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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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How many of you have pics of your car beside a street named 'Corvette'? Let's see them......

Here's one where I live:
(It's welded onto the post. I wonder why.)



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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 03:40 PM
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Looks like they mean Corvette in a nautical way.

Is there a "Bilge Blvd" nearby?
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Look at all the irony in that pic. To the right of the street sign is a sign saying Collision...across the street is an auto body shop...and part of it's sign is in Chinese!
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dukeallen
Look at all the irony in that pic. To the right of the street sign is a sign saying Collision...across the street is an auto body shop...and part of it's sign is in Chinese!
Well he is in "Hongcouver". It amazes me the "Stop Sign" is in English
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[QUOTE=dukeallen;1580021932]Look at all the irony in that pic. To the right of the street sign is a sign saying Collision...across the street is an auto body shop...and part of it's sign is in Chinese![/QUOT

Too funny.....but let's get back to the main topic.

BTW, regarding the nautical reference:
corvette   
noun
1. a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.

2.
a lightly armed, fast ship used mostly for convoy escort and ranging in size between a destroyer and a gunboat.

Origin:
1630–40; < French, Middle French < Middle Dutch corver pursuit boat (derivative of corf ), with suffix altered to -ette -ette
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When I built an offsite shop/storage area for the cars I had to run a blacktop road to it. So it's located on Corvette Dr. Also lets me ship parts somewhere other than the house so no one knows

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Originally Posted by Daniel_Mc
When I built an offsite shop/storage area for the cars I had to run a blacktop road to it. So it's located on Corvette Dr. Also lets me ship parts somewhere other than the house so no one knows

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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 05:52 PM
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Google maps shows lots of Corvette Streets, Drives, Avenues...including one not too far from home. May have to pay it a visit when mine comes home.
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In my county, there is an ordinance (or something) that you can't/ shouldn't name new streets in subdivisions, etc after your children, or last names, as they are the most likely to get stolen. And of course that costs the taxpayers money to replace.

Dontcha know that Corvette street signs would disappear at a high rate also!
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Never saw Corvette St. First tiime for everything.
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Google maps yielded:

Corvette Ave, Sebring, Highlands, FL 33872
Corvette Ln, North Port, Sarasota, FL 34287
Corvette Ln, Kissimmee, Osceola, FL 34746
Corvette Dr, Largo, Pinellas, FL 33771
Corvette Dr, Jasmine Estates, Pasco, FL 34668
Corvette Dr, Keystone, Hillsborough, FL 33624
Corvette Ln, Spring Hill, Hernando, FL 34614
Corvette Pl, Jacksonville, Duval, FL 32216
E Corvette Ct, Inverness, Citrus, FL 34450

No Corvette Street, though.
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Originally Posted by Tommy T-Bone
Never saw Corvette St. First time for everything.
Oops! Corvette Way. My bad.
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Does it count if it's inside the garage?



...and here's the pic of the Vette next to it to make it a legal part of the thread.


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The only Ive seen with "Corvette" is the Corvette Diner in San Diego and it sucks.
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The only Ive seen with "Corvette" is the Corvette Diner in San Diego and it sucks.
Do they have clam-shells on the menu?
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There's a Corvette Dr about 30 miles from me. But, it's in a part of town I don't really want to drive into just to take a picture with my vette.
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Do they have clam-shells on the menu?




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There is a Corvette Dr about a 1/2 mile from me and I looked at lots there about 8 years ago but were all too small. All streets in this development have Chev model names because land use to belong to owner of Berger Chevrolet and developer used that theme.
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Originally Posted by Sweet 90
Well he is in "Hongcouver". It amazes me the "Stop Sign" is in English
That's only an hour away from me - I had no idea it was there! Guess where I'm going once I get insurance for the season?!
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