While I love the colorful, complex, artistic, commercialized liveries of our modern race cars I equally love the (plain by comparison) racing liveries of yesteryear. The open-wheel cars of the 1950's -1960's Grand Prix where a simple color such as British Racing Green, Ferrari Red or Silver Arrow of Mercedes told the…
Whether a person is an asshole is a matter of one's perspective, definition and personal opinion. I don't know whether Edison was an asshole or not but his scientific contributions to our society are numerous and well-documented (Edison holding over 1,000 patents I believe). Many brilliant, influential and successful…
If only! I'm an avid, amateur road racer running a modified C6. You can modify just about everything on a stock Corvette to improve performance and enhance safety. There are things you can do to reduce weight but it would be so much better if Corvette offered a stripped-down track car right from the factory. Serious…
"...Yes, an automatic. With a torque converter.......Get used to it, traditionalists, because this is the future, and the future is about speed. And in the future, machines will always be faster than you..." I'm an avid, amateur road racer running a modified Corvette C6. In the past, the Corvette automatic…
I'll disregard the "two-bit" Corvette comment. I love both the Corvette and the Viper. I think that's an awesome shade of green. When I was a kid I had a 'metallic' green Schwinn Stingray bicycle....this Viper green reminds me of that.
Good job snagging the advance photos of the C7 Z06! From all accounts the C7 is an amazing high performance car and no doubt the Z06 will take that to another level. I race a modified C6 so my following comments (on the C7) are biased. I won't dwell on the 'Camaroesque' tail lights and the overly busy exterior of the…
A case of the tail wagging the dog. I know you often have to work with what you have but it always amazes me to see people pulling large, heavy trailers with lightweight, wimpy tow vehicles. You'd think U-Haul would be careful to mate their trailers with 'properly' sized tow vehicles. I've been pulling horse…
Being a "few hundred yards off the trail" seems like a significant distance to me but it's irrelevant at this point. What a tragedy! Michael Schumacher is my all-time favorite racer....his talent and almost boyish enthusiasm for the sport are legendary. He's a fierce competitor. My thoughts and prayers are with…
"...No doubt this is going to be GM's most serious track machine yet." Well see. I'm an avid, amateur road racer running a modified C6 Corvette. Of all the highly modified Corvettes I see regularly I don't know any serious Corvette road racer using forced induction. Obviously, there's a reason for that. Although not…
That's amazing! Databolts....who knew?
The statistics are impressive....a sub-2 second pit stop is mind-boggling! But IMO we sadly see 33,200 degradation by design tires playing a disproportionate role in affecting the outcome of races; ever smaller displacement engines; forced induction; limited engine RPMs; needless gimmicky green technology; restricted…
Whew....for a moment I thought it was a screen-grab from the apple map app.
Whether behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, driving a motorcycle, a go-kart or I suspect with life in general....it would be difficult to find a man with a greater will to win than Michael Schumacher. He was often ruthless on the track but I always admired his talent and boyish enthusiasm. His freak skiing accident…
A rumbler siren....take a cue from vibrating console game controllers. Hidden LED's aren't too revolutionary. Many unmarked, undercover police units have no 'cop' lighting whatsoever. Cop tires....some cars today (such as the Corvette) have 'runflat' tires which are highly resistant to spike strips. Police POV…
There are numerous body conversions for the C6 and there were endless renderings of what people thought the C7 would or should look like. This body kit looks pretty good but IMHO the C6 looked great right out of the box with its clean lines and 'classic' look. Owning a modified C6 track car I mod for go...not show. If…
I agree, it doesn't appear he jumped over the Lambo at all. Maybe Bam isn't as dumb as he tries to portray himself....it looked like there was little or no risk whatsoever to the car.
Why not? If the tow truck operator can't access the 'axle' or get straps underneath the vehicle to connect straps with "J" hooks into the oval frame slots the wheels suffice nicely. When trailering my C6 I attach straps at the 4 oval frame slots but many people secure a vehicle to a trailer lashing it down at the…
I agree....it sounds healthy but not mind-blowing. It would be nice to see the printout of the pull as the sound factor doesn't always tell the true story.
Never underestimate your opponent. Frankly, when it comes to military might and national security I don't want other countries on our level. I want unequivocal tactical and strategic military superiority. I'd much rather deal with others from a position of overwhelming strength rather than a position of weakness or…
IMO selling-off Detroit's....the people's cultural treasures would be deplorable for a many reason. These irreplaceable works of art took generations to acquire and they're available for the benefit of the people. Once gone they're lost forever....lost for future generations. Sadly for the government, the end…
