justin Time from the insurance co.. Protecting their business...:rofl:

That's what I meant. I stand corrected.

Thank you :thumbs:

Thanks for the correction :thumbs:

And one's point of view determines whether or not they are considered "skinny". Not as wide as some, but I have never looked at my car and considered the tires "skinny".

https://sites.google.com/site/rcalle...s/IMG_1242.jpg

Good that the berm was there or you might have slid into the ocean with your skinny tires.

Hey, just occurred to me, I'll be able to put the NEW COMPOUND C7 Michelins on my C6 :rock: :rock: :rock:

Is that pic of Hwy 1 by "Devil's Slide" here in Nor Cal ? Looks very familiar!

If so, that route is soon to be unavailable to thru trips once the Bypass tunnel is completed this spring.

:cheers:

Yep! I did 101/1 all the way from Port Angeles, WA, to Los Angeles, CA, last May! As good as it gets :rock:

I should put the NEW COMPOUND C7 Michelins on my skinny tired Mercedes so it can pull 1g in Arizona.

Mercedes......... why bother :rofl: :rock: :rock:

Joe, Joe, Joe............................ let it go................ :yesnod:

Well, my supercharger does help in the straights so the tires should help in the corners(except in Arizona). The Michelin's I have on it now aren't up to the job.

Don't forget to breathe Joe.

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He is becoming an incredible pest, isn't he? At what point will they make him quit hogging the computer at the home and make him sit outside?

Thanks for showing me how you do it, but I'll stick with my way. BTW, great tie you're wearing. Do you have any brown shoes to finish it off?

Skinny?
 

Those who think th C7 tires are "skinny"............................ .







............must love this: :ack: :lol::lol::lol:

WTF? Are you being serious right now, or just being an *%^&?

Gets done this fall if all works out. :thumbs:

:ack:

You might as well start in San Diego as it is beautiful there and there are even more of the beautiful ocean views from San Diego north to Los Angeles. Then you will have done the entire west coast from corner to corner. I LOVE it!!!

Two yrs ago we did from S D up to Gilroy CA following the old Spanish Mission Trail. Now we want to finish that and follow 101 to it's end.

Well, the C7's tires are skinner then what comes on a Cadillac station wagon.

Joe, I am not a hall monitor, I am more into pest control, as you shall soon discover.

I'm going to postpone buying one until GM can learn to construct proper sentences in their press releases. :jester

Dang - people find anything to freakin' whine about. :lol:

So, you got promoted from being the hall monitor to ruler of the internet. Al Gore must be proud of you.

I am afraid. I am deeply afraid......I am also a crazy person who uses satire...:woohoo:

No, he is just a bitter, bitter Z06 owner whose warranty is running out as his car sits under a blanket in some God forsaken garage in the middle of Nowhere, Missouri, and he has nothing better to do with what little time he has left than to be as much of a nuisance as he can possibly get away with being. He lives an absolutely miserable existence and he cannot stand to see other people enjoying life.

You nailed it. I'm bitter because I can walk out into my garage and I have to make the miserable decision as to which of three Corvettes I want to drive or my supercharged Mercedes.

I hang with some 125 Corvette owning couples and I drive some 3500+ miles a year in my Corvettes enjoying the companionship of other Corvette owners.

My nowhere in Missouri location allows me to drive on some absolutely beautiful Ozark twisty roads in any one of my three Corvettes, and I can, and I do, drive in all four directions from my home to visit other beautiful areas of the country. I have visited over two dozen States in my Corvettes.

I'm also bitter because I also love trains. I have ridden trains from as far west as Los Angeles to Providence in the east. From Chicago in the north to San Antonio in the south. I have ridden behind steam locomotives as well as diesels. I have ridden, dined and slept in private railway cars. I've co-authored a book on railroads and have written magazine articles on trains. In three weeks I'll be meeting with some one thousand model railroaders, having to endure another day with my bitter friends.

Fortunately, even while having to endure all that bitterness, I can count on you to bring a little sunshine into my life. Thank you.

I must not spend that much time at my computer. Since you find the time to read all my posts and make silly comments about them, I wonder who really is a Corvette driver and who is an Internet jockey.

Maybe at least a Hitler parody.

Eyeballing this?: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ons/report.gif

More than eyeballing. Using. Why should we have to put up with his constant, relentless, persistent C7 negativity in EVERY THREAD?

Your personal attacks on me will get you a vacation quicker them my jokes about the C7.

We shall see.

