Remind me again why no one buys GM cars? I forgot.

phaedrusiszen: Remind me again why no one buys GM cars? I forgot.

Because they hate America.

Yeah, yeah. These monkeys are following me because I just took this car. Obviously the car doesn't belong to me, it's not my style, it belongs to Dick. Dick Hotchkiss, the California state senator. You remember Dick? He's the guy who tried to ban rap music because he feels that the lyrics promote violence. It's music, Dick! He's also the guy who wants to pull every video game off every shop in the country, because he feels that the video games diminishing intelligence of our youth. Come on, Dick... It's only education we got.

The Corvette's hard top weighs between 5 and 10 pounds. If there is a complete separation, the roof panel may detach from the vehicle and it could strike another vehicle.

Now that's not something you see everyday.

Remind me again why no one buys GM cars? I forgot.

I drive a '96 Chevy Cavalier. I adore it.

Would I buy another Chevy?

...no farking way.

Why didn't I dump my GM stock when it stirred just a bit from a deep slumber in the late 90s?

Crap.

"Hitting objects at high speeds can cause damage" - Ric Romero

Problem solved.

Next!

will this have any effect on the penis-size-compensation factor of the typical corvette driver?

Hey, I just got rid of my Jeep and bought an '06 Chevy Colorado. It runs great, has good gas mileage, and I haven't had any problems with it.

If that doesn't work Mad Scientist, there's always Pop-O-Rivets (tm).

ceebee: effect on the penis-size-compensation factor

umm... Corvette owner's penis-head falls off while jogging. Injures elderly couple sitting on parkbench feeding pigeons.

Driver

Indeed. And don't forget:

ceebee: will this have any effect on the penis-size-compensation factor of the typical corvette driver?

"Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity in the person who causes it" - FranCois de la Rochefoucauld

I have a nice penis, I'm quite pleased with it and I bought my Z06 cause its goddamn fast as fark. So go hug a tree or something since you like to stereotype.

Suddenly buying that 2006 Kia Rio doesn't seem like such a bad purchase. May not be the coolest car, or the fastest car, but at least I know that my roof will remain with the car as I do 85...I mean, the speed limit, down the freeway.

/I get hit by a corvette roof, I'm trading up at GM's expense.

Great Janitor: Suddenly buying that 2006 Kia Rio doesn't seem like such a bad purchase. May not be the coolest car, or the fastest car, but at least I know that my roof will remain with the car as I do 85...I mean, the speed limit, down the freeway.

Of course they had a child seat recall on those.

Runs_With_Scissors_: You gotta feel bad for the guy who was fiddling with his visor when this thing ripped off....

Must more likely a couple started to rattle so they're fixing it. Including the worst case scenerio is part of the engineering process and doesn't mean it happened.

Of course they had a child seat recall on those.

I don't have any children so why the hell should that bother me?

its obviosly a removable hardtop of a type of T-Top .

A recall on a big-ticket less-than-a-year-old flagship model can NOT be good for any company.

They made the frames out of magnesium, doesn't that burn fast and hot in a fire?

Shadow Blasko:

Ahhh, Old School.

(Sometimes GIS amazes me)


Dude, that's a nice pull, seriously. I remember when they first installed it and the one dude was like "alright, 1..2..3..C button! Knight Rider ruled.

That's it..The C button is the new euphamism for the Clitoris.

JBalkwill:

They made the frames out of magnesium, doesn't that burn fast and hot in a fire?

Magnesium has an ignition temperature of 850 degrees. If your frame is hot enough to ignite, you have far more serious issues.

Racing wheels have been made out of Mg for years. Where do you think the term Mag wheel came from?

"You do not want to hit a 10-pound object at 70 miles per hour," Adler said.

I'd hit it!

/Obligatory

Racing wheels have been made out of Mg for years. Where do you think the term Mag wheel came from?


Did not know that.

Didn't care either.

Great Janitor: Suddenly buying that 2006 Kia Rio doesn't seem like such a bad purchase. May not be the coolest car, or the fastest car, but at least I know that my roof will remain with the car as I do 85...I mean, the speed limit, down the freeway.

A Kia doing 85mph.... that's funny

m0ondoggy: Magnesium has an ignition temperature of 850 degrees. If your frame is hot enough to ignite, you have far more serious issues.

I think sliding on your top would probably hit 850 deg. pluss it is quite a soft metal and wouldn't give much support so you probablywouldn't mind too much if it is on fire too.

A Kia doing 85mph.... that's funny

In some of the middle of no where places here in Texas (those places that are dirt, road, snakes and 20 miles to the nearest town) I did over 100 in my last car, a 1995 Kia Sephia.

/personally thinks that there shouldn't be speed limits in areas like that.
//happy that some areas here in Texas have been raised to 85 MPH, again, those middle of no where places.

In what way does this qualify as "glitch." Car-going-to-pieces-while-driving-at-speed I think qualifies as something more serious than "glitch."

1. if you have a corvette, why isn't it a convertible?

2. '96 beretta. 40 mpg highway, (still better than sticker, even after 10 years...)

Great Janitor

Have fun when that gear box turns to shreds on the inside.

/seen it 3 times on a Rio

This is yet another reason to go ahead and buy the Z06, fixed roof.

proteus_b
1. if you have a corvette, why isn't it a convertible?.

Chassis rigidity perhaps

z06>Corvette convertable

Z06> All corvettes ever made

Somewhere in Italy a car designer is pissing his pants.

BSR06:

z06>Corvette convertable

Z06> All corvettes ever made

Somewhere in Italy a car designer is pissing his pants.

Not bloody likely...

Let me get this straight. They glued the top to a $65,000 car? Didn't they learn anything from the 70's Chrysler products? Chrysler glued the head and tail light assemblies into the late '70's models. Texas had record heat in 1980 (100+ for 30 days) and a large number of the assemblies fell out when the glue melted. Often while the car was on the highway. Running over your own headlights is a strange experience. I just can't believe that GM is gluing $65,000 cars together.

damn it...

if only there was a preview function here....

ha! stupid GM products.

//been driving Fords forever.

///owned 2 GM cars, both huge lemons.

Ahhh yes, and let's keep propping up these craptastic American car companies with taxpayer-funded government bailouts.....

Hey, my car became a pseudo-convertible last night, but that's because someone threw a bowling ball through my rear windshield.

And now my friend, the first-a rule of Italian driving..

[Franco rips off his rear-view mirror and throws it out of the car]

What's-a behind me is not important.