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200MPH On A Texas Toll Road, In a C7 Corvette
The Truth About Cars ^ | 12/17/2013 | Jack Baruth

Posted on 12/17/2013 12:51:07 PM PST by nascarnation

In what he claims is a first-ever trip to 200mph by a tuned C7, JH “tests” the Ez-Tag system by blowing past it at more than double the already-enthusiastic 80mph toll-road speed limit. Interestingly enough, the factory speedometer in the LCD display appears to be dead-on accurate.

“The road is smooth as silk, easy-breezy,” Hennessey indicates, in a phrase that will no doubt launch at least a dozen imitators.

(Excerpt) Read more at thetruthaboutcars.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 200mph; corvette; texas
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

Took a little while to get that last 5 mph didn’t it, lol?


21 posted on 12/17/2013 1:13:30 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: nascarnation
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22 posted on 12/17/2013 1:14:40 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

That’s the original concept for the C7? Much nicer lines. The rear of the factory model is too Camaro, and they’ve lost any hint of the coke-bottle shape that has been a Vette trademark since the sixties. That concept still has it.


23 posted on 12/17/2013 1:16:44 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: b4its2late

I remember at the GM Proving Ground a test car hit a duck at about 120 mph and it smashed the carburetor.


24 posted on 12/17/2013 1:17:06 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: RegulatorCountry
Regardless of circumstance I’m impressed at the stability of the car, largely factory spec, at 200 mph. I’ve taken cars to 140 mph before and it gets a little spooky, to be quite honest, minor imperfections in the pavement set the suspension off, I really don’t like any hint of instability at such speeds. So, this is impressive, as I mentioned.

Yes, aerodynamics is everything. Low ground clearance, fins, balance, smooth road. You want negative pressure under the car.

Immpressive for a non super car, but this is foolish driving outside a race track.

Never happen in a Stingray.

25 posted on 12/17/2013 1:18:25 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: nascarnation

27 posted on 12/17/2013 1:20:25 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: mountainlion

on a Texas road?
Try to find a road there without one or the other
The Great Armadillo of Texas,, And lone Star


28 posted on 12/17/2013 1:20:31 PM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I’m so old school I remember when the Lamborghini Countach was desperate to break it, but couldn’t. I stopped following the issue around that time.

Apparently it became a non issue since then. :-)


29 posted on 12/17/2013 1:22:38 PM PST by cuban leaf
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To: ETL
LOL!
*car porn*

30 posted on 12/17/2013 1:24:19 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: RegulatorCountry
That’s the original concept for the C7? Much nicer lines.

I suppose. I'm not sure. But I saw not long ago some new Corvette or possibly concept model that had tail lights very similar to that of the new Camaro, which I don't care for at all. They were rectangular, as opposed to the traditional 4 little circular tail lights.

31 posted on 12/17/2013 1:27:58 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

I used to go over 200 in my vehicle.

A Cessna T210 with 285 HP cruise.


32 posted on 12/17/2013 1:29:05 PM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: skinkinthegrass

Just don’t make a mess of your screen and keyboard. Lol.


33 posted on 12/17/2013 1:29:24 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

The concept utilized a rear section from the doors back that draws very much from the original split window Stingray coupe, even the center rear section, with the four circular shapes of the taillamps transferred to the exhaust, and sort of implied “outrigger” blade fenders with heavy aero effects and brake ventilation. Factory lost all of that, maybe a hint of a few shapes, nonfunctional.


34 posted on 12/17/2013 1:30:50 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

I had my brother’s Dodge Conquest at 142 once... and it felt like the front wheels were off the ground. Everything was floaty and surreal.

Scared me into obeying posted limits.


35 posted on 12/17/2013 1:31:25 PM PST by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: Ace's Dad

well, at least it will be tender....


36 posted on 12/17/2013 1:31:39 PM PST by llevrok (Obama 2008 : "If you vote for me, you can keep your country")
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To: Dan(9698)
I used to go over 200 in my vehicle. A Cessna T210 with 285 HP cruise.

I go over 66,000 MPH on my bicycle. That is, the Earth goes that speed in its orbit round the Sun. That's 18 miles per second.

37 posted on 12/17/2013 1:32:01 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: nascarnation

I grew up just down the hill from the GM proving grounds in Milford. My buddy and I took his 72 Charger with a built 440 down that hill wide open one day, didn’t know how fast we were going but we hit a sparrow Just before Spencer Rd where the hill starts to flatten out.

We actually felt the thump pretty good for a small bird, then about 1 second later a small puff of tiny feathers came through his vents, he almost wrecked it when he started laughing hard.

It’s a wonder we ever lived to see 21...


38 posted on 12/17/2013 1:33:27 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: ETL
Just don’t make a mess of your
screen and keyboard. Lol.
LOL!
Why...I always "in" my Pajamas, while sitting @ the 'puter surfin'...

39 posted on 12/17/2013 1:34:49 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: skinkinthegrass
Nice little graphics you got there.


40 posted on 12/17/2013 1:39:00 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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