Video: PSA - Do not try to drive your C4 Corvette like a Duke Boy
Corvettes don't float – Click above to watch video after the jump
If there are two indisputable truths in life, they are that a man is not a camel and a Corvette is not a boat. The gentleman above needs to retrieve the C4 Corvette in the shed behind him. The problem is the pool of water between the Corvette and solid ground. His solution is as comical as it is regrettable... and expensive. It did, however, teach us a new way to use the word "yahoo" as a verb. Follow the jump for the fun.
[Source: YouTube via Tampa Examiner]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Hazdaz 7:05PM (3/10/2010)
I want my 4 minutes back.
That wasn't even funny.... just plain stupid.
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JayP 7:18PM (3/10/2010)
agreed
Yaroukh 7:25PM (3/10/2010)
i'm having hard times trying to figure out why this has been posted an AB O.o
like isn't there any Toyota recall today or something...?
Gungel 9:53AM (3/11/2010)
Thanks for the warning, I guess I just saved 4min of my day.
Lar7789789 3:19PM (3/11/2010)
that's a good place for that piece of plastic Chevy crap
travisty 7:09PM (3/10/2010)
Solution - cut Corvette-sized hole in the barn where there isn't any water...
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Xa 8:12PM (3/10/2010)
nah ah. he should have caulked the seams before attempting to ford the river. then he could have floated to safety instead of drowning the wagon.
RAndroid 10:31PM (3/10/2010)
LOL
Well a Corvette is a GM product so he could have called the Government to float the car across the rough waters ;)
SMB 10:46AM (3/11/2010)
Since he lived on a farm and had a tractor. He should have made a dirt bridge to the barn an then laid the boards on top of it to keep the car clean.
RAndroid 5:44PM (3/11/2010)
OH COME ON... THAT WAS FUNNY - I love American Cars! It was just a good joke! I think... lol
BoxerFanatic 7:09PM (3/10/2010)
wow.
No cinder blocks and 2x8s or anything around, to build a bridge?
Otherwise wait for the water to recede... and don't build your shed to open directly to a low land trough, if you need to get in and out of it in the spring.
That ground is probably VERY soft, even if it isn't under standing water.
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apostate27 7:15PM (3/10/2010)
"Look at how close you got!"
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Stacey 1:25AM (3/11/2010)
"Are those your work shoes?!"
nist 7:17PM (3/10/2010)
I'm guessing he locked up the engine after sucking up water through the air intake?
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Fyrewerx 8:09PM (3/13/2010)
Or very possibly getting the "Opti-spark" wet. (C4 Corvette's electronic distributor is at the front of the engine, down by the crankshaft). It can be easily damaged by simply washing an engine, too.
Jim 7:17PM (3/10/2010)
Hydro-lock is expensive. I could think of better ways to spend money on a new engine than that. What a waste.
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murc 7:17PM (3/10/2010)
why not just leave the car there for a few more weeks until it dries up...
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Yaroukh 7:23PM (3/10/2010)
yeah, now the car definetely needs to dry up ;)
Frank 7:23PM (3/10/2010)
I agree. Why is it that all Corvette owners are stupid.
Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM3So0U1BMQ
Andre Neves 7:26PM (3/10/2010)
He had a date with his cousin that afternoon. Needed the car out asap.