A friend called me and said that he had heard that there were a few corvettes that were made during the 2002 time frame that were built specifically for running on the Autobahn. I stated that I did not know, but that I would ask. Any information on this or is this just another fable?
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And you BS detector did not go off? *NM*
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Re: And you BS detector did not go off?
Loren,
It probably should have but after reading some of the stuff on this forum and others, you just never know.Comment
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Re: That's right up there with that immaculate 57
I just found in a barn just one hundred feet from my house.
And oh yeah, the elderly lady let me have it for $100.00 because I have an honest face
Myths and legends abound on this forum Pat, and it seems that new ones are spawned daily!
ChuckComment
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Re: And you BS detector did not go off?
Hi Pat,
Listen, back in the old days, didn't your town have a beautiful, blonde babe driving a white '68 Corvette, who used to show up at all the street racing spots (usually Friday nite, Sat nite) with a small sign hung from the rear license plate, reading "If you can beat me, you can eat me"?
Besides that, my '85 was built SPECIFICALLY for Loni Anderson. Of course, after a quick liaison with her, she gave it to me. Really. I'm gonna bring it to BJ with a 100K reserve, but for a "buy it now" price of..........
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Re: And you BS detector did not go off?
GM has taken cars to Germany for road testing. Most likely how this rumor started. Al W.Comment
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Re: And you BS detector did not go off?
I agree with Allen: there was a lot of talk in the magazines about supension tuning in Germany at the famed Nurburgring track. GM actually recreated a section of it at the test track at the Milford Proving Grounds in MichiganComment
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Re: Autobahn Corvette
All motor vehicles sold/licensed in Germany must meet the requirements of their safety agency, the infamous TUeV. A standard US/Canadian Corvette would not meet those specs without some modifications.
Possibly someone stretched/warped the story to make it sound like a factory effort to run cars just on the Autobahns.
I'll have to take my '83 big block over to see how easy it is to register.Comment
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Re: Autobahn Corvette
I know the C5's had an export version that had different lights and other equipment...this could be what he was talking about. But I don't know if the C4 had the export version....Comment
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Re: Autobahn Corvette
I think I read an article it started in 1988.Comment
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They were shipped via GM Canada...
We had the pleasure of running a test judging in LeMans with the pre-release of the '92-93 JG (no Flight Award made, just debug the book & score sheet) on a low milage 1992 Corvette that was an original European export car (delivered in Belgium). Interesting items surfaced...
While the new JG DOES detail the differences between the US domestic and Canadian delivered cars, there were various stickers/labels on the Belgium car that differed DRAMATICALLY from those shown in the JG for the US and for Canada! So, GM Canada WAS making changes to the cars to meet individual country requirements in Europe back then....Comment
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Not Long Island???
Jack. I thought I also read that they were changed at a plant/shop in the Long Island area.Comment
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