WARP TEN
04-09-2023, 09:52 AM
Yesterday was a good Corvette day with the C7 Z06. I posted this in C7 and C8 forums but thought it generally is relevant to any Corvette forum. The weather has finally gotten to sunny and warmer and might even get into the 80s next week, so Friday I took the Z06 down off the lift from its long (5 months) winter nap. Lowered the tire pressures back to 30 psi (from 50) and reset the oil life monitor (showing 50%; oil change just before it went up). Took a short ride then to get temps up and see how it felt. Not unexpectedly I experienced some good vibrations from square tires. So yesterday I took it out again for a longer ride of an hour or so up the tollway into Wisconsin to round out the tires. Tires smoothed out, although of course nothing is really totally smooth in a Corvette with the suspension set on Sport. Everything was working fine; after an hour or so the charging voltage dropped back from 15.9 to a more normal 14.5, Temps normal, power seemed fine?always great to make a few runs through the gears after puttering around in the BMW all winter. So I was feeling pretty good, heading up the tollway at about 75 mph in the middle lane when in my rearview mirror I noticed an unmarked Illinois state trooper?s car about a quarter mile back charging up the lane to my right at a pretty good clip. Ah crap, I thought, what a way to start the new season. When the state trooper caught up to me he slowed and paced me on the right. I looked over and he had a big grin, gave me a thumbs up, then took off and disappeared into the distance, leaving me with a feeling of great relief. So all in all, it was a good Corvette day with hopefully many more to come soon. --Bob