So my buddy works for GM as a mech engineer in Detroit. One of the perks is that they get to take out the latest and greatest (insert joke here about it being GM) cars for extended test drives. He reserved a 2010 Corvette Z06 (505 HP, 7 liter engine, manual transmission, all options) for March 21st-25th. I'm flying in, he's picking me up at the airport in the vette, throwing my bags in the back and hitting the road. Where would you go?
If you had a 2010 Corvette Z06 for 5 days starting in Detroit, where would you go?
- Thread starter CLKeenan
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5 days, good luck wit that. You better pack 1 shirt, 1 pants, plenty of socks and drawers. Keep your toophbrush in yo pocket.
Good q. Maybe shoot over to Chicago, spend a day fucking around there. Head up north into Wisconsin, through the UP (really pretty up there) and then back down to Detroit? Probably would be about 1000M in total.
I'm from Chicago originally so I've seen what there is to see there. We're really just looking to hit the open road and head further south where the weather is warmer. We'll probably spend most of the day in the car, hopping out for pit stops and walking around cool cities for an hour, and then getting back on the road. We want to see how many miles we can put on that beast before we need to return it.
Why not hit up Toronto? I'm from Toronto and used to visit my wife when she was going to University in Windsor. It's a 4 hour drive.
How about somewhere without snow? Like Florida?
Why even go to Detroit? The only thing there is chronic depression, rampant chrime, and Michael Imperioli.
Why even go to Detroit? The only thing there is chronic depression, rampant chrime, and Michael Imperioli.
Trying to think of kick ass roads you could drive through, down south where it's a bit warmer. Maybe the semi-mountainous part of the Southeast? Head down to West Virginia, maybe pop out to coastal NC (Myrtle Beach or something), head back west and hit Charlotte, Asheville ( <3 ), hit Nashville and then head back up north. Not sure mileage on that. Probably around 2k if I had to guess.
Definitely hit up the Blue Ridge Parkway if you head out towards Asheville:
http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/
Fucking beautiful.
Definitely hit up the Blue Ridge Parkway if you head out towards Asheville:
http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/
Fucking beautiful.
The blue ridge parkway has a 45 mph speed limit. You need to some place where there are no speed limits...
Tracks in the United States Of America - Trackpedia
Check out those tracks and find an HPDE open to the general public and sign up for that.
Because that is the location of his friend and the car they are using? Did you even read beyond the thread title? :eek7:
I read every post, I wouldn't go to Detroit to drive a Koenigsegg. I'd rather rent a Ferrari California and hit Ocean Drive.
i Did that last year but from Miami in a convertible Corvette ( the one Hertz rents out ) it was a blast. Corvettes are probably the best american cars you can buy for the money.