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Twas the night before Christmas

douglasamariani

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Location
Anaheim Hills CA.
Corvette
2008 6.2 Coupe,1980 L48 Coupe,1968 427/4spd Coupe
Twas the night before Christmas
And in the garage.
There wasn't a trace of an Audi or a Dodge.
The presents were wrapped and the lights were all lit,
So I figured I'd go mess with my Corvette for a bit.
I popped the release and I lifted the hood,
When a deep voice behind me said "Looks pretty good."
Well as you can imagine, I turned mighty quick,
And there by my workbench, stood good Ol' Saint Nick!
He just stared at first, not sure what to say,
Then Santa piped in "Don't suppose you'd trade that for my sleigh?'
"Forget it, Mr. Claus" then I started to grin
"If you've got some time we could go for a spin!"
His round little mouth, all tied up like a bow,
Burst into a smile when he said "C'mon then, Let's GO!!"
So as not to disturb all my neighbours' retreat,
We pushed my old Stingray quietly onto the street.
Then, taking our places to drift down the hill,
I turned on the key, then let the clutch spill.
The sound erupted and took Santa by surprise,
But he liked it a lot, by the look in his eyes.
With cold tires spinning and exhaust pipes aglow,
We headed on out to roads hot rodders go.
And Santa's grin widened, approaching his ears,
With every shift up as I went through the gears.
Then he yelled "Can't recall when I've felt so alive!"
So I backed off the gas and said "Do you wanna drive?"
Ol' Santa was stunned when I gave him the keys,
As he walked past the headlights he shook at the knees!
Then the big block exploded with raspy exhaust sound!
Santa let out the clutch as the tires tore up the ground.
Power shift into second, again into third!
I grabbed for the handle, at loss for a word.
With the tank reaching empty, Santa returned to his sleigh,
Never to forget that ride in my '69 Stingray
Later, I heard him exclaim, as he blasted from sight,
"Merry Christmas, you all,
it's been a great night!!!"
 
Christmas

Very nice and well put together. :thumb
 
Twas the morning before Christmas and here at the office,
most of the cubes are empty and no work is getting done.

Those of us here are logging time for the pay check.
Those that are gone had the vacation time to bail out and be with family and friends.

The 'good' news is that the rain outside is turning to sleet, ice and snow here in OKC.
We'll have a white Christmas tomorrow morning.

The 'bad' news is that by the time I head for home, it should be pretty tricky driving.
Oh well. Nothing like a CTS-V on ice.

Merry Christmas y'all!!!
 
Thanks that was fun, I shared it with a good freind of mine who's a hard over Ford guy....I did change the third line a bit for him though..."Wasn't a trace of an Audi a Ford or a Dodge"!
 
The Mariani family would like to wish everyone and their families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
 
Twas the morning before Christmas and here at the office,
most of the cubes are empty and no work is getting done.

Those of us here are logging time for the pay check.
Those that are gone had the vacation time to bail out and be with family and friends.

The 'good' news is that the rain outside is turning to sleet, ice and snow here in OKC.
We'll have a white Christmas tomorrow morning.

The 'bad' news is that by the time I head for home, it should be pretty tricky driving.
Oh well. Nothing like a CTS-V on ice.

Merry Christmas y'all!!!

CTS-V on ice should be like riding a pogo stick. :ohnoes
 
CTS-V on ice should be like riding a pogo stick. :ohnoes

It's 'surprisingly' good on ice - most of the time. Just let out the clutch and wait for the traction control to stop the wheel spin and it 'usually' bites and drives off.
I needed a push yesterday out of the grocery store parking lot though. The snow plows leave a ridge of snow and ice at the edge of the streets and I couldn't get enough momentum from the lot onto the street. The guy behind me and my wife gave the "V" a push and we were gone. I should have taken a different exit out of the parking lot that wasn't so much up hill.

At least the "V" has more ground clearance than either of the Vettes in the garage.

Btw, my "V" is for sale if anyone is interested - it's a great daily driver except for some issues in the snow and ice.
 
It's 'surprisingly' good on ice - most of the time. Just let out the clutch and wait for the traction control to stop the wheel spin and it 'usually' bites and drives off.
I needed a push yesterday out of the grocery store parking lot though. The snow plows leave a ridge of snow and ice at the edge of the streets and I couldn't get enough momentum from the lot onto the street. The guy behind me and my wife gave the "V" a push and we were gone. I should have taken a different exit out of the parking lot that wasn't so much up hill.

At least the "V" has more ground clearance than either of the Vettes in the garage.

Btw, my "V" is for sale if anyone is interested - it's a great daily driver except for some issues in the snow and ice.

Shameless plug!;LOL
 

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