You can see the electric car at the end in action here: http://www.videosift.com/video/White-Zombie-Electric-Datsun-Beats-Corvette-in-Drag-Race

1. I hate memes.

2. I dated a girl because she owned a 69 Corvette Stingray.

3. I am teaching myself Trigonometry and Calculus.

4. I ate 30 packets of Smarties candy today.

5. My teeth hurt.

6. I really hate living in Boise, Idaho.

7. I refuse to move because I fear change.

8. I wrote a letter to President Clinton when I was 10 years old, asking him to make abortion illegal.

9. I've never been outside of the United States.

10. My roommate got me hooked on Sudoku.

11. I think of Timothy McVeigh as a war hero.

12. I am not racist against people who don't fit stereotypes.

13. I am an excelent speler.

14. I am a virgin.

15. I've never been to Virginia.

16. I am fascinated by the etymology of words.

17. I can say the alphabet backwards while drunk...flawlessly.

18. I am a boring person.

19. I love wearing Hawaiian shirts.

20. My first memory is of my neighbor's dog, Oscar, trying to bite my left index finger off. Apparently they don't like to be poked in the eye by a toddler.

21. I've never broken a bone.

22. I have been known to troll chat rooms disguised as an ultra-conservative Christian.

23. I have a picture of Jessica Tandy in my wallet...don't ask.

24. My seventh birthday party was at McDonald's. I haven't been back since then.

25. I am a vegetarian.

I was thinking the same thing, but after a bit of research I believe we're remembering the "Beast GTS", which was essentially a Dodge Viper...on which GTA3 and GTA4 Banshees were based. (In Vice City, the Banshee was modeled after a Chevrolet Corvette.) So it was there in GTA 1, just called something different.

One of my personal favorites, at four votes; the story of Swampgirl and the Angel of Mercy, Barry Gibb...

>> ^swampgirl:
Barry Gibb almost hit me with his car once.
It was the summer of 79, I was about 11 I think. I was vacationing in Daytona Beach with relatives. We swam all day, everyday. It could get a little dangerous running between the cars on the way in and out the water. You may [not] be able to now, but back then you could drive on the beach.
My cousins had left the water and were almost back to the hotel. I on the other hand was trailing behind.
Running as fast as I could to catch up, I almost ran smack into an oncoming yellow Corvette. I tripped on my float too and fell flat on my face. I got up and looked at the driver. Barry Gibb.
He was there, feathered winged hair-do and everything! Ok, he had dark glasses, but that didn't matter damnit.
I gaped for about 5 seconds, then ran back and told everyone. They laughed. Why didn't I speak to him and get his autograph or something? Duh.
I don't know, I was just a stupid kid. It was him though.

the rest of this audio might have gone something like this:
(3 hours later, 6PM)
"Maybe you're dead, or one of those other things I mentioned in the last message. I need to know, though...there are three women banging on my door right now because they saw me at the gas station pumping gas into my Corvette and they followed me home. Just listen to them! (sounds of pounding on a kitchen cabinet and poorly impersonated female voices screaming muffledly 'Dimitri! Dimitri!') See how special you are? I'm ignoring them because they are interrupting my call to you, Olga.
21 more hours."
(9 hours later, 3AM)
"ok, 'Ms. Ghost'. There are 'Puerto Rican girls just dyin' to meet 'ya'. That's right. I erased your number from my address book but it was still in my 'dialed calls' list. So, because you made such an impression on me, I thought I would tell you to not bother calling me if you don't respond soon. I'll let them in without you.
'Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back."
(No further calls from Dimitri.)

There. I think I represented that ok.

>> ^Chaucer:
If a human was driving it, the helicopter wouldnt have stood a chance. Those corvettes were extremely fast. Top speed in the 170 mph range. That little helo wouldnt be able to keep up with that.


Actually, it could. But just barely.

Cite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_500

>> ^Bigboomer:
>> ^Payback:
All driving a Corvette proves is Clarkson isn't used to pressing an accelerator pedal and have anything more than a pleasing sound happen. He's obviously a automatic traction-control driver.

Yes. Naturally. Jeremy Clarkson can't drive.
Or maybe it's the fact he's driven just about every car commercially available, and understands what it takes to drive them ?
But no, someone insulted a product from your country, quick throw out an insult! That'll get you respect.



" Quick! Throw out an insult! That'll get you respect! "

If you think a quick insult doesn't get you respect, then how do you explain your respect for the man himself? Or haven't you seen his reviews? The man hates North America, and Americans in particular. There isn't a single thing about the continent he has ever shown any respect for beyond the scenery. I have no respect for him, and will refuse to say otherwise. As a Canadian, I appreciate his wit, but the personality traits he has away from the camera sicken me. He's a racist lout.

I stand by my comment. You hop behind the wheel of something he loves, like one of the Lambos, and stab the accelerator to the floor, on wetted down concrete, OF COURSE YOU'LL MAKE MORE DONUTS THAN KRISPEE KREME!!

ps. Don't say I'm an American just because I disagree with you. Typical xenophobic neanderthal, just like your hero.

^The man is a tool, but I'll agree with him when it comes to the Corvette.

>> ^Payback:
All driving a Corvette proves is Clarkson isn't used to pressing an accelerator pedal and have anything more than a pleasing sound happen. He's obviously a automatic traction-control driver.




Yes. Naturally. Jeremy Clarkson can't drive.


Or maybe it's the fact he's driven just about every car commercially available, and understands what it takes to drive them ?

But no, someone insulted a product from your country, quick throw out an insult! That'll get you respect.

>> ^bamdrew:
stiff ride can be fun when you're young.


Women who stab you in the knees are never fun.

The Corvette is a colossal piece of crap and a near perfect example of why I wouldn't buy an American car. I'm an American and I know well how stupid most of us are.

Luckily engineering in America isn't done democratically, so I think your logic is faulty.

The US has the best higher education in the world, and the best engineers in the world. But frankly, the most talented mechanical and electrical engineers are probably more interested in building space equipment, nuclear submarines, fighter jets, supercomputers, or even helicopter gunships.

Compare this to 1980 Japan, where their brightest mechanical engineers would build either robots (smallish industry) or cars, because there wasn't much of an aerospace, defense, semiconductor, or space industry.

These days I think Europeans (EADS) and Japanese have more space, semiconductor, and defense industries attracting talent, while car engineering is becoming sexy with the interest in hybrid, fuel cell, and intelligent cars, so maybe things will even out more.

I did know an MIT Mech E who went to Ford out of school, but he left relatively quickly. I know a Gatech Mech E who's happily working at Lockheed Martin.

uhm.. I think the technology has improved a bit since 1990. However, I wouldnt buy a corvette either. They squeak to much.

My ex-gf had a Corvette. Definitely a frightening vehicle to ride in. I've been in faster vehicles, but I'd never been in something so fast with no manner of protection before. At one point, at ~30mph, a basketball had bounced into the street and punched a hole through the top of the hood. Imagine what would happen if you hit something solid and stationary.

The Corvette is a colossal piece of crap and a near perfect example of why I wouldn't buy an American car. I'm an American and I know well how stupid most of us are. I don't take a drag-strip to work... I need to take turns and avoid all the stupid Americans I share the road with.

If a human was driving it, the helicopter wouldnt have stood a chance. Those corvettes were extremely fast. Top speed in the 170 mph range. That little helo wouldnt be able to keep up with that.

All driving a Corvette proves is Clarkson isn't used to pressing an accelerator pedal and have anything more than a pleasing sound happen. He's obviously a automatic traction-control driver.