Joe Biden Does a Burnout In His Corvette Stingray - Jay Leno's Garage

[Drunken Irishman]

[BigmanPigman]

1. $5,600 back then was a lot of money.

$78,000 today doesn't seem too much though for some reason, especially in that condition.

[C Moon]

4. This is harmless.

[YOHABLO]

3. I don't get these boys with toys. These muscle car enthusiasts need to grow the fuck up.

I'm not impressed seeing Biden do a burnout. It's cheezy.

[SunSeeker]

5. It's not just boys who love muscle cars!

What I wouldn't do to have my old 65 Mustang fastback again!

I spent my late teens around some really cool mechanics at my neighborhood Union 76 gas station. They helped me cherry out an old 65 Mustang I bought for $1,000. Had 302 heads put on my 289 block to up the compression, with a Hurst shifter and McCleod pressure plate, I could chirp rubber in every gear. Thing was a rocket. But needed 94 octane. Ended up selling it when I started college to buy a Honda Accord, needed a sensible, reliable car. Damn, I started grieving as soon as that rich squid who bought it pulled away with it.

Today's cars just don't have the same soul, kinda like today's music. Now I'm in my 50s, a soccer mom, who still misses her favorite toy of all time!

[Blue_true]

36. Excellent points. Fifties and Sixties and early Seventies cars had soul.

They were stylish and elegant, with fantastic paint jobs. I am only familiar with late Seventies and onward cars and to tell the truth, a modern or even Eighties muscle car would completely smoke the earlier stuff, but they can NEVER look awesome while doing it.

When I see a mint 68 Mustang or Camaro, my lips drool. The paint job, the styling, it is just all there.

[SunSeeker]

38. Yup, new cars are plastic, literally.

Nothing like the steel and chrome of my old Mustang. It was simple, solid, real, with character and beauty. I could fix things on it. No computer chip ran it, only me.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. The Corvette was a gift from his father when he married his first wife...

And his son Beau restored it before he died. Obviously, it's a car that holds a great deal of sentimental value. Kind of a mean-spirited post.

[onetexan]

12. Agree. Im not into cars but vintage cars are things of beauty

Plus this one has sentimental value for Joe so all the more reason to keep it. On top of that it was restored by his beloved son Beau.

[Cha]

25. Thanks for that precious history

on the 'Vette, DI!

[SouthernProgressive]

16. I've never understood..

How someone can watch a video like this and have such a powerful emotional response. While I’m glad I don’t get such strong waves of emotions crashing over me from watching the mundane, it must lead to one heck of an exciting life. I can’t imagine the ups and downs.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Your toys are OK, but not some other people's?

[sinkingfeeling]

23. Well, I'm a girl and loved this. I'm 71 and owned 4 Vettes

during my younger years. '69 convertible, '76 brand new off the floor, '84 that topped 130 mpg, and an '86. Raced one at Daytona.

Loved the Stingrays and speed. In fact, I've considered finding a restored '69 or '70 for the rest of my life.

[loyalsister]

34. Trying to pretend he's still in middle aged crisis mode?

That's the stereotype I can't help but think of when I see the gleeful response to such toys. I thought celebrating cars was a superficial and juvenile effort to prove coolness in high school. Only moreso now.

[Demsrule86]

45. It was a present from his Dad and the engine was rebuilt as a present from his kids...

I found it touching. I am a woman who likes cars...talk about stereotyping!

[Devil Child]

52. "Stop liking what I don't like!!"

If you have some free time please share some valid/appropriate hobbies or interests we all can indulge shame free.

[LincolnRossiter]

56. Oh for crying out loud...

[SunSeeker]

6. What a cool old Corvette. It looks immaculate.

The new Corvettes don't even look like Corvettes. I think they look like crap.

So nice to see someone enjoying the old muscle car they were able to hold on to for all these years, unlike the rest of us who had them slip through our fingers along the way. I will always miss my old 65 Mustang.

[Cha]

26. Biden's Vette was restored by Beau, SunSeeker..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=229361

I had a new '64 Mustang that I wish I had kept longer!

[SunSeeker]

37. Yes, what a great son Beau was to Joe.

[Blue_true]

39. Was 63 the second or third year of the Mustang model.

I love the 68 and 69 models.

One of my brothers had an original Shelby Cobra, one out of the first production batch.

[pangaia]

27. like new mustangs.. look nothing like the real thing....

[SunSeeker]

29. Don't get me started...

[tirebiter]

8. My VW van can go 0 to 65 in 11 minutes

It gets me where I'm going. It's definitely a DIY thing.

[TSIAS]

9. Boomers gone wild!

Jay Leno was a hack of the worst order. The great amount of success he achieved during his career speaks poorly of the American people.

