Corvette meet gone bad...

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Feb 20, 2006 | 03:38 PM

srika

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Corvette meet gone bad...

Luckily the guy walked away without injury. I wouldn't post this here if that was not the case.

http://flickr.com/photos/pwosel/sets/72057594062797676/

(for best results click Slideshow and manually advance through the pics)..

Feb 20, 2006 | 03:41 PM

Whiskers

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Thats embarrasing...

Feb 20, 2006 | 03:49 PM

leolebo28

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ouch

Feb 20, 2006 | 03:50 PM

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Oops!

Feb 20, 2006 | 03:57 PM

SSMTL01

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no good- how did it happen?

Feb 20, 2006 | 04:02 PM

kurt_bradley

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He nearly took that thing swimming...had his head not stopped it.

That's almost as cool as doing this 3 days after buying it...

Feb 20, 2006 | 04:02 PM

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looks like he had some pretty uneven tire wear on that front passenger side tire. Wonder if it was part of the cause.

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Feb 20, 2006 | 04:04 PM

kurt_bradley

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CLpower

looks like he had some pretty uneven tire wear on that front passenger side tire. Wonder if it was part of the cause.

I noticed that too. That sucker was bald on the outside. Positive camber wear is what it looks like. Usually you see the inner tread thrashed on most sports cars from the heavier use of negative camber.

Feb 20, 2006 | 04:31 PM

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Looks like he overcooked the corner and understeered into the rail. That car was borderline domestic rice....GTR Edition too!!

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Feb 20, 2006 | 04:45 PM

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GTR edition is actually a designation from a tuner

Feb 20, 2006 | 04:47 PM

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... not a fan of putting newer-gen rims on older-gen... it would have been bad enough to put C5 Z06 rims on a C5 convertible, let alone C6 Z06 rims... but I won't h8.

Feb 20, 2006 | 04:57 PM

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S A CHO

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That thing is flat!

Atleast he walked away...

Feb 20, 2006 | 05:01 PM

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:IBNewCarTalkThreadin3Months"ShouldITradeinmyTLfor thisrebuiltVette?"

Anyway, glad to see he's alright. Probably feels like a big enough idiot.

Feb 20, 2006 | 05:04 PM

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It'll buff out...

Feb 20, 2006 | 05:12 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by srika

... not a fan of putting newer-gen rims on older-gen... it would have been bad enough to put C5 Z06 rims on a C5 convertible, let alone C6 Z06 rims... but I won't h8.

they actually look good

Feb 20, 2006 | 05:33 PM

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Quote:

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they actually look good

they don't look bad.. my reasons are out of principle.

Feb 20, 2006 | 05:56 PM

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Quote:

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they don't look bad.. my reasons are out of principle.

You should give him a warning and call him immature

Feb 20, 2006 | 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Tireguy

You should give him a warning and call him immature

I just might have to...

Feb 20, 2006 | 08:45 PM

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reminds me of a previous sactown meet

Feb 20, 2006 | 09:05 PM

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wow

Feb 20, 2006 | 09:13 PM

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WOW.... Those C5's can't handle worth a damn.......J/K

Feb 20, 2006 | 09:15 PM

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Ouch!

Feb 20, 2006 | 09:56 PM

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dark inspire

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is it me, or does the tire look like it has some positive camber wear?

Feb 20, 2006 | 10:09 PM

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yea, read the thread before you post

Feb 20, 2006 | 11:15 PM

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Quote:

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WOW.... Those C5's can't handle worth a damn.......J/K

I heard that about the C6

Feb 20, 2006 | 11:37 PM

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Quote:

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yea, read the thread before you post

thanks

Feb 21, 2006 | 12:17 AM

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premature acceleration? I guess the guy got too excited with teh throttle.

Feb 21, 2006 | 01:12 AM

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testosterone overload

Feb 21, 2006 | 01:18 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dark inspire

reminds me of a previous sactown meet

are you serious?? what happened? i remember my first twisties run, i was so scared of going off the side of the road into the forest. i was going pretty slow haha

but damn..RIP to that hot corvette

Feb 21, 2006 | 08:05 AM

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Does anybody know what exactly happened?

Feb 21, 2006 | 08:44 AM

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Hmmm, typical mistake-cold, bald tires and cold pavement. Simple mistake. Why he didn't try to brake after he realized that he wasn't turning though is beyond me.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...0&page=1&pp=40

Feb 21, 2006 | 08:50 AM

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Damn, that's crazy. He's lucky he was not hurt!!

Feb 21, 2006 | 09:13 AM

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I didn't realize people drove fast at these meets. I thought everyone just went out for a drive.

Feb 21, 2006 | 09:27 AM

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Yea i seen many accidents happen at these meets. People always think its a good idea to have a "cruise" right after or before them.

People like to show off. Im guilty of it also.

Feb 21, 2006 | 09:42 AM

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yeah. i agree with Sellout. Last meet i was at, we were cruising down the parkway at speeds in the three digits. not good at all.. then again they were all younger than me and just wanted to get way ahead and fool around..

Feb 21, 2006 | 10:47 AM

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Wow!

This should be a good lesson learned for all of us.

Feb 21, 2006 | 11:12 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Deity711

I didn't realize people drove fast at these meets. I thought everyone just went out for a drive.

Then you haven't been on a group drive with which ATXCLS and I drive.

Feb 21, 2006 | 02:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Scribesoft

:IBNewCarTalkThreadin3Months"ShouldITradeinmyTLfor thisrebuiltVette?"

Feb 21, 2006 | 03:09 PM

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I looked at the tire wear too. That is the kind of wear you see on cars racing in like autoX...taking serious corners over and over.

I'm thinking this car was raced regularly, and the driver made a REALLY stupid mistake trying to showboat.