Things I've learned while driving my C5......
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Originally Posted by Grumpy
squirrels cannot safely go under a lowered vette in motion..
Nor ants.....
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1) People ask if you are going through a "Mid-Life" crisis
2) Soccer Mom's try to race you off the line
3) People at work say you make to much $$$
4) Keeping it clean is an art form
5) Chicks dig it
6) Sometimes knowing what it is capable of is better then showing it!
7) When the mod bug bites- you are sick with it forever!
8) Chicks dig it
9) It puts a smile on you face every time you jump in
10) Chicks dig it (I think I mentioned that)
has to be one of the best cars I have owned! nothing like it!
2) Soccer Mom's try to race you off the line
3) People at work say you make to much $$$
4) Keeping it clean is an art form
5) Chicks dig it
6) Sometimes knowing what it is capable of is better then showing it!
7) When the mod bug bites- you are sick with it forever!
8) Chicks dig it
9) It puts a smile on you face every time you jump in
10) Chicks dig it (I think I mentioned that)
has to be one of the best cars I have owned! nothing like it!
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Moms in minivans try to race you and then get mad when you pass them.
Jerks in pickup trucks loving getting inches from your bumper at stop lights.
150mph is too fast to drive on a public road, even if some punk in an Eclipse tries to race you.
16 year old girls are more impressed with your Vette than the 25-35 year old girls are.
Jerks in pickup trucks loving getting inches from your bumper at stop lights.
150mph is too fast to drive on a public road, even if some punk in an Eclipse tries to race you.
16 year old girls are more impressed with your Vette than the 25-35 year old girls are.
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Originally Posted by georgec114
1) People will always ask "How's the Vette?"
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Originally Posted by byte_me
1) People ask if you are going through a "Mid-Life" crisis
2) Soccer Mom's try to race you off the line
3) People at work say you make to much $$$
4) Keeping it clean is an art form
5) Chicks dig it
6) Sometimes knowing what it is capable of is better then showing it!
7) When the mod bug bites- you are sick with it forever!
8) Chicks dig it
9) It puts a smile on you face every time you jump in
10) Chicks dig it (I think I mentioned that)
has to be one of the best cars I have owned! nothing like it!
2) Soccer Mom's try to race you off the line
3) People at work say you make to much $$$
4) Keeping it clean is an art form
5) Chicks dig it
6) Sometimes knowing what it is capable of is better then showing it!
7) When the mod bug bites- you are sick with it forever!
8) Chicks dig it
9) It puts a smile on you face every time you jump in
10) Chicks dig it (I think I mentioned that)
has to be one of the best cars I have owned! nothing like it!
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From: ================== Houston, Texas www.englandgreen.com ================== Necessary Evil™ __________
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1> All speed bumps should be illegal
2> Little kids love the car and ALWAYS wave
I love that
3> Jealousy and envy is a sad, sad thing.
4> Everyone always asked me about the Vette
5> Chick may dig the car but they don't did an old f@rt like me
2> Little kids love the car and ALWAYS wave
I love that3> Jealousy and envy is a sad, sad thing.
4> Everyone always asked me about the Vette
5> Chick may dig the car but they don't did an old f@rt like me
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Dont recon there are two many cars you could own that would illicit such a good vibe, to find one trailing back a few car lengths on the freeway - and slow down for him to catch up to drive a few miles together 'in formation' -every time that happens i just sets such a good tone to the already sweet drive im having
I love spotting that telltale low-amber riding light -even if its just for a split second, on a guy 10 cars back, where i cant even make out the rest of the shape - except the absence of a headlamp maybe and the vivid color .... keep an eye half open for whatevers back there and sure enough -- him a Corvette, him my brother, come brother, share some tarmac old friend
I love spotting that telltale low-amber riding light -even if its just for a split second, on a guy 10 cars back, where i cant even make out the rest of the shape - except the absence of a headlamp maybe and the vivid color .... keep an eye half open for whatevers back there and sure enough -- him a Corvette, him my brother, come brother, share some tarmac old friend
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Originally Posted by mcronec5
Moms in minivans try to race you and then get mad when you pass them.
Jerks in pickup trucks loving getting inches from your bumper at stop lights.
150mph is too fast to drive on a public road, even if some punk in an Eclipse tries to race you.
16 year old girls are more impressed with your Vette than the 25-35 year old girls are.
Jerks in pickup trucks loving getting inches from your bumper at stop lights.
150mph is too fast to drive on a public road, even if some punk in an Eclipse tries to race you.
16 year old girls are more impressed with your Vette than the 25-35 year old girls are.
Man, the thing about women with the vette is, anyone who is out of your age bracket seems to pay it an aweful lot of attention, but the ones whom you might be interested in agewise, act like they don't care. But they do. I see lots of "craned necks" that can't seem to stop lookin' at me and my vert. I dated my girlfriend for several days before she knew that I had a vette. When she finally saw it she was hysterical. She said it was the coolest car she'd ever seen. She's 29. Her daughter is 6. She said the same thing.
