Attention Vette Lovers

eSGEe said:
put them on a real road with traffic-- speed bumps and potholes and see what happens ;)
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I dunno, that thing looks just as impractical as the car, just for different reasons. Seems whenever things get modified to that point there are too many compromises.
 
the "jet smooth look of luxury" --- BUWAHAHAHAH marketing--- a license to LIE!

The CORVAIR a FAMILY sports car-- if you wish to MURDER your family in a horrible crash --- those things folded like a cheap suit on impact! --
only thing worse was the PINTO which folded -- then EXPLODED -----

ah the GOOD old days
 
I drive an F150. Gave up on GM after my 2006 Silverado just kept falling apart. Had it hauled off with 98,000 miles on it. Hard brake lines rusted through, tranny lines rusted through, 2 front hub failures, brake caliper locking up, yada etc. The only thing that didn't fail was the 530 hp 426 ci engine I put in it.
 
HAHA Robert, to hear one of these little engines again would be music to my ears.
gball said:
That's horrible. Those engines are like jewels. My father-in-law had his checked out about 2 years ago, and even after over 32 years the motor is still within 98% of original factory spec. Of course, it's been maintained in a very exacting way, but that is still pretty phenomenal engineering. And the plus is that it is one of the few that made it over with a manual transmission.
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That is crazy, G. I can't ever remember driving an A/T 928, only Manual ones. Yeah the other horrible thing is I know Porsche likely hated this, but their Factory rep was out of Utah as he always had a P with Utah tags. He had to come and evaluate things, had the mechanics tear down the engine, look things over and gave the word, New motor on their nickel.
 
Cadorman said:
I drive an F150. Gave up on GM after my 2006 Silverado just kept falling apart. Had it hauled off with 98,000 miles on it. Hard brake lines rusted through, tranny lines rusted through, 2 front hub failures, brake caliper locking up, yada etc. The only thing that didn't fail was the 530 hp 426 ci engine I put in it.
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Cador, I am sorry to hear of your failure issues. I hope you kept that nice engine, but I suspect you didn't. I hate rust, Rusted brake lines, rusted fasteners, rusted bodies and frames, I HATE RUST.

Oh and Robert, my F250 diid not lead a babied life of numerous highway miles, but rather led a hauling, working life from an electrician for 135K miles until I got it, then another 200K of Lumber, trailer, tools, masonry hauling that I put it through for 20 more years. Like Cador,,,,,,,, Mine needs brake lines, and if I ever get lucky enough for a garage, a total rebuild to make beautiful and maybe enough time to get over 400k out of it before I die.
 
Cadorman said:
I drive an F150. Gave up on GM after my 2006 Silverado just kept falling apart. Had it hauled off with 98,000 miles on it. Hard brake lines rusted through, tranny lines rusted through, 2 front hub failures, brake caliper locking up, yada etc. The only thing that didn't fail was the 530 hp 426 ci engine I put in it.
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MY current Daily Driver is a 1994 F150 Extended Cab I got from a wonderful friend for $1. Even as nice as that truck is, I still long to get my F250 back rolling the roads, but finances have been too tight to afford the immediate needed repairs plus stupid tags and insurance.
 
SG John said:
Or, try the northeast. We have potholes the size of some small lakes.
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True story, John. One night, way back around 1988 I was attending a wedding of a buddy and his bride and the reception was held in Annapolis. As I was saying goodbye to the bride's dad, he wished me a safe ride home on my motorcycle. I had a 1+ hour ride home on my 1985 Honda 700 Nighthawk S. I told him, it was no biggie, a short hop.

The rest of the story was a spine tingling memory for me. About 15 minutes away on I 97 Northbound, I was switching lanes and abruptly found myself jolted and suddenly lifted up off my seat so high that only my hands were on the bike. Sort of shaken, I soldiered on till I arrived home to my dad's house. I parked the bike and saw that not only had my tail light come out from the housing ( unbolted somehow from the jolt) the one turn signal also had popped off and was hanging down. Disgusted and amazed I had stayed upright, I went to bed. The next morning, I found even more damage I was unaware of during my trip. The impact had been so abrupt, it bent both back and front rims out of round.

All I can think of was there was a pothole, crack in the pavement between the 2 lanes that somehow I changed lanes at precisely the wrong time to encounter and thus damage my ride. I echo Adrian's sentiment about Hi Perf, low slung cars and our crappy Maryland roads.
 
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