In the Flesh

"desertdog5051" (desertdog5051)
10/17/2013 at 17:11 • Filed to: None

Just pulling out the drive and see this 'Vette go by. Realize, that's a 2014. I run the stop sign, turn right and proceed to catch up. Stop for the light at the end of the street and pull up alongside his door. He looked a little startled. I said I was just admiring his car. He smiles.

Light changes and he does some 3/4 throttle disappearing act. I catch him at the next light and tell him that thing sounds so nice. Give me another blast when the light changes. He obliges.

Hate to sound giddy, but that black with red interior really looks good. It is the first one I have seen in the wild. They are much better looking in person than in pictures. No SR20 'cause I was on my motorcycle.

DISCUSSION (26)

Cherry_man1 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:16

I've seen two now one in the like race blue and the other in Maroon. they car comfy cars to sit in too. I'm a Ford guy but I must say I am pleased with what this car can do. Now Ford.....we need a new Ford GT40

desertdog5051 > Cherry_man1
10/17/2013 at 17:20

Going down to the only dealer that says they have some in stock and am gonna check it out thoroughly.

Moves-Like-Senna > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:25

Completely agree that they look better in real life. I had my first look and ride at one in the wild this past weekend as well. It's a beaut.

Squid > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:29

I haven't seen one of these yet, I don't forsee it happening anytime soon either.

But a somewhat similar story regarding the first C6 ZR-1 I saw in the wild, but with out getting to hear it stretch its legs.

I saw it while collecting high-fives on Main st. in Huntington Beach (it is really a lot of fun to get drunk and get strangers to give you high-fives. . .) when we were crossing the street to get home I saw a vette, not realizing it was a ZR-1 at the time, I get the owner to high-five me and he looks scared for his life, yet when the light turned green he barely idled away from the line. It was disappointing to say the least.

MooseKnuckles > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:36

Saw one last week go op direction on the highway. They control the road with their presence, that's for damn sure.

davedave1111 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:37

Light changes and he does some 3/4 throttle disappearing act. I catch him at the next light and tell him that thing sounds so nice. Give me another blast when the light changes. He obliges.

That sounds like the start of a gay petrolhead subculture version of letters to Playboy...

Takuro Spirit > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:40

Nice Mazda wheels on that model

Kinja'd!!!

Cherry_man1 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:50

Good luck if they let you sit inside of it.

desertdog5051 > Cherry_man1
10/17/2013 at 17:52

Hope they will. Better dress nice, Huh.

desertdog5051 > Takuro Spirit
10/17/2013 at 17:53

The one I saw had different wheels. Stock photo.

desertdog5051 > davedave1111
10/17/2013 at 17:56

Huh?

Textured Soy Protein > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 17:58

Haha that picture is a Hot Wheels or Matchbox, not the real car!

desertdog5051 > Textured Soy Protein
10/17/2013 at 18:00

Stock pic I yanked off the net. Probably didn't need a pic as we all know what they look like.

davedave1111 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 18:04

Heh?

It sounds like it ought to continue with a 'casual encounter', if you see what I mean.

desertdog5051 > davedave1111
10/17/2013 at 18:08

No, but I'll take your word.

davedave1111 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 18:24

I don't know which bit is outside your experience - maybe you just have to know a particular friend of ours, but my wife thought of exactly the same person when I showed her.

I assume you know what I'm talking about in the hetero sense with the letters to Playboy/'casual encounters' bit?

I have a feeling the joke's not funny once I've had to explain it :)

desertdog5051 > davedave1111
10/17/2013 at 18:27

Have not read a Playboy in years, but I do remember the letters thing.

Cherry_man1 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 18:37

Yup and make sure they dont see the car you drive is its older then say 5 years old.

desertdog5051 > Cherry_man1
10/17/2013 at 18:42

I'll take the motorcycle. Very few can differentiate the years.

davedave1111 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 18:47

OK, now imagine how they'd go if Jalops were writing them...

So I bent her over the bonnet, and as I was about to thrust home, she peered through the hood-scoop and said 'are those individual throttle bodies?' I knew she was trying to tease me, so I expounded on their virtues until she begged me 'give me your velocity trumpet, big boy.' Talk about valve flutter!

Takuro Spirit > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 18:49

I know, I just hate the base wheel design.

desertdog5051 > davedave1111
10/17/2013 at 18:50

Suddenly, now I get it. Very well done, sir.

davedave1111 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 19:05

I can't take much credit. Like I said, I know a kid who really does tell stories like that. 'I met this really hot guy in a Skoda Octavia RS' and stuff. It's hilarious, but like any true Jalop he clearly rates sex and cars about equal :)

Maybe it's obvious once you think about it, but a gay teen Jalop subculture pretty much has to exist. And it's adorable . Just the sweetest, funniest thing ever. You know the kids we've got on here? Imagine two of them getting together and not being able to decide whether to talk about cars or sex...

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 19:29

I'm seriously in love with this car. Its so godamn perfect.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 19:30

Pics of this beauty are always needed.

Cherry_man1 > desertdog5051
10/17/2013 at 20:51

There you go!