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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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Default First feature article on my car.

You won't understand it because it's in Polish. No Polish jokes, that's a fair warning.

A freelance writer approached me few months ago about doing an article on my car. His English was terrible but his name sounded Polish to me so he was pretty surprised when I replied to him in Polish. So, he got all excited abut a fellow national owning the car and got me published in a tuning magazine that is published in several European countries (and South America too, I believe). Here's the article:






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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:56 PM
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Way cool Paul, congrats That thing looks like serious business
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:58 PM
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Congrats! Is that a chute on the back? Looks one mean Vette.

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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:58 PM
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That's awesome, congrats!
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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Very cool so from looking at the article your vette just over 9 seconds in the quarter
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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Way to go
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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Wow! What great photos! What a car!!! Did you get a translation of the text in English? Could you? If so, please post it in a follow up, I'd love to read it!
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 09:06 PM
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Yup, that a chute on the back. The car has gone a best of 8.49 @ 156 mph. It's the first Z06 to run 8s and currently the quickest street C5.
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SWEEEEEEEEET!! I agree, an article in Enlglish would be nice if you can ... Congrats!!
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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Great!!! See if you could get a similar article in Corvette Magazine or
Vette Magazine.
Once again, congrats , from a fellow pole.........
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Thanks, guys. Basically, the guy did it like a story of how the car progressed from stock to what it is today. It literally begins with how I walked into the dealership with my buddy to pick up a part for his truck and I wound up test driving the Z06 while I was waiting for him. Few hours later I was signing papers. Probably the biggest impulse purchse of my life. He takes it through the bolt-on days of running 11.3s, to the 6-speed and irs days when I was busting everything in sight every few runs, to today when the car is alive and doing well.

I know it's not Motor Trend but it's the first article anyone has ever done on the car so I'm excited.
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