His character's name is 'Keeks'

(Sorry, couldn't resist - if you're still out there Keeks - you're the closest thing to somebody being followed by paparazzi as we have here in CF land...)

Former top fuel driver in both cars and boats, Eddie Hill, is here somewhere.

Yep and bitter old me knew Eddie when he was first getting started back around 1961 with his Pontiac powered dragsters.

I am sure that Eddie is a very nice guy. I saw him race on several occasions and everyone always got a kick out of his rather buxom wife helping stage him. Are you going to play nice now?

I always play nice, I just don't roll over and expose my belly to bullies.

Here is a photo of Eddie back then. If you look closely, it's a twin engine but look even closer and you will see it is a dually. I remember when he first built that car was having a lot of clutch problems. I don't ever remember any other car running dual slicks. Eddie was always looking for an advantage. Even his first Pontiac powered dragsters, used the engine as part of the frame.

When the flag was dropped(that was before the Christmas tree) he would release the clutch but the rear tires would leap about 4" in the air, then come down spinning wildly digging up the asphalt at the starting line. The drag strip's operator/manager (don't remember his name but I spent a lot of time at his house) told Eddie he couldn't run anymore as he was destroying the starting line.

Eddie had his wife pull up behind him in their tow car(I seem to remember it being a 1956 Buick but that has been 50 years ago) and when the flag dropped, she floored the gas pedal pushing Eddie down the strip. When he got out past the starting line, he would then release the clutch and scream down the 1/4 mile.

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Ok im lost, how did Eddie Hill come up?

See #173.

Eddie Hill is Keeks?

Nope

Still lost but it's all good!

:thumbs: The thread has no where special to go at this point and we just took it there :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I just heard from a guy that heard from a guy whose sister used to date the brother of a gm employee that they think the cause of the accident was turbulence at the rear of the car caused by the tail lights that causes a loss of downforce.

:yesnod: True dat !

I gotta say, Im diggin that color blue

:iagree: :rofl:

C-7 damaged
 

Despite what one might believe, it has been raining in Arizona. Many days during the testing of the C-7, the roads were wet. Ice existed in some mountain areas. The car went off the road near Globe, not Prescott. Mero was not driving.

Yep. Been there too. 1st time I ever drove a Corvette was driving that road in my brand new 1985 from Cobra Valley Motors up in Globe back home to Phoenix. I was 33 yrs old. So excited to get it, such a dream come true, I cannot remember how I got from Phoenix to Globe to pick it up. True story! For all I know I have had some used car sitting in Globe for for the past 28 years :rock:

:iagree::yesnod: It's beyond OLD:toetap: He needs a vaca:smash:

As much as he wants to deny it, there must be something lacking in his life, to try and be a pest in the C7 section with his negativity. He wants everyone else to share in his misery. :shrug:

http://www.nonstick.com/wpics/coy2.jpg

the real deal was, the coyote has set a trap for the roadrunner,but caught a stingray instead.

Don't worry - if you did, I'm sure it long ago crossed the border into Mexico............................... :D

Tires catching the edge
 

I could see how that happens, sometimes driving Southern California's terrible freways in my ZR1, i get caught in many uneven seperations between lanes which causes pulling.......... idiot drivers here are a lot worse.

I've been an editor for various publications, and I've noticed Rolling Stone Magazine, which I get in the mail twice a month, is rife with mistakes. I've even found grammatical mistakes in RS, and they have two weeks to get it right. Motor Trend, which I used to receive, also was loaded with mistakes. Road and Track is one of the best edited car magazines.

As an editor, I've received many electronic news releases with mistakes. One from the National Park Service had mistakes, and the communications manager re-sent it with corrections.

Deb, I agree. JoeC5 needs to be parked for a while, along with a few other C7 haters. Trouble is, no one will park them, so we all suffer. :yesnod:

See you soon. :cheers:

On that stretch of the main highway from Globe to Phoenix, I simply dislike it. From all the hills and curves with the almost always heavy traffic to my passenger loosing cell phone tower coverage, thats one stretch of hiway I can do without ...

I get my punctuation corrected a lot in the Forum. I consider that a victory. What I said may have been factual but by correcting my sentence I am proven to be lacking in ability.
Funny my Corvette dealer does not complain or correct me.

LOL Jackie :D Sooner or later TPTB will have had enough :yesnod:
Yes, def see you soon :D

does anyone know the ETA on when I can see one of these new rides at my local dealership ? Maxi price in GA is my dealership.......

My sincere condolences.....