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This is cool
Just got this e-mail...
"sir, i will be flying into san diego at 3:30pm saturday, if you close at 4 i doubt ill make it on time. i am seriously interested in purchasing a corvette on saturday, i would really appreciate your help with this, i am returning to america after a two year overseas tour with the marine corps. i dont want to drive a civic, i want a corvette."
My response:
(Name)I work with (owner) at home on his sales..tell me your flight/arrival/airline and I will pick you up personally at airport...if you don't have "big" luggage,i'll pick you up in this:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...sto-mod001.jpg
Otherwise,it will be a 1993 Silver Corolla DX station wagon...I'll tell (owner)in the morning and he will be there for you saturday...I'm going fishing Friday morning..so I will look for your response before I leave in morning,or catch it by 1 pm (PST)..my cell is xxx-xxx-xxxx
Semper Fi...,
Rich Woods
SGT>USMC....1962/1966
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So now you guys know...I sell Corvettes...(part time)..but not here on the forum...got that ?
"sir, i will be flying into san diego at 3:30pm saturday, if you close at 4 i doubt ill make it on time. i am seriously interested in purchasing a corvette on saturday, i would really appreciate your help with this, i am returning to america after a two year overseas tour with the marine corps. i dont want to drive a civic, i want a corvette."
My response:
(Name)I work with (owner) at home on his sales..tell me your flight/arrival/airline and I will pick you up personally at airport...if you don't have "big" luggage,i'll pick you up in this:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...sto-mod001.jpg
Otherwise,it will be a 1993 Silver Corolla DX station wagon...I'll tell (owner)in the morning and he will be there for you saturday...I'm going fishing Friday morning..so I will look for your response before I leave in morning,or catch it by 1 pm (PST)..my cell is xxx-xxx-xxxx
Semper Fi...,
Rich Woods
SGT>USMC....1962/1966
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So now you guys know...I sell Corvettes...(part time)..but not here on the forum...got that ?
Last edited by rihwoods; Aug 4, 2006 at 03:19 AM.
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You may sell them, but you also have been known to use painters tape to stick yarn on your car to check C3 aerodynamicy... 
I'm missing my C3. If I flew into San Diego, would you also pick me up in this? Of course I would request a ride back to the Bay Area
I'm missing my C3. If I flew into San Diego, would you also pick me up in this? Of course I would request a ride back to the Bay Area
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Originally Posted by 1969Vette383
You may sell them, but you also have been known to use painters tape to stick yarn on your car to check C3 aerodynamicy...
I'm missing my C3. If I flew into San Diego, would you also pick me up in this? Of course I would request a ride back to the Bay Area
I'm missing my C3. If I flew into San Diego, would you also pick me up in this? Of course I would request a ride back to the Bay Area
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8 MPG? That sounds like my dad's '63 Studebaker Avanti on a good day. She is a Paxton Supercharged 304 V-8 that was worked over by the Granatelli brothers. Back when she was built, gas cost was of no concern, so the valve overlap is crazy; the goal being to get as much air and fuel into and out of the combustion chamber as quickly as possible. The starting proceedure is racecar-esque. Pump the gas pedal 7-10 times, turn the key, keep pumping the gas pedal and hope that a spark ignites the pool of gasoline. Upon starting the car, she spits raw fuel out of the exhaust. Wanna ruin a lady's day? Have her wear a white dress behind the car as you fire her up. Her white dress will become covered in black soot.
Back in 1992, my dad, his brother, and a friend of the family all drove their Avantis to Seattle. My uncle never believed that my dad's car used as much gas as it did, he always thought my dad was getting into the 'loud pedal' a bit too much. It wasn't until this trip that he was proved wrong. On the trip up, my dad stopped for gas twice for every once that the other two Avantis did. My uncle's car and the friend of the family's car averaged 16 MPG; my dad's Avanti averaged more than 7, but less than 8.
With gas prices as they are now, I think it would make more sense to fly back to the Bay Area.