[Celerity]

11. TBF, Biden is pre-boomer, Silent Gen. So is Bernie. NT

[onetexan]

13. Huh?

Are u dissing Leno for his success? He's a goodman who worked his butt off & now enjoying the fruits of his labor.

[Thekaspervote]

14. Not much of a sense of humor there... it's harmless

[SunSeeker]

15. Oh come on. They're on a closed track putting a vintage Corvette through its paces.

Nothing all that "wild" about really. Did you watch the video? It is actually quite sentimental.

[Cha]

51. Whatever. That doesn't

lessen what the OP is about.

[pansypoo53219]

10. i loved my great-aunt's 67 catalina. only had it 6 m, passed once, oh what a car.

but then. i drove the 72/73 olds delta 88 + the 73 chrysler new yorker like they were sports cars. ok. the new yorker just mainly speed. but i could make that barge move.

[oasis]

17. Joe is "apple pie" to the core. Pun intended.

[Cha]

42. ..

[BootinUp]

19. "I like speed"

No wonder I’m a Joementum kind of guy, me too! Mr. Vice President.

[Skinner]

20. If I were Biden's campaign I'd have him driving that thing across the country to every event.

I'm surprised that I've never heard of Biden's 1967 Corvette before now. Seems like a powerful symbol of the Biden brand. Like Fred Thompson's red pickup truck, except (unlike Thompson) Biden has actually owned the car for 50 years. He's authentic. The real deal.

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. Great idea! Yup, he's the Real Deal.

[Princetonian]

22. Great idea but a Secret Service nightmare plus Joe might cavil at the thought of so much wear on it.

In 2008, there was a video of Joe washing it in the driveway of his family home with a garden hose.He was wearing a pair of shorts, flip flops and no shirt just like a regular guy. He was very proud of the car, as I recall.

It was not a staged photo-op. Somebody just caught him doing it because back then, his family home was an average house with a short driveway which he had lived in with his mom for decades and where he had raised his kids after the tragedy.

Yeah, he's the real deal just like Obama was and still is.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

33. You mean those bits out of The Onion were true?

[Cha]

43. Thanks, Skinner!

Great idea.. see what I can do to pass it on..

[Demsrule86]

46. I would too...I was very touched.

[JCMach1]

24. This is the Biden we need to see... On point and comfortable

In his own skin and lane...

[NWCorona]

28. I've always liked Biden and this only helps.

[blm]

30. Cute

[PAMod]

31. Is that Colin Powell in the new Vette?

Holy moly...

[SunSeeker]

41. I think you're right!

I was trying to figure out who that was, but now that you mention it, he definitely looks like Colin Powell.

On edit, yup, you're definitely right:
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/10/joe-biden-and-colin-powell-drag-race-67-corvettes.html

[Hassin Bin Sober]

32. Who else thought the other Corvette would be President Obama?

[gibraltar72]

35. I knew about Joes Vette.

Had read an article in a car mag. He had only been allowed to drive to the end of his driveway for many years. That video was in a very well controlled environment also.

[YOHABLO]

40. Get over yourself folks. Your teen years are gone bu bye!

I like cars, but I also like to get where I'm going. I'm in no hurry to die. We're on to a new age of electric, hydrogen etc. No more fossil fuel burning cars. Call me strange and un-American, but I don't like loud cars, loud motorcycles, etc. I like peace and quiet. I rode around in a '68 GTO back in the day, Gas, Tires and Oil was more like it. I think it got about 10 miles to the gallon if not less. If I had an old vintage car now, it would be an old Cadillac, maybe a '66 or so, not sure. But I love the smooth rides and the luxurious interiors and space.

[Cha]

44. Backatcha, YOHABLO..

[LongtimeAZDem]

47. Old Caddies are OK; my mom drives one.

[Hekate]

48. I love Joe. I'm not a car enthusiast, but he is so infectious...

Confession: every car I've ever owned has been boring, reliable, and tested by Consumer Reports.

[highplainsdem]

49. Love the car AND the driver.

And looking at that old Corvette brings back memories of dating a guy who belonged to the Corvette Club of Texas. Corvette owners loooooove their cars.

[Cha]

50. KICK!

[GulfCoast66]

53. Very cool. I actually like modern sports cars better.

But that is a great old car and what sentimental value. Dad bought if for him and his son restored it. The fact he kept it speaks volumes.

Hell, trump could not get into or out of that car without an engine lift. And could not fit in it anyway!

[Princetonian]

54. After watching this, my husband confessed he wanted to buy the newest model Corvette Stingray.

[Cha]

55. KICK!