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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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Just got back yesterday from Bowling Green with Brian (Cobra4b) and in those 6 short days, I have completely fallen in love with C5 and C6 corvettes, and I will be buying a C5 in the near future. I just wanted to come here and say hello. I met a lot of you and I was very shocked at how nice and friendly everyone was, I was honestly expecting a bunch of arrogant elitist corvette owners, who have no time for the peons

Sooooo.... Anyway, here I am, My name is Adam and I live in Norfolk, VA. If you are one of the many people that we were hanging out with pretty much all week, identify yourself in this thread please so I can see who you are online. In addition, I have about 300 pictures that I took during the week, so if you were one of the people with us PM me your complete address and I will send you a CD with all the pictures on it. (Joe, Mike, Brad, Kevin, Chris, Chris, Dan, Sonny, Gary etc...)

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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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Welcome to the Forum and good luck in finding the right C5 for you
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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:29 AM
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Welcome and glad you had a great time.
It was my first also and I met a lot of people that I'd met on the forum. They are a great bunch of people.
Hope you find the C5/C6 of your dreams.
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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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welcome to the place....
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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:36 AM
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Welcome, Hope you find your car soon.
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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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this is the place
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Old May 31, 2005 | 11:52 AM
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Hey Adam, it was great meeting you this trip!




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Old May 31, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Great hanging out with you Adam.

I might know someone that has a very nice supercharged Torch Red convertible that would be willing to give you a bit of a discount for being a newbie. Any interest?

I'm working on our little video now. I'll be UPS'ing a copy to you and Brian ASAP.

(if you want, click on my name to the left and it will give you the option to add me to your "Buddy List"....I'll be adding you right now)
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Old May 31, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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I think I know the guy you are talking about Joe, and I am positive that I cannot afford to drive or even touch that car, much less buy it But I bet he wouldnt mind if I layed under it for a few

Send me an Email with your address and tell the other guys to do the same, since I dont know anyones user names on here and I will mail out copies of the CD with all the pictures on it. I posted them all up, but they were all downsized to 800x600, I will send out the full size ones on disk.


adam@vacustoms.com
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Old May 31, 2005 | 05:11 PM
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Welcome and good luck on your search!!
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Old May 31, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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Welcome, Adam. Lots of good people here. Corvette owners seems to get a bum rap on their attitude, but I have found them to be very Good luck finding the C5 that is right for you.
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Old May 31, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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Welcome to the Forum! Good luck on finding a Corvette, the guys here should be plenty helpful!
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Old May 31, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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Welcome to the forum. I am glad you enjoyed the cruise in.
Unfortunately I was not there but there are a lot of nice
people here and you met some of them. Thanks for sharing
the pictures. I enjoyed them. I just wanted to say if you
think you want to buy a C5 do it. You will love it.
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Old May 31, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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welcome and good luck in the search.
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Old May 31, 2005 | 06:41 PM
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Aloha and welcome to the Forum Adam........sorry I couldn't make it the fking bridge is still out but it sure sounded like a blast.
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Old May 31, 2005 | 07:29 PM
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Old May 31, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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wow. thank you all for the very warm welcome!
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Old May 31, 2005 | 07:33 PM
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I have found nothing but enthusiastic and helpful people here. Welcome!
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