My all American garage

[UTH]

I've definitely not ticked the subtle box

[The Selfish Gene]

very nice ! What's the Corvette like to drive?

[UTH]

The Selfish Gene said:

very nice ! What's the Corvette like to drive?

It's an absolutely incredible car. Disappointingly it's too loud to have much fun on track without getting black flagged, but that's not really the car's fault.
If I was honest to myself, it's probably too powerful to really have loads of fun on English roads, but on my road trip to the Loire area of France in July it really was able to show me how amazing it is.
Blessed to own such a special car IMO.

[SRT Hellcat]

enjoy lovely piece of kit

[Rider007]

RS built in Germany ??

[DodgyGeezer]

UTH said:

I've definitely not ticked the subtle box

Who needs subtle? This was my driveway a couple of years ago...

[sidewinder500]

For a short time this:

[UTH]

DodgyGeezer said:

UTH said:

I've definitely not ticked the subtle box

Who needs subtle? This was my driveway a couple of years ago...

This is brilliant.
Imagine if all cars on the road were like this, instead of motorways and car parks looking like a miserable sea of grey and black, everywhere would look like a tropical sea/rainbow!

[aeropilot]

Rider007 said:

RS built in Germany ??

Designed, developed and built in Germany, with an engine supplied by Volvo and a LSD supplied by Quaife from the UK

Don't think the old SVE team in the UK had any input into the Mk.2 design by this time (may not even had any into the Mk.1 Focus either?)

[UTH]

aeropilot said:

Rider007 said:

RS built in Germany ??

Designed, developed and built in Germany, with an engine supplied by Volvo and a LSD supplied by Quaife from the UK

Don't think the old SVE team in the UK had any input into the Mk.2 design by this time (may not even had any into the Mk.1 Focus either?)

Oh well. It was an excuse to post the photo.

[aeropilot]

UTH said:

aeropilot said:

Rider007 said:

RS built in Germany ??

Designed, developed and built in Germany, with an engine supplied by Volvo and a LSD supplied by Quaife from the UK

Don't think the old SVE team in the UK had any input into the Mk.2 design by this time (may not even had any into the Mk.1 Focus either?)

Oh well. It was an excuse to post the photo.

FoMoCo Corporate HQ is still in Detroit though, so ultimately, its not completely incorrect to say 'all-American'............

Oh, and its the best colour for a Mk.2 RS by a country mile

[UTH]

aeropilot said:

FoMoCo Corporate HQ is still in Detroit though, so ultimately, its not completely incorrect to say 'all-American'............

Oh, and its the best colour for a Mk.2 RS by a country mile

Some might say at my age I should have gone blue, but with the Corvette in the garage, no way I could go for anything other than the green. And I still wear a backwards cap, so it works.

[LeighW]

UTH said:

This is brilliant.
Imagine if all cars on the road were like this, instead of motorways and car parks looking like a miserable sea of grey and black, everywhere would look like a tropical sea/rainbow!

What's wrong with black?

[ratrod 2]

LeighW said:

UTH said:

This is brilliant.
Imagine if all cars on the road were like this, instead of motorways and car parks looking like a miserable sea of grey and black, everywhere would look like a tropical sea/rainbow!

What's wrong with black?

Looks a tight fit Leigh, you need to be a slimjim to get in and out without chipping those doors,

Had to climb out the passenger window of my Challenger with the front bumper a cigarette paper away from the front wall

and the garage door just kissing the rear bumper when closed,much wider car than they look on the road,

[UTH]

Part of the tight parking crew!

[aeropilot]

UTH said:

Part of the tight parking crew!

Much easier getting out of the vette after parking it there than the RS......

I'd be driving the RS in.

[UTH]

aeropilot said:

UTH said:

Part of the tight parking crew!

Much easier getting out of the vette after parking it there than the RS......

I'd be driving the RS in.

So far it's been my one and only time parking the RS in there, having parked the Vette there many many times, so it was just second nature to reverse in. Of course, I realised the error of my ways once I was in!

[aeropilot]

UTH said:

aeropilot said:

UTH said:

Part of the tight parking crew!

Much easier getting out of the vette after parking it there than the RS......

I'd be driving the RS in.

So far it's been my one and only time parking the RS in there, having parked the Vette there many many times, so it was just second nature to reverse in. Of course, I realised the error of my ways once I was in!

[DodgyGeezer]

UTH said:

aeropilot said:

UTH said:

Part of the tight parking crew!

Much easier getting out of the vette after parking it there than the RS......

I'd be driving the RS in.

So far it's been my one and only time parking the RS in there, having parked the Vette there many many times, so it was just second nature to reverse in. Of course, I realised the error of my ways once I was in!

that does seem to be a somewhat 'suboptimal' parking space

[UTH]

DodgyGeezer said:

UTH said:

aeropilot said:

UTH said:

Part of the tight parking crew!

Much easier getting out of the vette after parking it there than the RS......

I'd be driving the RS in.

So far it's been my one and only time parking the RS in there, having parked the Vette there many many times, so it was just second nature to reverse in. Of course, I realised the error of my ways once I was in!

that does seem to be a somewhat 'suboptimal' parking space

Luckily it's my Mum's flat, so not very often I need to be there!