Interesting convo I just had with a C5 owner

[Hammer]

You've just described 80% of all corvette owners....

Usually they know nothing about the car that they drive, or even cars in general. All they know is that its supposed to be fast, its cool, and its expensive....

I've had my share of run ins with vette owners... (never a good one either...)

The best one was at the 1/8 mile track...
Doing a test and tune run, and realised as I was staging that I forgot to take some tire pressure out of the drag radials in the rear.... oh well, I'll just have a little fun.

I look over in the next lane and I see this mid 90s vette.... car looked stock, and the guy looked serious....

Lights go down the tree... we launch, and I'm roasting tires in first.... he pulls half a car. I get a little traction and go into second.... again, loss of traction almost all the way through second yet I reel him in a little anyway, as he now has only a fender on me. Third gear, mercifully I hook up and walk this stooge hard. I had at least 2 car lengths and still pulling when we hit the 1/8th trap.....

I come around, park the car and pop the hood to let her cool off. (and let some tire pressure out...)

Here comes this dude in the Corvette.... His eyes are wide as he comes up and asks: "What the heck is in this thing?"
"A little bit of everything..."
"I used to have a Mustang exactly like this..... but it was too slow, so I bought the vette."
I smiled... and the only thing I could say was... "Oh... I see..."

True story folks....