My heart goes out to you Navion,
I know it would be difficult if I had to give up reading or farming so the loss of a passion in one's life is hard to adjust to. I hope with luck the kick in the seat you'll be enjoying with your ZR1 will give some small compense for this.
I recall when I was landing in Vancouver to get my Z06 and watching the airspeed and being struck at one point that the car could go faster than the plane I was in as it was landing. While your other Corvette is a treasure, yoru ZR1 is a whole different degree of technology.
Start frowning now as you're entering the permasmile zone............
Cheers,
Garry