continued..'it's official'
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 503
Likes: 1
From: Belchertown Massachusetts
Originally Posted by Shane_S
Congrats Jake, I know the feeling about the spare. I was a little dissapointed that mine didnt automatically come with a beautiful blonde girlfriend 
Shane
Shane
Jake T.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 35,617
Likes: 167
Tech Contributor
Cruise-In 11 Veteran
NCM Ambassador
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'10
Congratulations on the new ride Jake 
Welcome to the family. Isn't this weather of ours wonderful 
You finally get your baby home and the snow starts flying. You picked the right color. 
Enjoy the ride.
Paul
Welcome to the family. Isn't this weather of ours wonderful You finally get your baby home and the snow starts flying. You picked the right color. Enjoy the ride.Paul
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 503
Likes: 1
From: Belchertown Massachusetts
Originally Posted by talon90
Congratulations on the new ride Jake Welcome to the family. Isn't this weather of ours wonderful You finally get your baby home and the snow starts flying. You picked the right color. Enjoy the ride.
Paul
Welcome to the family. Isn't this weather of ours wonderful You finally get your baby home and the snow starts flying. You picked the right color. Enjoy the ride.Paul
Jake T. Is there any other color than red??
Went and looked at your photos...very nice....Do you do any vette shows in Mass?
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Every 2027 Corvette Engine Explained
Joe Kucinski
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Verdad Gallardo
10 Ugly Corvettes That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 35,617
Likes: 167
Tech Contributor
Cruise-In 11 Veteran
NCM Ambassador
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'10
Originally Posted by Jake T
Been in the garage all day looking it over. Got all winter to work on it. You're right, the weather must be there. We don't live too far away.
Jake T. Is there any other color than red??
Went and looked at your photos...very nice....Do you do any vette shows in Mass?
Jake T. Is there any other color than red??
Went and looked at your photos...very nice....Do you do any vette shows in Mass?
Jake,Yep, you'll see the redlion at many of the eastern and southeastern shows. Check out the Northeast section come spring time and we generally post who, what, when and where.
Paul
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,536
Likes: 24,826
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Congrats on your new ride, Jake. I have a feeling you are going to love it. 
Racer
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 393
Likes: 0
Sounds like me a year ago
The first day I got my C5 was one of the best. The last Vette I owned before that was a '72 in '74. After 30 years of wondering whether or not I would ever own another Vette my turn came in 2004. I am happy for you. Enjoy. 
Racer
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 366
Likes: 0
From: IL
Originally Posted by leeman
The first day I got my C5 was one of the best. The last Vette I owned before that was a '72 in '74. After 30 years of wondering whether or not I would ever own another Vette my turn came in 2004. I am happy for you. Enjoy.
enjoy your vette - and torch is the best color in my opinion, with the yellow a close second. Have fun, fun, fun.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 503
Likes: 1
From: Belchertown Massachusetts
Originally Posted by leeman
The first day I got my C5 was one of the best. The last Vette I owned before that was a '72 in '74. After 30 years of wondering whether or not I would ever own another Vette my turn came in 2004. I am happy for you. Enjoy.
Jake T.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 503
Likes: 1
From: Belchertown Massachusetts
Originally Posted by beltfed21
Yeah, me too. After we bought an 01 torch vert brand new, i felt like it really belonged to my husband. And I was afraid to drive 'his' baby. Then last year, I got the 2000 dark bowling green coupe as my daily driver. I couldn't believe I finally had a vette of my own again. (I had a 77 many years ago.) I kept going out to the garage in the middle of the night to turn on the light and look at it. I just couldn't believe it was real. Since then my husband bought a dark blue 66 coupe, which was a car he lusted for in his high school days. So we both go out to the garage in the middle of the night to look at our 3 'babies'.
enjoy your vette - and torch is the best color in my opinion, with the
yellow a close second. Have fun, fun, fun.
enjoy your vette - and torch is the best color in my opinion, with the
yellow a close second. Have fun, fun, fun.
Jake T.
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 170
Likes: 0
From: Wichita KS
Originally Posted by Mike98SilVert
Congrats on the C5.
Info on EMT (extended mobility or run flat tires):
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/....php?qstId=515
Info on EMT (extended mobility or run flat tires):
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/....php?qstId=515
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,250
Likes: 0
From: Katy TX
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Originally Posted by nmbsun
Congrats on your new Vette! I know you will love it.
If you have run flats, it will say on the side of the Good Years, EMT, Extended mobility tire. I have a 2004 vette and still have the original EMT Good Years on it, so I cant say how new tires would ride. These tires dont really bother me except for the road noise, Like going from smooth asphalt to concrete pavement. It gets a loud roar on the concrete. I have had two flats so far and was lucky enough to be close to a good tire company to have the flats fixed without any damage to my wheels. If you do have a flat be very very careful who you have to change your wheel. A lot of tire places do not have anyone or the equipment to deal with aluminum wheels and will scratch the back inside of your wheel and then most likely you will be stuck with a scratched wheel because they are not going to buy you a new wheel. They scratched up mine and unless I took them to court I could never see getting a new wheel out of the jack *** at the tire company.
Good Luck...
If you have run flats, it will say on the side of the Good Years, EMT, Extended mobility tire. I have a 2004 vette and still have the original EMT Good Years on it, so I cant say how new tires would ride. These tires dont really bother me except for the road noise, Like going from smooth asphalt to concrete pavement. It gets a loud roar on the concrete. I have had two flats so far and was lucky enough to be close to a good tire company to have the flats fixed without any damage to my wheels. If you do have a flat be very very careful who you have to change your wheel. A lot of tire places do not have anyone or the equipment to deal with aluminum wheels and will scratch the back inside of your wheel and then most likely you will be stuck with a scratched wheel because they are not going to buy you a new wheel. They scratched up mine and unless I took them to court I could never see getting a new wheel out of the jack *** at the tire company.
Good Luck...
