Damn it.....now I have to remove all the cutlery out of the kitchen.

I like to punch it here and there.

It's just a Vette owner thing. We're in a Super car. I thing the worse thing I did was this kid had one of those newer Honda sport cars and had done a bunch of **** to it. Idk probably spent more on mods and upgrades than if he had just bought a Corvette. Anyway I killed him in my basically bone stock C4 with 143,000 miles on the original block and six speed tranny . Had him on the side of the road crying with pink slip in hand. I told him my wife could do with a cute car that's good on gas.
Well I know , but Mr. Tough guy here couldn't go through with it. Don't think he will take on Corvette's again.

In my work I do a ton of classes on Defensive Driving it can be a day long class, another one about being on the road wih The Distracted Driver. But the biggest message I explain are the wide variety of people that go behind the wheel. The traffic laws have been put in place so you can take to the road with some assumed confidence that people are going follow them and have some consistent uniformity hence getting you from point A to point B without incident.

This thread confirms the most important part of being a good Defensive Driver is being around those that will drive the way they want, maybe don't see the value of life the way you do, see the necessity of conforming to the rules of the road and otherwise have no worries about imposing their will and driving style over all. So head on a swivel, use your mirrors often, and don't assume you are SHARING the road when there are those that are just selfish and TAKE what they want only thinking about themselves and how important THEIR thrill is.

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The very first accident scene that I had to work (as a rookie) was at the aftermath of a drag race where two guys raced on the northbound onramp to Interstate 35 south of Dallas. They tried to beat each other to the point where the lanes merged (according to witnesses). Unfortunately, the "loser" clipped a curb and rolled his car. He survived the accident, but my "rookie" job (while they loaded him into the accident) was to pick up his detached hand from the asphalt and give it to the Paramedic so he could put it on ice.
By the way, I also remember that the guy in the other car was his brother.

Not interested in sharing a jail cell with Justin Bieber!!! :lol:

I love to see all the posts that bring up the common sense issues and all the do-gooders who never ever do this. LOL ! And then the law issues and the what happens if you crash etc. One guy posts on this issue and everyone gets their panties wadded up......very funny !!

I also run into the "I would never!" guys.... This guy in our coffee get together swears and adamantly states he NEVER exceeds the speed limit...EVER. I just laugh in his face and say...."Yea like you COULD ever in that Prius!" He's that kind of guy who buys a Corvette and never drives it like it's made for.

I love those guys....that's why some of us buy such pristine Corvettes that are barely used. LOVE this country.

I know do you think it makes them feel better about being wusses and not racing. Kind of like a group wuss hug?

j/k just jacking around with ya'll. :D

I spent a lot of time in Dallas. The international division of the NICB (it grew out of the old National auto theft bureau) was located in Dallas and all of the management and agents were former LEOs. I had a lot of good memories of the time spent there but the most memorable was when their secretary had her new Suburban stolen from the NICB parking lot the day after she bought it. It was supposed to get LoJack installed the next day, a day late and a dollar short as the saying goes.

For several hours she refused to believe that one of the NICB agents didn't have it moved as a joke and finally one person who was former FBI offered to call the Dallas field office and have a polygraph op sent over :) What was left (not much) of the Suburban was found a couple of weeks later - I imagine the rest of it quickly migrated south.

If you buy a vet you should punch it every once and a while;) or track the hell out of it or at the very least drag it sometimes other wise why buy a car like this.

If its clear roads, no cops sure why not. I see so many post on here saying no i would never race someone. I think some guys on here think its like fast and the furious were you are at a stop and dragging it. Thats not it at all it would be from 40 or 60 on the highway to like 100 which takes no time at all and you will know who one real quick as you will just pull on the guy once you hit 1-2 car length a head you won. don't race in town or stupid stuff like that the highway would be the only place lots of open road usually flat so you can see way a head of you.

If you do race there should be no cars any where in front of you. I'm not saying go out and race at all but you guys do own a car that is 12 second car if speed is not your thing why did you get it. Now if you drag it or track even once but don't ever race on the street then fine your using the car how it was meant to be used.

I liken it to someone who studies martial arts his whole life but says he would never use it for any reason and then gets his ass handed to him in a fight because he didn't fight back. just my opinion….

that is exactly what I do. good post.

Well your opinion as stated here shows your total ignorance of the martial arts. :crazy:

Any man, woman or young person who achieves the rank of Shodan (five to six years of hard work) will NEVER get their "ass handed to him" (sic) because they won't defend themselves or others facing danger.

lol, now you stepped in it.

one i used this analogy because i used to teach martial arts. two i studied under my father since the age of 5 till 18 in TKD my father got his second black in korea under jon rhea, i then dabbled in mantis for some time and then studied JKD under richard torres who is in magazines.

his sifu is ted wong you know the guy in the books with bruce lee. one of the only 2 certified guys to teach jkd from bruce lee.

i then became an instructor for a couple years in jkd. please stop talking out of your ass on a subject you now nothing about. It was an analogy, nothing more.

My martial art is a combat martial art. We used to wear metal head gear and and a cup and test what we learned full force daily. no rules if i got kicked in the nuts during sparring that was my bad not his. you can do the old school stuff and never use it. I'm not into bushido stuff. Its called martial arts meaning warrior arts.

by the way i used to kick the crap out of the reg karate guys who used to come to are school and challenge us to fight claiming they were a red sash or some crap or fourth dan. belts mean nothing to me. the reason we beat them every time is we like boxers fight each other for real. please stop with the ridiculous posts.

sorry for hijacking the thread. but i can't stand people who attack the person online and not there opinion.

Well you still have to be in control of the bike at the track, but there are a lot less distractions and it much safer. But you still have to ride within your limits. I ride in the advanced group.

agreed.
I'm starting to feel like theres a bunch of old men on this thread who buy corvettes as a status symbol. i hear stuff like i have nothing to prove and neither do must of us who from time to time punch it on the open road. we just enjoy going fast and a challenge by another fast car is fun as well. not all the time but why get a super car if your going to drive it like miss daisy 24/7. again my opinion I'm sure someone on here will attack me for it.

I know when I'm safe. I know when others are safe. I learn the limits of my car quickly and I know my own. You don't have to race to be a dumbass on the road. I see them everyday... I can spot a em 1/4 mile in front of me a two lanes over. Better to be behind them than than in front. Know the limits, know the dimensions. At the end of the day it is all physics.

I'm on the interstate going to work every weekday morning by 4:30. I passed a new black Charger this morning going slow and weaving. I was in my 2011 6 banger Camaro RS. A few minutes later here he comes up beside me and stays there for a mile or so. Then he floors it and then backs down again. He keeps doing this for about 5 minutes and I just ignore the idiot. He finally takes an exit.

He's probably one of those guys who thought you were driving the real thing..... :rofl:

You know the kind..... retro models that come with the rally/race stripes and or grand sport fender stripes and dual exhaust tips jacked up from the dealer lot's posing as muscle cars?

The poor smuck didn't know you were just pretending to have a muscle car...he thought you had one like his, and he just wanted to play.

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