itsbob
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Dad was proud as hell; he just got his latest license renewal at 92. He has a Blazer EV that is much easier to get him and out of, but he still won't drive.
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itsbob
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Our new edition. Bought a cheaper car to teach Nicholas how to drive a standard. He took off by himself as soon as we got it home, reports from the road.. "I haven't stalled once!!"
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But, all being said, what am awesome picture of you and your dad!
Thank you. He really liked riding in it, and couldn't stop grinning after driving it.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
The C8/ Z51 is amazing to drive in the Mountains of NH, and it makes my 15 minute commute less than 10 minutes (closer to 8).. and the sound it makes.. swett baby jesus.Of course its not practical, nobody would claim otherwise. Two seat sports cars by their very nature are not practical. Very few peoples lives are lived solely for practicality. We all choose what impractical things we can live with to enjoy, hopefully without shorting ourselves somewhere else. But also, consider that going to top speed is one very narrow place in the envelope, and not being able to do that one thing doesn't remove the joy of the other aspects of driving such a vehicle. Enjoying the sensations of getting from 0-60(ish, turning a rotary into a dynamic skidpad, the interplay of yourself and the controls every minute you drive, those are worth it to some folks.
And it doesn't have to be a C8. I've got to drive Vipers on a road course for a few laps, and other less fast machines. Lots of fun. But when we went looking for my sons second car after the Samurai was sold, and we came across a 1998 BMW 328i. Not very fast, but massively enjoyable to drive. Seating position, control layout, power delivery, dynamic balance. Fell in love, just a great tool to enjoy a road. Got a convertible version for myself in fact.
When it was new, Tracey and I took it for a ride in the mountains, I drove it out, she drove it back (about 30 miles each way) she drove it pretty hard. We got out at Dad's house, and I PRAYED he wasn't going to come outside, she had smoked the brakes.
I did have somebody come to his house to get it ceramic coated, the paint on this car is amazeballs.. TriCoat Pearl White. He asked me how much it cost to have done, told him, "you don't want to know".
glhs837
Power with Control
I haven't ridden a bike up that way since the early 80s, we a trailering my new bike up there when we go for the daughters wedding in June, and if I'm lucky the next big program event I attend in Nashua will be when temps allow me to solo the motorcycle up there. Last time we went up last June we took her Z4 and had a blast just in the Nashua/Westford area roads.
I do love the C8, glad they finally went all in on mid engine.