Mid-Life Crisis & Corvettes

[Earlsfat]

Why is it that 40-ish men tend to go out and buy corvettes when tey have their mid-life crisis... and think they are the baddest thing on the planet????

I was getting a sandwich at Sunoco... this guy who thinks his nuts a dragging on the ground is getting gas in a spanking new vette (don't care about them so I have no idea what "model" it is C5, etc), looking at his car (hoping everyone else will too) buffing a a speck of dust here and there, gets in starts it up and it sounds so lame I almost starting laughing out loud.

I finish getting gas, hop in and here him a the light next to the gas station reving the PISS out of the thing, trying to get some attention.

MAN if I was only driving Red Death today... not sure what the new vettes run, but at low 11's with a cylinder down and shot snychronizers... RD STILL would have ATE his queer little vette for lunch.

I'm inspired now... RD will be done by the end of April / early May.

(Oh and Rally... I'll get you lots of pics, maybe a vid or two as well... PM me your email address.)

[1986Z28]

so you already got the dam engine out, holy crap good job

[Jcrane88]

sorry, but i'd like to have my mid-life crisis so i can get my 505 HP Z06 or mid 80's 'vette. Not as much as i'd like a 68-69 camaro though.....but alot of guys who have vette's think they have "SUPER-NUTS"

[Dyno247365]

A normal vette, no, a Z06, whether it be C6 or C5, yes I want one so bad. But by the time I'm 40, there's gonna be 20 more corvettes to choose from.

[Earlsfat]

Babs, Not yet... taking a few days off work to cut her up right after tax season. A week to get the parts in, and a week to put her back together.

Toying with going all braided lines while I'm at it, not sure yet though.

The trans I'm doing myself, the engine... got a frined who's an old school guy that's insisting the whole engine pull, fixing and re-install will only take one weekend... unless we have to send the heads out.

[antwn_5k]

ya i don't know about those vettes, for the price of a vette i could think of alot of better cars to get. plus, i would feel really stupid going to the strip w/ a new vette and running 11's right off the bat, i mean part of the fun is working on it yourself. but props to those who can do it i guess.

[camaromaniac]

Originally Posted by antwn_5k

ya i don't know about those vettes, for the price of a vette i could think of alot of better cars to get.

uh, no you cant

[Earlsfat]

Anyone know the 1/4 mile times for a 06 Vette???

[philly rs]

i have driven the new c6 and an older zo6 (we have them as shop cars) and they are both moded and let me tell u how i would never want to own one....ever. the ride is what u pay for and all the oh la la's like the heads up display and tire pressure moniters and shit like that. i would rather have a viper or a lambo lol.... but for the price i dont think u will find a better "performance" vehicle, but personaly i would rather have a damn boat, and a new camaro. vets are ok, but they are not bad ass like our f bodies, i think they sound weak and they dont look muscle carish at all!

[camaromaniac]

Originally Posted by philly rs

i think they sound weak and they dont look muscle carish at all!

cuz they arent muscle cars. never were

[Jcrane88]

i think the Z06 does mid 11 1/4's

[balls_to_the_wall]

Originally Posted by Earlsfat

Anyone know the 1/4 mile times for a 06 Vette???

The new Z06's will run 11.7's or thereabouts off the showroom floor.

[Earlsfat]

Coulda had him... DAMN.

[Jcrane88]

i'd rather they keep all the gadgets. all i want is radio and a/c maybe the abs..but they wont do that.... i'd rather just the ls7 into my camaro

[bag91]

I dont care what everyone says, but If I saw a 20 yr old driving a Z06 like it should be driven, Id crap my pants, (realizing itll never happen, but cautious so I take my pants off.)
lol
pointless, yet to the point.