confession about my new C5...
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From: Okeechobee Florida
confession about my new C5...
ok guys...i have got a confession to make...
i have had my C5 almost a week now and have a few hundred miles on her...
yup! shes an awesome car...
a technological marvel if i do say so myself...
fast as hell and just awesome to drive...
well then, whats to confess??? you ask...
right now she has traded places with my 79 and is covered up in my shop...
i couldnt live without her...
i found that even tho the car is truely amazing...i missed the C3...
when i pulled the 79 out of the shop today it was like true love all over again...
now, dont get me wrong...i will keep her as a second car...
and i do realize now, more than ever, that they are both awesome but they two completely different animals...
i quess i am just an old school hot rodder and love that roar of the sidepipes and banging gears...
bottom line...
even tho the C5 is a great car...i just love the hell out of my 79 and i am SO glad that i didnt sell her to buy the 2000, for i would have been singing the blues right now, big time...
i have had my C5 almost a week now and have a few hundred miles on her...
yup! shes an awesome car...
a technological marvel if i do say so myself...
fast as hell and just awesome to drive...
well then, whats to confess??? you ask...
right now she has traded places with my 79 and is covered up in my shop...
i couldnt live without her...
i found that even tho the car is truely amazing...i missed the C3...
when i pulled the 79 out of the shop today it was like true love all over again...
now, dont get me wrong...i will keep her as a second car...
and i do realize now, more than ever, that they are both awesome but they two completely different animals...
i quess i am just an old school hot rodder and love that roar of the sidepipes and banging gears...
bottom line...
even tho the C5 is a great car...i just love the hell out of my 79 and i am SO glad that i didnt sell her to buy the 2000, for i would have been singing the blues right now, big time...
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From: Warren MI
I think the C5s are great cars but have no soul. They are easy to find around here and I could afford to get one but...they just leave me cold. I'd prefer to have my tired old 1973 for special times and use my daily driver for work/errands.
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I own a C5 Vert, but the car in my sig is a 72. That pretty much states how I feel about these cars.
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From: Coming home from Luckenbach Texas
I have seriously looked at buying a C5 sooooo many times...but always backed off. It's an amazing car, wicked fast, but it lacks something special that only the older Vettes seem to have...
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Sum day MY communist plot is to sell the hotrod '72 here and adopt a C5, and totally strip ALL the gubbmint/Nader crap outta it, which should yeild about 100 hp easy, and a much lighter car....plus some custom touches, mild.....
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Keep talking , your saving me lots of money 
That's very cool to hear as most people in my local club have "upgraded" from C3's & C4's leaving me and my beloved C3 out in the wind 
That's very cool to hear as most people in my local club have "upgraded" from C3's & C4's leaving me and my beloved C3 out in the wind
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When the wife and I discussed buying a Vette she told me one thing that just stuck. She said "C4's & C5's are just cars. They just don't have the presence of the older Vettes." Obviously, she didn't want one.
While I would love to have a C5, I could never trade my C3 for it.
Glad you decided to keep the '79.
While I would love to have a C5, I could never trade my C3 for it.
Glad you decided to keep the '79.
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From: Warren MI
It's funny...I live in metro Detroit...I know there are 1000s of Corvettes around here. I've seen a few C4s, a few C3s...never one C2 or C1 on the road. All I ever see are C5s....I wonder where are all the other cars ? I see them at shows.
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From: Manalapan FL
Originally Posted by SIGNGUY
ok guys...i have got a confession to make...
i have had my C5 almost a week now and have a few hundred miles on her...
yup! shes an awesome car...
well then, whats to confess??? you ask...
i have had my C5 almost a week now and have a few hundred miles on her...
yup! shes an awesome car...
well then, whats to confess??? you ask...
2) When having forgot where I parked, I don't like trying my key in a dozen Electron Blue C5's everytime I leave the mall .
3) I miss having people ask "What year is it?".
4) Kids don't point anymore.
5) Danny Ocean's prediction came true "C5's...the C4's of tomorrow"!
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From: Maple
Originally Posted by SmokedTires
Keep talking , your saving me lots of money That's very cool to hear as most people in my local club have "upgraded" from C3's & C4's leaving me and my beloved C3 out in the wind
That's very cool to hear as most people in my local club have "upgraded" from C3's & C4's leaving me and my beloved C3 out in the wind ya but your car will always look 10 times better than any of theirs now..
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From: n/a SC
My dad has a chrome c3 vert but I can tell you I bought a 99 in 2002 and just did NOT like the car at all it was too big and not a big enough power difference at all from my dads 95 vert so what I did was talked him into selling his other baby and I've been pleased with my 95 vert over the 99 big time.
I'm with you guys never sell your c3's for a c5 you will regret it later the c5 is more of a daily driver just CAR I like having a low profile hard to get in and out of vette that makes you will like ur in a jet when you're sitting back like the c3 and my 95 does..
and I know a lot of you feel the same way about say my 95 as you would c5s but really having owned both the c4 gives off a lot more of the vette feel and features than my c5 ever did.
I'm with you guys never sell your c3's for a c5 you will regret it later the c5 is more of a daily driver just CAR I like having a low profile hard to get in and out of vette that makes you will like ur in a jet when you're sitting back like the c3 and my 95 does..
and I know a lot of you feel the same way about say my 95 as you would c5s but really having owned both the c4 gives off a lot more of the vette feel and features than my c5 ever did.
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From: The Only Corvette in Gila Bend, Az.
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I'm going to make my wife read this thread, she wants a C5, but thinks we won't need the 82 anymore....
I keep telling her we can be a 2 vette family. You guys just make it more believable ...
I keep telling her we can be a 2 vette family. You guys just make it more believable ...
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From: Coming home from Luckenbach Texas
Hey Dawg...it shouldn't be hard to convince your wife to keep the '82. C5's have depreciated to the point where there are many bargains out there -- I've seen em for $15K 
And if you have a collector's insurance policy on your '82, it's not costing much to keep that car. And it's increasing in value
And if you have a collector's insurance policy on your '82, it's not costing much to keep that car. And it's increasing in value
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From: lancaster ma
i quess i am just an old school hot rodder and love that roar of the sidepipes and banging gears...
I have had similar observations with motorcycles and cars. My 02 softail is great but it cannot match the boot in the AZZ feeling I get from my AMF sportster. My buddies made a big deal about lending me their late model mustangs. They were smooth pwoerful and handled well but something was missing. The old 79 vette provides more sensory stimulation than the new refined cars. You just seem closer and more connected to the road and car.
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From: Palos Verdes Peninsula California
Originally Posted by Desertdawg
I'm going to make my wife read this thread, she wants a C5, but thinks we won't need the 82 anymore....
I keep telling her we can be a 2 vette family. You guys just make it more believable ...
I keep telling her we can be a 2 vette family. You guys just make it more believable ...
