Does not understand Corvettes!
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From: Eau Claire WI
Does not understand Corvettes!
I don't think this author understands Corvettes!!!
http://research.cars.com/go/crp/rese...=&aff=national
http://research.cars.com/go/crp/rese...=&aff=national
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From: Hampton, VA Yea, i'm a redneck... but you love it
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"There'll always be a 'Vette and there'll always be 'Vette aficionados. If only the 'Vette aficionados would beg just once for room and comfort rather than crying and beating their gold-chain-bedecked chests for yet another more powerful engine."
f' him too
f' him too
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From: Bergen County, NJ
Lets face it, just another jealous, shallow wannabe.
BTW, I had 6 Corvettes and never a gold chain.
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From: OBAMA IS HITLER
i think it's a pretty good write-up. on the gold chain remark....not sure what he meant because those cats care more about the visual pimp bling, shizznizzles and electronica orgasm than what's really going on.
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From: Jacksonville NC
I have a '95 Vette and I've put right at 20k miles on it in the 14 months I've owned it, including at least ten or twelve trips of 600 miles or more. I'm on the tall side of 6'1 and weigh a bit over 230 pounds. I'm not a little guy. I'll agree that getting in and out of the 'Vette is a bit like getting in and out of a bath tub. It takes a little while to get used to it and it will never be as easy as getting in and out of a taller car. But it isn't THAT hard and once I get in, I'm quite comfortable. I think the complaints about room and comfort are a tad exaggerated in the article.
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the gold chain comment was earned in the late 1970s. When the car got slow and softer.
It also represents a stereotype - that of a tasteless rich dude. And I have seen some of the bling they add, and I can agree... it's always the vocal minority that ruins it for everyone.
It also represents a stereotype - that of a tasteless rich dude. And I have seen some of the bling they add, and I can agree... it's always the vocal minority that ruins it for everyone.
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Hey, I used to wear a gold chain all the time, lotsa girls have, nothing wrong with that. I only took it off because showering with it on makes the C4 emblem hanging on it go white.
I have plenty of room and comfort in my Corvette, but then I'm not quite five feet tall.
I have plenty of room and comfort in my Corvette, but then I'm not quite five feet tall.
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From: Salem NH
I thought the article was pretty dead on. Before I bought a vette I always considered vette owners fat rich white guys who can't turn wrenches.
-- Joe
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
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From: OBAMA IS HITLER
i agree.
none is this silly stuff matters.
and the fact that not everyone in the world bows down to corvette owners.
the article was accurate and well written for the most part. i give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.
none is this silly stuff matters.
and the fact that not everyone in the world bows down to corvette owners.
the article was accurate and well written for the most part. i give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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I didn't read the article.....but........
I"M INTERESTED In THIS!!!!
Whatever that is, it SURE sounds interesting.
Let's start with "shizznizzles". What the heck is dat?
Oh, don't tell me if I have to ask I don't need to know, either. 
I"M INTERESTED In THIS!!!!
shizznizzles and electronica orgasm
Let's start with "shizznizzles". What the heck is dat?
Oh, don't tell me if I have to ask I don't need to know, either.
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From: Bergen County, NJ
No Corvette owner wants anyone to bow down to them, thats nonsense.
The author only puts together a bunch of stats; HP, sales, cost, and then he draws his stupid ridicule of the Corvette.
Like I said, just another jealous, shallow wannabe. But this jealous wannabe is different: He had a job writing stupid articles for a newspaper.
BTW, journalists are not highly paid, this dude could not afford a ZR1 in 1991, or now.
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People like this are my favorite. I work at a Mercedes-Benz dealership, and I have endless debates to get into with coworkers that thank my Vette is built poorly, and purely to go fast in a straight line. They'll usually make some snide comment about a stereotype, but a rapid response quoting skid-pad numbers, tire sizes, or quarter mile times usually shuts them up.
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
Laurel,
I can't see how anyone would confuse you with the stereotypical Corvette owner.
You obviously aren't going through a mid-life crisis, for one thing.....
Larry
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I can't see how anyone would confuse you with the stereotypical Corvette owner.
You obviously aren't going through a mid-life crisis, for one thing.....
Larry
code5coupe
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