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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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Went to the Phila. Int. Auto show tonight and saw both a C-6 and sat in the 24 whatever edition of the last C-5's made. Right there I realized my 79 is about as sophisticated as steak knife ! I need to go to bed. :sleep:
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 09:25 PM
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Went to the Phila. Int. Auto show tonight and saw both a C-6 and sat in the 24 whatever edition of the last C-5's made. Right there I realized my 79 is about as sophisticated as steak knife ! I need to go to bed. :sleep:
Be glad, it's alot easier to fix. :thumbs: :seeya
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 09:30 PM
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Yes but its the best dam looking steak knife in the drawer. :lolg: :lolg:
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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im going up at 900 tomorrow morning to check it out.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 03:13 AM
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im going up at 900 tomorrow morning to check it out.
Be sure to leave your steak knives at home... :lol:
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 05:22 AM
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Pat, your not going to believe this car. What it does and how it does it and we're still talking 40 something ! The color is daytona Orange, which is drop dead gorgeous. :yesnod:
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:10 AM
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:cheers: i think i'll go for the red.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:43 AM
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cool cant wait to see it leaving in 30 minutes
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Take comfort in the fact that your C3 has hidden headlights and the C6 don't!

GM's passing it off as a revival of the styling cues from a C1, but the reality is the bean counters snuck in to the design center and stole all the engineering drawings of the hidden headlights for the C6.

There, there....feel better now?
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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Went to the Phila. Int. Auto show tonight and saw both a C-6 and sat in the 24 whatever edition of the last C-5's made. Right there I realized my 79 is about as sophisticated as steak knife ! I need to go to bed. :sleep:
good think you could'nt drive them or then you really would be depressed.
You can do 100mph in these things and feels like you aren't even moving.


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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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I saw them cut a food processor in half with a ginzu knife on tv one time :D
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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Pictures? :eek:
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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Default Re: Had a horrible experience tonight. (killain)

Went to the Phila. Int. Auto show tonight and saw both a C-6 and sat in the 24 whatever edition of the last C-5's made. Right there I realized my 79 is about as sophisticated as steak knife ! I need to go to bed. :sleep:
You mean this one? Sweet :thumbs:


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and this view
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 05:36 PM
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I got back alittle while ago,had a great time loved the c6,i love that color too you were right it looks better in person.I got to finally meet CORZ(corey) also up there. :thumbs:
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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The new C6 may be all sophistocated, but the C3 generation is by far the best looking generation of them all. :thumbs:
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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I agree with THawkbh! As nice as the new ones are, I still would not sell my C3 for one of those. :cool: :cool:
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