[DJ's left nut]

So I got to drive my wife's uncles C8 Vette last weekend.

Jesus ****, those cars are almost idiot-proof. They're exactly as dangerous as you allow them to be. All you need to do is give the thing a half a heartbeat to calibrate and it will do the work for you.

I'd been testing limits with it a little on a relatively tame mode for a bit, decided to really throw it into the corner (he said I could) and so all I did was briefly brake tap to give the car a second to calibrate and ensure I didn't have oversteer, threw it into about a 60 degree corner at near 70mph and then as I got the nose pointed I just matted the ****er.

In any reasonably sane world, putting the pedal to the floor on a 500 HPish rollerskate at that speed and attack angle should've turned it into a merry go round - nope. That sucker stuck to the ground like it was nothing, went right where I aimed it and came roaring out of the apex at full gallop.

Now I know it's not because I was perfect in my throttle control - I didn't even try. It was because that computer did everything possible to keep it under control.

I mean literally the only thing you have to worry about on one of those things, unless/until you start turning driver aids down or off (and turning them down a bit is fun) is understeer. It really can't account for understeer because it doesn't know the road you're on.

But even the amount of OVERsteer it's willing to allow is customizeable. I'd gotten use to tossing the back out a little and having it catch, then I turned a knob and did something pretty similar and suddenly the back end went past that 10 degrees I expected and I thought "oh...well now I'm ****ed..." but really all it did was let it get to about 20 degrees and then catch it.

I was floored. I mean it's a no-shit supercar.

I've driven his C6 before and it's a 'smarter' car than many, but it's still going to let you kill yourself if you try hard enough. It's NOTHING like this C8. That car is very possibly the best engineered vehicle America has ever produced.

(That said, I almost preferred driving the unruly C6 and think I might find a perfect balance someday with a C7).