2008 Z06 Burnout

[Fast67VelleN2O]

Why is this guy an idiot? The car is easily repairable. He entartained a huge crowd. I was selling at the show on L row (Space L88 is mine by the way), and you could hear that car doing a burnout from L row. The cloud was massive!!!! The crowd went crazy for about 10 minutes. Glory in my opinion guys, glory was had for that gentleman.

[Chateau Slate 66]

Doing a mean burnout is one thing. Purposely blowing out your tires and ripping up a quarter panel on a brand new car is another. Even if money is no object, I can't condone that IMO.

[Allen]

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Doing a mean burnout is one thing. Purposely blowing out your tires and ripping up a quarter panel on a brand new car is another. Even if money is no object, I can't condone that IMO.

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I think people are missing the point. It appears that the gentleman doing the burnout is the Plant Manager at the Bowling Green, KY Corvette assembly plant. The car is a pre-production prototype that can't be legally sold anyway. It's a test mule... a prototype... part of one of the pre-launch builds to evaluate components.

Pre-launch vehicles are typically used for testing and evaluation, and then eventually torn down and scrapped. Therefore, I see no harm in what he did. As the plant manager, I'm sure he has the access and right to do what he did to a car that would be scrapped anyway.

You've gotta admit, he put on a helluva show!

[olredalert]

------Thank you, Allen, for saying more clearly what I was trying to get across earlier........Bill S

[njsteve]

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Doing a mean burnout is one thing. Purposely blowing out your tires and ripping up a quarter panel on a brand new car is another. Even if money is no object, I can't condone that IMO.

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I think people are missing the point. It appears that the gentleman doing the burnout is the Plant Manager at the Bowling Green, KY Corvette assembly plant. The car is a pre-production prototype that can't be legally sold anyway. It's a test mule... a prototype... part of one of the pre-launch builds to evaluate components.

Pre-launch vehicles are typically used for testing and evaluation, and then eventually torn down and scrapped. Therefore, I see no harm in what he did. As the plant manager, I'm sure he has the access and right to do what he did to a car that would be scrapped anyway.

You've gotta admit, he put on a helluva show!

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Well, why doesn't this seemingly intelligent plant manager test the Z06's airbag deployment at 180 mph into a bridge abuttment for his next entertaining trick? I mean the car is only going to be scrapped anyway as it's a preproduction prototype and they arent really worth anything (at least for maybe 25 or 30 years.)

Gee what would a preproduction test mule 67 L88 Corvette be worth or the test mule 1969 ZL1 Corvette out there???

[GRB]

Tire mfgs warn against spinning the rear tires above 30mph speedometer read out because the tire can blow well before it is worn through the belt pkg and cassing. Anyone standing near the exploding tire could be hit by shrapnel. Not the nanny type but there are dangers involved.

[olredalert]

-----Ray,,,In this case at least there were precautions taken. You can see some in the pics. There is no way the Millers are going to jeopardize anyones well being. I know them well and that just wouldnt happen........Bill S

[68l30]

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Tire mfgs warn against spinning the rear tires above 30mph speedometer read out because the tire can blow well before it is worn through the belt pkg and cassing. Anyone standing near the exploding tire could be hit by shrapnel. Not the nanny type but there are dangers involved.

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Exactly the reason behind the 20 MPH school zone limit!...


Steve

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I saw the precautions...again not trying to be a nanny...but who is going to do that on the street? There is more danger in that stunt than people realize.

[Canucklehead]

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Why is this guy an idiot? The car is easily repairable. He entartained a huge crowd. I was selling at the show on L row (Space L88 is mine by the way), and you could hear that car doing a burnout from L row. The cloud was massive!!!! The crowd went crazy for about 10 minutes. Glory in my opinion guys, glory was had for that gentleman.

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I have to agree, hey the video put a smile on my face. Big deal he put a hole in one of the 10,000+ vettes out there!!.