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Angrybird 12 · 05-11-2014, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by McRat

Spark EV - 0-60mph 7.5 seconds.
Spark gas - 0-60mph 12.2 seconds.

Get the gas model. The EV is a baby hotrod.

Put more than one person in it and it gets even slower.....
I've been driving one while my Vue is in the shop, my wife, my mother in law and me were going to Kingsport in it, getting up on the interstate with the three of us in it I was doing 45 at the end of the on ramp... WIDE OPEN!!!
In the Vue with the three of us I can be up to 55 before I get halfway to the end of the ramp... Anyway at least I am getting over 30mpg in town..

JR 1 · 05-11-2014, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by McRat

Spark EV - 0-60mph 7.5 seconds.
Spark gas - 0-60mph 12.2 seconds.

Get the gas model. The EV is a baby hotrod.

The EV acceleration is actually very respectable. It's all relative I guess. The cars most of us had when I was a teenager were pretty dang slow. The 0-60 time for an '82 Z28 is 9.7 seconds! The Spark EV would blow its doors off.

ChrisBlair · 05-11-2014, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TxBandit911

That's what I was going to say...

The media has been trying for years to create a hot button word/phrase for us car guys like "assault rifle" is for gun owners.

Too true

NYJETSFAN · 05-11-2014, 08:34 AM

I must admit, I've been stupid a time or two on the highway. I am lucky the Camaro gods were with me and I didn't get hurt or hurt anyone else. Reading articles like that really hits home. if nothing else, this article will make me think twice. Thanks for the post.

BlackIce1066 · 05-11-2014, 09:12 AM

Just like so many of us that either at once did street race or still do, just cause you haven't been in a crash yet or have not been caught, it is bound to happen. I used to street race and have been caught and a couple of times almost been involved in an accident or two. I really try not to do this anymore but my ego gets the best of me once in a blue moon

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Its not worth it though. If you have a hot car or fast car, you have nothing to prove if you know it. And if they really push the issue, take it to the track where it is controlled.

SSGUNNER · 05-11-2014, 09:49 AM

Sux

McRat · 05-11-2014, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by macwest

You are so right.

looking at how many people drive If licenses and ability to drive were used as qualifications for what you could drive and how you could drive many people would not even qualify for a Prius.

IF that were the case:

Some of the drivers I see in the morning near the schools would be forced to walk while wearing SA rated helmet with a flashing red light on the top, and a fire extinguisher in their backpack.

McRat · 05-11-2014, 10:00 AM

My friend who would do some work on our 2000 Camaro was killed Paul Walker style circa 2001. He was riding shotgun in a modified 4th gen when the driver decided to show off. The driver lost it and went sideways into a tree. RIP Mark. The driver lived.

Ten California Highway Patrol cars were there (IIRC, his dad was CHP), and at LEAST 100 Fbodies. It was a nice tribute, but I'd still rather have my friend around.

Green95ss · 05-11-2014, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DocMartens

I am glad there were no innocent people killed and RIP to the driver of the Camaro. You can't fix stupid yes but there is someone who loved that driver (family/spouse) who are now devastated.

Someone did lose someone, whether or not it was this driver's own doing--it is sad.

Frustrating that he/she went out like this, and the media will distort reality as always and condemn drag racing (not street racing) and Camaro drivers will be considered irresponsible as a group.

nasty2ss · 05-11-2014, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by McRat

In two weeks, my 15.75 year old daughter is going to a defensive driving / performance driving school at Willow Springs. There is nothing wrong with knowing how to push a car to it's limits. If more drivers knew what a car does when you push it too hard, there would be less "accidents". Instead, we are just getting more and more safety equipment from Uncle Sam so we can smash into shit and survive.

The best safety equipment ever is not to run into shit to begin with.

amen brother

macwest · 05-11-2014, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by McRat

IF that were the case:

Some of the drivers I see in the morning near the schools would be forced to walk while wearing SA rated helmet with a flashing red light on the top, and a fire extinguisher in their backpack.

