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Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: South-central Missouri
Congrats!!!
I had been drooling since before I was 18. Had to wait 35 years to get my '95 coupe/m6 in '02. The smile still hasn't come off. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine, and I'm sure you will! Beautiful car! Take it easy and keep the shiny side up!
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Instructor
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: MD
Congrats! Just remember, you don't have to race everything that pulls up next to you. People will want to run but part of having a Vette, is having enough class to just cruise when everyone else wants to run 'em and rag 'em out. There is a time and place for everything.
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Palo Alto California
Originally Posted by mrmoore
Congrats! Just remember, you don't have to race everything that pulls up next to you. People will want to run but part of having a Vette, is having enough class to just cruise when everyone else wants to run 'em and rag 'em out. There is a time and place for everything.
At least it's such a cool car that I can just smile and keep cruising by. The guy that sold me the car told me that people always try and temp you in this car, and you have to be strong enough to save it. 
However, I basically accidently smoked an srt10 truck when I was laying into the gas to merge on the road. I was like, why the hell am I having to push the pedal all the way down to merge in front of this truck?
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 118
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From: Grove city Ohio
Congrats....
Just watch the speed....jealous law enforcement arent likely to give a break to an 18 yr old with a vette.
Dark red with graphite? Hard pressed to find a better choice....
Good Luck
Just watch the speed....jealous law enforcement arent likely to give a break to an 18 yr old with a vette.
Dark red with graphite? Hard pressed to find a better choice....
Good Luck
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Palo Alto California
Originally Posted by 94copper
N-I-C-E !!!!!
You will never forget your first Vette.
Welcome to the Forum and I hope you have nothing but GOOD luck with your new "baby"
Don't forget to wave!!!!
Don
You will never forget your first Vette.
Welcome to the Forum and I hope you have nothing but GOOD luck with your new "baby"
Don't forget to wave!!!!
Don
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Grand Rapids Michigan West Michigan Crew
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09
welcome to the forum 
i also got my first vette at about 18, it was a 75 stingray, i then sold that and got a modded 81 t-tops, i still have that as well as my new 96 LT4 the C4's are fun cars for sure and congrats on a nice looking car!
i also got my first vette at about 18, it was a 75 stingray, i then sold that and got a modded 81 t-tops, i still have that as well as my new 96 LT4 the C4's are fun cars for sure and congrats on a nice looking car!
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,251
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From: Pueblo CO
Color me jealous! I'm 37, and just now able to realistically THINK about getting a C4. Damn kids.... 
Love the color, the wheels and your attitude. Good luck on the track. It will be quite different than the Probe. I had a '93 GT. It was not reliable at all, but lots of fun to drive, and very comfortable. Couldn't afford to keep it. Please post pix when lowered!
Love the color, the wheels and your attitude. Good luck on the track. It will be quite different than the Probe. I had a '93 GT. It was not reliable at all, but lots of fun to drive, and very comfortable. Couldn't afford to keep it. Please post pix when lowered!
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Palo Alto California
Originally Posted by CSS996
Color me jealous! I'm 37, and just now able to realistically THINK about getting a C4. Damn kids.... Love the color, the wheels and your attitude. Good luck on the track. It will be quite different than the Probe. I had a '93 GT. It was not reliable at all, but lots of fun to drive, and very comfortable. Couldn't afford to keep it. Please post pix when lowered!
Love the color, the wheels and your attitude. Good luck on the track. It will be quite different than the Probe. I had a '93 GT. It was not reliable at all, but lots of fun to drive, and very comfortable. Couldn't afford to keep it. Please post pix when lowered!
The vette took two years of working at the office, construction work, and even various guitar gigs before I had enough money. However, insurance isn't that bad without collision. I have to pay like $450 to be covered for 6 months.
I'm kind of surprised that you say the probe isn't reliable. I bought mine with 164,000 miles for $1000. I've brought it to 7000rpm every day for the last two years, and it now has 193,000 miles. I definately had to tear open the distributor to replace the ignitor with a GM one. $20 well spent.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Pueblo CO
Hmmm... My Probe was low mileage (at least it only showed like 45,XXX) when I bought it. It left me sit after about two months of ownership. Dealer raped me for $800 for some ignition problem, then it cost me $100 for spark plug wires, and was going to cost a fortune for suspension work, and I spent a little on tie rod ends. Bought it for $14,000 in '98 and sold it for $7,000 in '00. OUCH!
I loved the look of it though. And I drove it from Colorado to Pennsylvania in two days without any comfort problems. Despite the problems I had with the car, I did enjoy it, and miss it a little. Maybe I just got a bad one. It happens. I didn't know anything about fixing a car myself at the time either. I probably could have fixed the ignition and the struts myself if I still had the car today.
Live and learn.
And I think you will appreciate your Vette more since you had to work for it, than somebody who just has a nice car handed to them.
I loved the look of it though. And I drove it from Colorado to Pennsylvania in two days without any comfort problems. Despite the problems I had with the car, I did enjoy it, and miss it a little. Maybe I just got a bad one. It happens. I didn't know anything about fixing a car myself at the time either. I probably could have fixed the ignition and the struts myself if I still had the car today.
Live and learn.
And I think you will appreciate your Vette more since you had to work for it, than somebody who just has a nice car handed to them.
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Palo Alto California
Originally Posted by CSS996
Hmmm... My Probe was low mileage (at least it only showed like 45,XXX) when I bought it. It left me sit after about two months of ownership. Dealer raped me for $800 for some ignition problem, then it cost me $100 for spark plug wires, and was going to cost a fortune for suspension work, and I spent a little on tie rod ends. Bought it for $14,000 in '98 and sold it for $7,000 in '00. OUCH!
I loved the look of it though. And I drove it from Colorado to Pennsylvania in two days without any comfort problems. Despite the problems I had with the car, I did enjoy it, and miss it a little. Maybe I just got a bad one. It happens. I didn't know anything about fixing a car myself at the time either. I probably could have fixed the ignition and the struts myself if I still had the car today.
Live and learn.
And I think you will appreciate your Vette more since you had to work for it, than somebody who just has a nice car handed to them.
I loved the look of it though. And I drove it from Colorado to Pennsylvania in two days without any comfort problems. Despite the problems I had with the car, I did enjoy it, and miss it a little. Maybe I just got a bad one. It happens. I didn't know anything about fixing a car myself at the time either. I probably could have fixed the ignition and the struts myself if I still had the car today.
Live and learn.
And I think you will appreciate your Vette more since you had to work for it, than somebody who just has a nice car handed to them.
It's because the ignitor in the distributor overheats and burns out. You can get a new one from the dealer for $800 (actually accurate pricing), or you can do what I did and cut the wiring harnesses to the distributor and wire in a GM ignitor module that can handle a lot more.
I also replaced the struts on mine, and I spent $400 for tokicos, but you can get kyb's for about $250. Took about two hours with a jack and a spring compressor.
