Corvettes on Parade

[DerFuror]

MG, my heart is still pounding like a drum! Today is a picture perfect day, +70F, the leaves are starting to change colors, & it's my Birthday.

My 500E was still dirty from last weekend's 600 mile roadtrip, so during halftime of a college football game on tv (and before I started getting festive) I went thru the local touch-free drive-thru car wash.

Once done, I headed out the backway to my favorite section of autobahn to further dry off the car.

As I approached my favorite section, there was naturally a choke & puke Plumber's van & some little sh*tbox car running blocker in the left lane. The right lane opened up so I hit my turn signal & hit the gas, quickly dispatching them and opening up a stretch of highway to myself.

I opened it up a bit more as I returned to the passing lane, but was wary because my radar was chirping. Then as I officially entered my favorite section (a sight never ever to be seen again) I quickly came up on a caravan of at least 12 beautiful late model Corvettes of some club heading somewhere to enjoy the fall foliage! Like the trees of the surrounding hillsides, the Vette parade represented almost every color imaginable.

This was the opportunity of a lifetime. I stomped the gas & pounded past everyone of them. The radar started rockin' louder than this song which I had on endless loop!

Radar be damned! I don't care! Onward & out!

It must've killed them not to be able to break rank & teach me a lesson.

I hit the next exit off the bahn & meandered back home.

Now it's Time to Party!

Good times.

 

[bing]

Happy Birthday, mate !

 

[gerryvz]

Happy Birthday, Derf!

My birthday is tomorrow ... my wife's was yesterday ... so we are going out to dinner tonight (very soon) to celebrate both !

 

[Maui]

Happy birthday. Yesterday was my daughter's birthday.

 

[DerFuror]

Thanks bing!


Well I spoke to soon & just went rogue before garaging the car for the night (I'm a bad birthday boy...) My car was still outside, so I decided to drive it to pick up an order of wings & pizza from across town. I'd then park the 500E in the garage for the night upon my return.

Making a power left turn thru an intersection under a yellow traffic light must've captured someone's attention (not the cop's...I had already innocuously passed by their traffic trap). I'm enjoying the ride back home with sunroof & front windows wide open when all the sudden a nice new silver Honda (large car) with a younger guy too old to be wearing his ballcap on backwards fills up my rear view mirror & rides my ass to the next red light.

Alrighty. I goose the gas a bit when the light went green (love the FGS) & moved from left to right lane infront of a couple cars, allowing him to move up beside me. We jockeyed a bit leading up to the next red light which happened to be adjacent to the police station & ironically the same spot that I outfoxed my old pal, Jimmer, a few years back.

As the light went green, we both jockeyed a bit more as we passed by the police station deciding how much of a deterrent this location was. I kept feathering on the gas to keep a quarter to half length in front while wondering if he was gonna go for it.

Right about the same spot where I trounced on Jimmer, he floored the Honda & leapt forward. I went WOT, reeled him in & rocketed past him as he lost his will & started braking early going into the final red light. I must trust my brakes better. I went deep & had a short brake distance going into the red light. No issues.

I waited at the red light (which began turning green) until he caught up. He was turning left. I was turning right. I was waiving like a fan & smiling from my window. I wanted to thank him for the good time.

No eye contact or joviality from him. Oh well...

Yes, it was fun. Yes, it was gambling. Yes...it was a 30mph zone. Yes, it was stupid.

Yes, I will not do anything like it again tonight.

 

[DerFuror]

Happy Birthday, Derf!

My birthday is tomorrow ... my wife's was yesterday ... so we are going out to dinner tonight (very soon) to celebrate both !

Happy birthday. Yesterday was my daughter's birthday.

THANKS, Everyone! What a good month for Bdays!

Happy to You!

 

[J-Sauce]

Happy birthday Derf! I'm in San Diego with my gf celebrating her birthday which falls on Monday. It's a big month for September peeps, it seems.

Thanks for the stories. What a great short read.

 

[KarlC]

Happy birthday Derf! I'm in San Diego with my gf celebrating her birthday which falls on Monday. It's a big month for September peeps, it seems.

Thanks for the stories. What a great short read.

J man wish I would have know that you where coming to San Diego, I would have bought you a beer, we got lots of great craft beer here.

Next time !

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[J-Sauce]

Oh yeah, I'm huge on craft beer. I work for a brewery actually. That's how we're celebrating now, we're at belching beaver. Next is port/lost abbey and then we'll be on to stone for dinner.

 

[KarlC]

Oh yeah, I'm huge on craft beer. I work for a brewery actually. That's how we're celebrating now, we're at belching beaver. Next is port/lost abbey and then we'll be on to stone for dinner.

Nice, love the Beavers Milk Stout and if you have not yet been to Stone in Liberty Station get ready, its huge !