To true

Dubscamaro · 05-11-2014, 10:41 AM

whoa I live in Gilbert and didn't hear any of this. Idiotic people who street race risk so many factors that they ignore - or tend to go "unseen".

Jackass · 05-11-2014, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by yellowrs

Are you kidding me?
Miami is the worse place ever!
Florida is second!

For some reason , I thought that Miami was in FL

McRat · 05-11-2014, 10:57 AM

No, Miami is a suburb of Havana.

05-11-2014, 09:12 AM	#33
BlackIce1066 Black Ice Drives: 2SS/RS Black w/ silver ice stripes Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pueblo,Co. Posts: 898	Just like so many of us that either at once did street race or still do, just cause you haven't been in a crash yet or have not been caught, it is bound to happen. I used to street race and have been caught and a couple of times almost been involved in an accident or two. I really try not to do this anymore but my ego gets the best of me once in a blue moon . Its not worth it though. If you have a hot car or fast car, you have nothing to prove if you know it. And if they really push the issue, take it to the track where it is controlled. __________________

05-11-2014, 09:49 AM	#34
SSGUNNER Chu no guat a hasa is? Drives: 14 Jeep G Cherokee Overland HEMI Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Some where in So Cal Posts: 4,273	Sux __________________ 11 2SS/RSL99No Longer Stock (Sold) 6/19/14:AAC Plasma DRL's \| Plug n play harness \| Elite CC \| Tint: 35% & 5% \| LED Dome light \| Show-N-Go Plate Holder \| Flowmaster AT \| C.A.I. Intake \| VMAX CNC Spiral Ported TB \| Husky Splash Guards

05-11-2014, 10:00 AM	#36
McRat Drives: 2010 ZR1 "Satan" Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Norco, CA Posts: 1,183	My friend who would do some work on our 2000 Camaro was killed Paul Walker style circa 2001. He was riding shotgun in a modified 4th gen when the driver decided to show off. The driver lost it and went sideways into a tree. RIP Mark. The driver lived. Ten California Highway Patrol cars were there (IIRC, his dad was CHP), and at LEAST 100 Fbodies. It was a nice tribute, but I'd still rather have my friend around. __________________ 2002 Z06 "Blue Meanie" 11.36 ET 2003 Z06 in progress 2009 CTS-V "Spooky" 12.36 ET, bone stock at 1600 mi. Rainy day in Sacramento. Sadness. 2010 ZR1 "Satan" no times yet. 2013 Volt SCCA Solo2 #771 HS3. And a bunch of Duramaxes. Last edited by McRat; 05-11-2014 at 11:03 AM.

05-11-2014, 10:41 AM	#40
Dubscamaro Living Life in MPH. Drives: 15 Summit White 2SS 1LE Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,114 View My Garage	whoa I live in Gilbert and didn't hear any of this. Idiotic people who street race risk so many factors that they ignore - or tend to go "unseen". __________________ Devon W.

05-11-2014, 10:57 AM	#42
McRat Drives: 2010 ZR1 "Satan" Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Norco, CA Posts: 1,183	No, Miami is a suburb of Havana. __________________ 2002 Z06 "Blue Meanie" 11.36 ET 2003 Z06 in progress 2009 CTS-V "Spooky" 12.36 ET, bone stock at 1600 mi. Rainy day in Sacramento. Sadness. 2010 ZR1 "Satan" no times yet. 2013 Volt SCCA Solo2 #771 HS3. And a bunch of Duramaxes.

05-11-2014, 08:34 AM	#32
NYJETSFAN El Hefe Drives: Black Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,067	I must admit, I've been stupid a time or two on the highway. I am lucky the Camaro gods were with me and I didn't get hurt or hurt anyone else. Reading articles like that really hits home. if nothing else, this article will make me think twice. Thanks for the post.