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01-22-2013, 10:56 PM

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LOL You guys are posting faster than I can keep up

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01-22-2013, 10:56 PM

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Hey man, I have gaudy chrome wheels

To the OP, congrats on the new ride. Nice garage too!

Thanks

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01-22-2013, 10:57 PM

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Excellent...car looks great. Enjoy. That color will really pop once you clean it up.

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01-22-2013, 10:57 PM

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Sounds like you got a good deal. Enjoy!! Manual tranny is the way to go in my opinion.

Absolutely. And thanks.

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01-22-2013, 10:57 PM

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Night Race Blue = yummy.

Nice move and good call on the ZR1 rear spoiler.

Thank you. Yeah, spoiler was already on the car

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01-22-2013, 10:58 PM

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01-22-2013, 10:59 PM

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Excellent...car looks great. Enjoy. That color will really pop once you clean it up.

Thank you. Yeah, I hope so, it's gonna take some work to get the scratches out, nothing that will catch a nail, but they really show under my garage lights.

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01-22-2013, 11:01 PM

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Only concern I have at the moment, is the oil pressure. It's about 70psi at 1500rpm, my Coupe ran 40, and my Z06 ran about 50. 70 seems high to me, but the outside temp is 15 degrees, and the oil temp never reached 130 all the way home from Indy, bout 80 mile drive.

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01-22-2013, 11:22 PM

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Enjoy it.

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01-22-2013, 11:45 PM

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Nice trade up!

Congrats your new GS is a beauty and much better color

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01-23-2013, 01:04 AM

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Enjoy it.

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01-23-2013, 01:05 AM

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Congrats your new GS is a beauty and much better color

Thank you.

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01-23-2013, 01:32 AM

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Actually came out ahead, the new GS was cheaper than my 2011 Coupe.

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I paid less for the 2013 GS brand new, than I did for my 2011 Coupe brand new.

That's what you tell your wife, but you can't tell us you 'came out ahead'

. Anyway, hope you didn't lose your a$$ on the trade. Buying the new one cheaper also means selling the old one cheaper. But you only live once

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Only concern I have at the moment, is the oil pressure. It's about 70psi at 1500rpm

Not desirable, but normal. Our GSs have the same oil cooler your Z had. But newer Zs (and ZR1s) have a new cooler that runs thru the radiator, so it actually heats the oil in winter. But might be hotter in summer. The best solution would be ours with a thermostat IMO.

Enjoy your new beast man. I'm almost done modding my '12 (changing to Carbotech padlets now), and am very happy with it. Good luck.

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01-23-2013, 02:11 AM

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That's what you tell your wife, but you can't tell us you 'came out ahead'

. Anyway, hope you didn't lose your a$$ on the trade. Buying the new one cheaper also means selling the old one cheaper. But you only live once

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Not desirable, but normal. Our GSs have the same oil cooler your Z had. But newer Zs (and ZR1s) have a new cooler that runs thru the radiator, so it actually heats the oil in winter. But might be hotter in summer. The best solution would be ours with a thermostat IMO.

Enjoy your new beast man. I'm almost done modding my '12 (changing to Carbotech padlets now), and am very happy with it. Good luck.

I actually did, but I am happy now, and I can't say I was with my 2011. Well, like I said, the oil temp never got above 130, so I expect to see the pressure drop when it warms up some. I did some checking here, and it seems cold pressure does run around 70ish. And thank you.

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01-23-2013, 06:50 AM

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Congrats on the new GS!

Sorry about the swirls. I had the Sam issue with my last new car. Some stupid shop monkey had apparently wiped it down with a dirty damn rag. Car was a mess. I had to take it back and have them buff it.