Back in 1992, my dad, his brother, and a friend of the family all drove their Avantis to Seattle. My uncle never believed that my dad's car used as much gas as it did, he always thought my dad was getting into the 'loud pedal' a bit too much. It wasn't until this trip that he was proved wrong. On the trip up, my dad stopped for gas twice for every once that the other two Avantis did. My uncle's car and the friend of the family's car averaged 16 MPG; my dad's Avanti averaged more than 7, but less than 8.
With gas prices as they are now, I think it would make more sense to fly back to the Bay Area.
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Originally Posted by 1969Vette383
8 MPG? That sounds like my dad's '63 Studebaker Avanti on a good day. She is a Paxton Supercharged 304 V-8 that was worked over by the Granatelli brothers. Back when she was built, gas cost was of no concern, so the valve overlap is crazy; the goal being to get as much air and fuel into and out of the combustion chamber as quickly as possible. The starting proceedure is racecar-esque. Pump the gas pedal 7-10 times, turn the key, keep pumping the gas pedal and hope that a spark ignites the pool of gasoline. Upon starting the car, she spits raw fuel out of the exhaust. Wanna ruin a lady's day? Have her wear a white dress behind the car as you fire her up. Her white dress will become covered in black soot.
Back in 1992, my dad, his brother, and a friend of the family all drove their Avantis to Seattle. My uncle never believed that my dad's car used as much gas as it did, he always thought my dad was getting into the 'loud pedal' a bit too much. It wasn't until this trip that he was proved wrong. On the trip up, my dad stopped for gas twice for every once that the other two Avantis did. My uncle's car and the friend of the family's car averaged 16 MPG; my dad's Avanti averaged more than 7, but less than 8.
With gas prices as they are now, I think it would make more sense to fly back to the Bay Area.
Back in 1992, my dad, his brother, and a friend of the family all drove their Avantis to Seattle. My uncle never believed that my dad's car used as much gas as it did, he always thought my dad was getting into the 'loud pedal' a bit too much. It wasn't until this trip that he was proved wrong. On the trip up, my dad stopped for gas twice for every once that the other two Avantis did. My uncle's car and the friend of the family's car averaged 16 MPG; my dad's Avanti averaged more than 7, but less than 8.
With gas prices as they are now, I think it would make more sense to fly back to the Bay Area.
Rich
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From: Tolar Texas
Originally Posted by rihwoods
....So now you guys know...I sell Corvettes...(part time)..but not here on the forum...got that ?
The only problem I have with it is that you're not posting up pictures of all the cool Vettes that you get to play with.
A Corvette that is for sale can be just as cool to look at as one that is not.
Congratulations for getting to sell something that your really interested in!
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Originally Posted by MIKER
OMG, this will cause a small group of forum members to run around in circles while tears and sh#t spew out of every orifice of their bodies.
The only problem I have with it is that you're not posting up pictures of all the cool Vettes that you get to play with.
A Corvette that is for sale can be just as cool to look at as one that is not.
Congratulations for getting to sell something that your really interested in!
The only problem I have with it is that you're not posting up pictures of all the cool Vettes that you get to play with.
A Corvette that is for sale can be just as cool to look at as one that is not.
Congratulations for getting to sell something that your really interested in!
I don't take salary..just compensation in parts,etc...but it is fun....
Rich
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Ok..I picked the young Marine up at the airport...very neat guy...he told me he had been in contact with some other auto dealers in the San Diego area while he was in Japan..,and that they all told him they will talk when he gets here..he told me we were the only ones who would work with him up front...he bought a 94 coupe and had seen it on our site..My bud got paperwork done,and after I left the Marine said he did not know how to get to the Marine base..so my bud(owner) led him down there so he could check in..
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From: wash. dc
Originally Posted by rihwoods
Ok..I picked the young Marine up at the airport...very neat guy...he told me he had been in contact with some other auto dealers in the San Diego area while he was in Japan..,and that they all told him they will talk when he gets here..he told me we were the only ones who would work with him up front...he bought a 94 coupe and had seen it on our site..My bud got paperwork done,and after I left the Marine said he did not know how to get to the Marine base..so my bud(owner) led him down there so he could check in..
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Originally Posted by 71redskin
service like that is indeed hard to find...good job