<article style="font: 16px/24px DiamantiCondEF-Light; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" article_type="article_two_video_rnt"><header style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; background-color: transparent;"><hgroup style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.75em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.87em; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-left-style: solid; display: block; background-color: transparent;">I drove every generation Corvette </hgroup></header><header style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; background-color: transparent;"><hgroup style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.75em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.87em; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-left-style: solid; display: block; background-color: transparent;"></hgroup></header><header style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; background-color: transparent;"><hgroup style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.75em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.87em; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-left-style: solid; display: block; background-color: transparent;"></hgroup></header><header style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; background-color: transparent;"><hgroup style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.75em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.87em; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-left-style: solid; display: block; background-color: transparent;">
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that picture of the vette's is a collectors dream driveway team

I've only had the opportunity to drive one vette, it was an 80 and it was my ex father in laws. He bought it in absolutely mint condition, second owner, and it was a great price. I liked it, but it wasn't as fast as I would have liked, just thought being a corvette, well you know. I also understand it was made at the time when the chevy 350, wasn't what it used to be but it was still nice to look at and fun to drive.

I love the styling of the newer vette's and will own one someday (probably when it is a few years old) as my wife really likes them and wants one, so what wifey wants, wifey gets.

 

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Open the door, slide inside and you’re immediately overcome by the smell of leather. Not that Tahoe-grade crap in the C5, but legitimate, thick leather. It’s everywhere, from those excellently bolstered seats to the dash, the steering wheel and the shift lever. What isn’t wrapped in hide is slathered in real carbon fiber, and the driver gets an excellent steering wheel. Finally, the Corvette has an interior worthy of its performance.
And holy hell—the performance. The new fifth-generation small block V8 is all torque. GM says it produces the same torque an LS7 up to 4700 rpm, and as a result, it’s hard to pick a bad gear. There are seven of them, of course, and the extra cog does take some getting acquainted with. I found myself accidentally downshifting to fourth instead of sixth. The active rev-match tech seems a bit overzealous, though, leaving me happier with my own sloppy throttle blips, thank you very much.
It turns out that the Stingray’s bevy of selectable drive modes make a visceral difference in how the machine performs, too. The jump to Sport or Track mode is serious, aggressively firming up the ride, opening up the exhaust and stepping up throttle response.
This car isn’t a step forward, it’s a leap. And it’s spectacular.

 

that is a thing of beauty

 

And here I thought Space was rubbing our noses in the fact he drove every gen Corvette. That's what I get for assuming.

I'd love to drive all of them. Don't know about actually owning one though. Expensive to buy. Expensive to own and maintain. And being a white guy over the age of 30, I'd automatically be labeled as going through a mid-life crisis.

If I had to judge by all the Corvettes I've seen around town, I'd think their top speed max's out at 30MPH. Because I've never seen anyone around here drive a Corvette faster than 30MPH. With as much power as these cars have, they really don't get driven to their potential. Not unless you take it out to a road-course (track). But I think that goes for all "super cars".

 

LoL `Lou, I have driven every generation `Corvette

In my `Mind > 4-Sure
You can't believe the fun I have I'm a Super Driver 2
Sometimes, I do get a headache, but then I take a pit Stop & recharge/refuel I go a lot of places in my `Mind > A Mind is a terrible thing to waste 4-Real... I love the movie's in my head

Control your `Mind > Control your Life
"Everything is a State of Mind" > 4-Real>Sure
(What are you without a Mind ? > Just a Body that can't think ?) > I think, therefore, I am > I `THINK ?

Sorry Member's, Sometimes, OK many time my mind is outa control. I'm work'in on my auto pilot LOL

EnJoy the Powers of your Mind > Take control & take your Mind
to where you want to `go > > > > > > to `be

 

I am with you Space, in my mind I have many a fun rides & a mind is a terrible thing to waste!

I don't think I will own one, I prefer the Camaro over the Vette. Not that you can really drive either of them they way they were meant to be.

Have a great day!

 

 

 

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